Systems and methods for area activity monitoring and personnel identification
US7382267B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 31, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08B13/10
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
“Smartmat” (Smartmat Area Activity Monitor and Personnel Identification System) monitors and identifies people, animals and other objects that pass through a control volume. Among other attributes, the exemplary system implementation can count, classify and identify objects, such as pedestrians, animals, bicycles, wheelchairs, vehicles, rollerbladers and other objects, either singly or in groups. Exemplary Smartmat implementations differentiate objects based on weight, footprint and floor/wall pressure patterns such as footfall patterns of pedestrians and other patterns. The system may be applied to security monitoring, physical activity monitoring, market traffic surveys and other traffic surveys, security checkpoint/gate monitoring, traffic light activation and other device activation such as security cameras, and other monitoring applications. Smartmat may be portable or permanently installed.
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