Patent ID: 11900781
Assignee: ECOLINK INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
a thermal detection device coupled to the processor, the thermal detection device comprising a subset of thermal elements;
wherein the processor-executable instructions that causes the PDD to operate in the PDD mode of operation comprises further processor-executable instructions that causes the PDD to:
monitor, by the processor, the subset of thermal elements of the thermal detection device;
determine, by the processor, a possibility that a person is in an area being monitored by the PDD as a result of monitoring the subset of thermal elements;
in response to determining a possibility that a person is in the area, monitor, by the processor, all of the thermal elements; and
determine, by the processor, that a person is in the area based on monitoring all of the thermal elements.