Patent ID: 9456183
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: G06K,H04N,H05B,Y02B

Claim Text:
1. A method of controlling building equipment comprising: receiving an image from an image sensor placed in a space associated with the building, the image including information representative of one or more occupants in the space; at a first processor coupled with a memory storing the image, determining, from the image, a presence of one or more occupants within the space; associating the image with a matrix that defines a dimensional representation of the space, wherein the matrix subdivides the space into a plurality of regions each with one or more cells within each region; and assigning an occupant value for each of the one or more cells based on a determination of a relative position of any detected occupants within the space with respect to a position of a registered feature appearing within the image; and providing a control signal to one or more controllable building elements within a first cell of a first region based on the occupant value assigned to the first cell.