Patent SG-11201909259P-A (SG)
Title: Method of human body recognition and human body recognition sensor
Inventor: RADERMECKER GAUTIER
IPC: G01S17/88
Filed: 2018-04-10
Abstract: WO 18/ 189 19 1 Al (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 18 October 2018 (18.10.2018) W I PO I PCT onion °nolo onoin mu Imo oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/189191 Al (51) International Patent Classification: G01S 17/42 (2006.01) G01S 7/48 (2006.01) GO6K 9/00 (2006.01) G01S 17/88 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/EP2018/059186 (22) International Filing Date: 10 April 2018 (10.04.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 17165849.5 10 April 2017 (10.04.2017) EP (71) Applicant: BEA SA [BE/BE]; Parc scientifique du Sart- Tilman, Allee des Noisetiers 5, 4031 Angleur (BE). (72) Inventor: RADERMECKER, Gautier; Rue Hullos 74, 4000 Liege (BE). (74) Agent: PUSCHMANN BORCHERT BARDEHLE PATENTANWALTE PARTNERSCHAFT MBB; Ba- juwarenring 21, 82041 Oberhaching (DE). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (54) Title: METHOD OF HUMAN BODY RECOGNITION AND HUMAN BODY RECOGNITION SENSOR (57) : The invention relates to a method of human body recog- 16 nition by analysing a detected object (P) in a monitored area and decid- ing whether or not the detected object is a human being with a laser scanner (12) comprising: the laser scanner (12) generates at least one laser curtain ( 22, 32, 34), where each laser curtain (22, 32, 34) is gen- erated by multiple pulses evaluated by time of flight (TOF) measure- ment of single pulses to generate the distance of the points of reflection with respect to the laser scanner position; combination of distances of the points of reflection with the direction of the pulse to retrieve a posi- tion in a predefined detection zone within a monitored area; projecting the points of reflection belonging to a detected object into an evaluation plane (EP) as evaluation objects (01, 02), where the evaluation plane (EP) has a Z-axis that is related to the height and a perpendicular one to the Z-axis that is related to the width in the direction of the lateral extension of the laser curtain (22, 32, 34). The invention is characterized in that the evaluation plane (EP) is evaluated based on the density dis- 14 tribution of the points of reflection along the Z-axis and the evaluation result is compared to anthropometric parameters. Fig. 1