Patent ID: 6587049
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
An occupant status monitor comprising:a detector disposed to sense a plurality of parameters of thermal energy in and relative to a given space wherein the parameters are temperature, size, shape, motion, time, and position, and to transmit data representative of said parameters; a processor disposed to receive data transmitted by the detector, to compare that data with a predetermined data set representative of attributes of one of a person and of the space, and to transmit a plurality of instructions, each of said instructions being dependent upon the results of at least one comparison; and an indicator disposed to receive the instructions from the processor and to activate signals about the status of a person relative to the space based upon the instructions received from the processor, whereby upon a comparison by the processor of the data transmitted by the detector with the predetermined data sets, the signals activated by the indicator will show whether the space is or has been occupied and the status of an occupant relative to the space.