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Title: Systems and methods for sensing occupancy

Abstract

A computer implemented method for sensing occupancy of a workspace includes creating a difference image that represents luminance differences of pixels in past and current images of the workspace resulting from motion in the workspace, determining motion occurring in regions of the workspace based on the difference image, and altering a workspace environment based at least in part on the determined motion. The method also includes determining which pixels in the difference image represent persistent motion that can be ignored and determining which pixels representing motion in the difference image are invalid because the pixels are isolated from other pixels representing motion.

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Research Org.:
Utah State Univ., Logan, UT (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1156948
Patent Number(s):
8,831,287
Application Number:
14/124,998
Assignee:
Utah State University (Logan, UT)
DOE Contract Number:  
EE0003114
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING

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Dasu, Aravind, Mathias, Dean, Liu, Chenguang, Christensen, Randy, and Christensen, Bruce. Systems and methods for sensing occupancy. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
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title = {Systems and methods for sensing occupancy},
author = {Dasu, Aravind and Mathias, Dean and Liu, Chenguang and Christensen, Randy and Christensen, Bruce},
abstractNote = {A computer implemented method for sensing occupancy of a workspace includes creating a difference image that represents luminance differences of pixels in past and current images of the workspace resulting from motion in the workspace, determining motion occurring in regions of the workspace based on the difference image, and altering a workspace environment based at least in part on the determined motion. The method also includes determining which pixels in the difference image represent persistent motion that can be ignored and determining which pixels representing motion in the difference image are invalid because the pixels are isolated from other pixels representing motion.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2014},
month = {9}
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