Patent ID: 8809788

Claim:
A system to detect occupants, the system comprising: a first sensor configured to rotate a field of view of the first sensor over an area; a second sensor configured to rotate a field of view of the second sensor over the area, the second sensor positioned relative to the first sensor such that the field of view of the second sensor overlaps the field of view of the first sensor in at least a portion of the area; and an occupant count module configured to: determine a first number of occupants detected by the first sensor based on sensor data generated during the rotation of the field of view of the first sensor; determine a second number of occupants detected by the second sensor based on sensor data generated during the rotation of the field of view of the second sensor; and determine a number of occupants in the area to be a largest one of the first number of occupants detected by the first sensor and the second number of occupants detected by the second sensor.