Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Occupancy tracking using environmental information
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Application No.: US17139250Application Date: 2020-12-31
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Publication No.: US12104815B2Publication Date: 2024-10-01
- Inventor: Sunil Bondalapati , Prasad Mecheri Chandravihar , Bhavana Chadive , F N U Kriti
- Applicant: Lennox Industries Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Richardson
- Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
- Current Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Richardson
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: F24F11/63
- IPC: F24F11/63 ; F24F120/10 ; G05B13/02 ; G05B13/04 ; G10L15/20 ; H04B17/318 ; H04L67/12

Abstract:
An occupancy tracking device configured to receive sound samples, to identify voices within the sound samples, and to determine a first occupancy level based on the identified voices. The device is further configured to identify user devices connected to an access point and to determine a second occupancy level based on the user devices that are connected to the access point. The device is further configured to measure a signal strength of a network connection with the access point and to determine a third occupancy level based on the signal strength of the network connection with the access point. The device is further configured to determine a predicted occupancy level based on the first occupancy level, the second occupancy level, and the third occupancy level and to control a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system based on the predicted occupancy level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220205665A1 OCCUPANCY TRACKING USING ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION Public/Granted day:2022-06-30
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