Patents by Inventor Kelvin Towler

Kelvin Towler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Using smart occupancy detection and control in buildings to reduce disease transmission
    Patent number: 11778423
    Abstract: A signal is received from an occupancy sensor each time a person passes through an access point corresponding to a building space, and is identified as indicating a person either entering or exiting the building space. An occupancy count is maintained for each of the building spaces by incrementing the occupancy count when the signal indicates a person entering and decrementing the occupancy count when the signal indicates a person exiting. A determination is made as to whether the occupancy count for any of the building spaces of the plurality of building spaces has reached a threshold for the corresponding building space. Action is taken in response to determining that the occupancy count for any of the building spaces of the plurality of building spaces has reached the threshold for that particular building space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Armin Wellig, Chris Inkpen, Kelvin Towler
  • USING SMART OCCUPANCY DETECTION AND CONTROL IN BUILDINGS TO REDUCE DISEASE TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20220060856
    Abstract: A signal is received from an occupancy sensor each time a person passes through an access point corresponding to a building space, and is identified as indicating a person either entering or exiting the building space. An occupancy count is maintained for each of the building spaces by incrementing the occupancy count when the signal indicates a person entering and decrementing the occupancy count when the signal indicates a person exiting. A determination is made as to whether the occupancy count for any of the building spaces of the plurality of building spaces has reached a threshold for the corresponding building space. Action is taken in response to determining that the occupancy count for any of the building spaces of the plurality of building spaces has reached the threshold for that particular building space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: ARMIN WELLIG, CHRIS INKPEN, KELVIN TOWLER
  • Using smart occupancy detection and control in buildings to reduce disease transmission
    Patent number: 11184739
    Abstract: A signal is received from an occupancy sensor each time a person passes through an access point corresponding to a building space, and is identified as indicating a person either entering or exiting the building space. An occupancy count is maintained for each of the building spaces by incrementing the occupancy count when the signal indicates a person entering and decrementing the occupancy count when the signal indicates a person exiting. A determination is made as to whether the occupancy count for any of the building spaces of the plurality of building spaces has reached a threshold for the corresponding building space. Action is taken in response to determining that the occupancy count for any of the building spaces of the plurality of building spaces has reached the threshold for that particular building space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywel International Inc.
    Inventors: Armin Wellig, Chris Inkpen, Kelvin Towler