Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Human presence detection
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Application No.: US15829176Application Date: 2017-12-01
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Publication No.: US10373475B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Gavin Gear , Nikhil Subramanian , Kevin Paulson , Jason Scott , Milos Petrbok
- Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Ray Quinney & Nebeker, P.C.
- Agent Thomas M. Hardman; Monica Adjemian
- Main IPC: G08B21/22
- IPC: G08B21/22 ; H04W4/80 ; G06F1/3231 ; H04W76/14

Abstract:
Methods and a computing device are disclosed. A computing device may aggregate a number of inputs indicative of a presence or an absence of a human being within a proximity of the computing device. A source of at least one of the inputs may be a human presence sensor. A source of other inputs may provide an indication of the presence of a human being with corresponding estimated probabilities or corresponding estimated reliabilities which may provide an estimate of an accuracy of respective indications. In some embodiments, if any of the number of inputs indicate the presence of a human being, the computing device may determine that a human being is present. In other embodiments, if a corresponding estimated probability or reliability of an input is less than a predetermined value, then the input may be discarded when determining whether a human being is present.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180089986A1 HUMAN PRESENCE DETECTION Public/Granted day:2018-03-29
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