Patent ID: 9665073
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G05B,G06F,H02J,H04N,Y02D

Claim:
1. A sensor ( 101 ) for determining power supply to at least one appliance by sensing a first activity of a user and sequentially sensing a second activity of a user in an event the first activity is undetected, wherein the sensor ( 101 ) terminates the power supply in an event the second activity is undetected within a predetermined period of time, wherein the first activity is any one of infra-red activity from an infra-red enabled remote control, radio frequency activity, or movement of the user within a predetermined vicinity and the second activity is any one of infra-red activity from the infra-red enabled remote control, radio frequency activity, or movement of the user within the predetermined vicinity, and wherein the first activity and the second activity are different from one another such that: a) when the first activity is infra-red activity from the infra-red enabled remote control, the second activity is one of radio frequency activity or movement of the user within the predetermined vicinity; b) when the first activity is radio frequency activity, the second activity is one of infra-red activity from the infra-red enabled remote control or movement of the user within the predetermined vicinity; and c) when the first activity is movement of the user within the predetermined vicinity, the second activity is one of infra-red activity from the infra-red enabled remote control or radio frequency activity.