Patents by Inventor Antonio Jose Colmanarez

Antonio Jose Colmanarez 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).

  • Space-conditioning control employing image-based detection of occupancy and use
    Patent number: 6645066
    Abstract: Cameras and image processing techniques are applied to the control of HVAC systems. Occupancy is detected using head-counting or motion detection. Activities are recognized in images and image sequences by machine-recognition techniques. The nature of activities, the intensity of activities, the number of occupants and their activities, etc. are all inferred from images and image sequences and used to predict current loads and/or required control signals for regulating an HVAC system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Srinivas Gutta, Miroslav Trajkovic, Antonio José Colmanarez
  • Space-conditioning control employing image-based detection of occupancy and use
    Publication number: 20030096572
    Abstract: Cameras and image processing techniques are applied to the control of HVAC systems. Occupancy is detected using head-counting or motion detection. Activities are recognized in images and image sequences by machine-recognition techniques. The nature of activities, the intensity of activities, the number of occupants and their activities, etc. are all inferred from images and image sequences and used to predict current loads and/or required control signals for regulating an HVAC system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Srinivas Gutta, Miroslav Trajkovic, Antonio Jose Colmanarez