Patent ID: 6909921
Filing Date: 2005-06-21
Classification: G05B,G08B,H05B,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A home automation system for a home having a plurality of rooms separated by doorways, wherein each room has at least one of the doorways associated therewith, the system comprising: a plurality of controlled objects for placement in rooms; a plurality of room motion sensors for placement in the rooms to detect occupancy by a person therein; a controller for controlling the controlled objects in response to detected occupancy by the plurality of room motion sensors; wherein at least one of the room motion sensors includes a sensor for detecting motion in one of the rooms, the sensor having a sensitivity to the motion for triggering the room occupancy sensor, and wherein the sensitivity is adjustable in response to signals from the controller; and a plurality of entry/exit sensors for placement in doorways to detect movement of a person therethrough, wherein the sensitivity is adjusted in response to detected movement by at least one of the entry/exit sensors.