IP Library Granted Patent US 12,373,970
Granted Patent B2
US 12,373,970 · App. 18/083,597 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

System and method for controlling passive infrared sensors, and electronic device

Inventors: Jianyong Xu (Shenzhen, CN); Anle Zhao (Shenzhen, CN); Zhengwen Huang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN SNC OPTO ELECTRONIC CO., LTD
G06T7/586G06T7/0012G06T2207/10048
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Patent No.
US 12,373,970
App. No.
18/083,597
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for controlling passive infrared sensors includes obtaining a three-dimensional image of a space to be laid out; arranging a plurality of PIR sensors and a plurality of sensor lamps on the three-dimensional image, a distance L between each adjacent two PIR sensors is equal to or less than a sensing radius of the PIR sensor; connecting each PIR sensor to a wireless network including a plurality of wireless sub-networks, each wireless sub-network includes four PIR sensors and at least one sensor lamp; controlling the four PIR sensors to sense living bodies in pairs every detection period, and when sensing data of living body is fed back, determining that there is at least one living body in the wireless sub-network; and determining a working state of the sensor lamp according to whether there is at least one living body in the wireless sub-network.

Claims (46)

1. A method for controlling passive infrared sensors, comprising:

obtaining a three-dimensional image of a space to be laid out;

arranging a plurality of PIR sensors and a plurality of sensor lamps on the three-dimensional image, a distance L between each adjacent two of the plurality of the PIR sensors being equal to or less than a sensing radius of each of the plurality of the PIR sensors;

connecting each of the plurality of the PIR sensors to a wireless network, wherein the wireless network comprises a plurality of wireless sub-networks, and each of the plurality of the wireless sub-networks comprises four of the plurality of the PIR sensors and at least one of the plurality of sensor lamps;

controlling the four of the plurality of the PIR sensors to sense living bodies in pairs by using a time-sharing method every detection period, and in responses that sensing data of living body is fed back, determining that there is at least one living body in the current wireless sub-network; and

determining a working state of the at least one of the plurality of the sensor lamps in each of the plurality of the wireless sub-networks according to whether there is at least one living body in the wireless sub-network.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the four of the plurality of the PIR sensors in each of the plurality of the wireless sub-networks are distributed in a rectangular shape in an arrangement plane.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein controlling the four of the plurality of PIR sensors to sense living bodies in pairs comprises:

determining each two of the four of the plurality of PIR sensors on a same side of a rectangle to be a PIR subgroup; and

controlling the PIR subgroup in a same wireless network to sense the living bodies at a same time.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:

obtaining four groups of sensing data of living body in the same wireless sub-network in one detection period.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein PIR subgroups in a detection state in adjacent two of the plurality of the wireless sub-networks do not overlap at the same time.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the PIR subgroups in the detection state in the adjacent two of the plurality of the wireless sub-networks are located on opposite sides of the rectangle in a corresponding one of the wireless sub-networks at the same time.

7. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:

determining a working state of each of the four PIR sensors in each of the plurality of the wireless sub-networks according to a quantity of sensing data of living body fed back in the detection period.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein determining the working state of each of the four PIR sensors in each of the plurality of the wireless sub-networks according to the quantity of the sensing data of the living body fed back in the detection period comprises:

obtaining an IP address of one of the four PIR sensors to be controlled in the wireless network;

determining the IP address of the one of the PIR sensors that has obtained the sensing data of the living body in the detection period according to feedback sensing data of the living body, and determining one of the plurality of the wireless sub-network to which the one of the PIR sensors that has obtained the sensing data of the living body belongs according to the IP address; and

in response that the quantity of the sensing data of the living body in the same one of the plurality of the wireless sub-networks in the detection period is less than four, determining that the working state of at least one of the four PIR sensor in each of the plurality of the wireless sub-networks is abnormal.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one ambient light sensor is arranged in each of the plurality of the wireless sub-networks, wherein determining the working state of the at least one of the plurality of sensor lamps in each of the plurality of the wireless sub-network according to whether there is at least one living body in the wireless sub-network comprises:

in response that there is at least one living body in the wireless sub-network, and illuminance of ambient light detected by the at least one ambient light sensor is less than a preset value, turning on the sensor lamp in a corresponding one of the plurality of the wireless sub-networks.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a storage device coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions for execution by the at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to:

obtain a three-dimensional image of a space to be laid out;

arrange a plurality of PIR sensors and a plurality of sensor lamps on the three-dimensional image, a distance L between each two adjacent of the plurality of the PIR sensors being equal to or less than a sensing radius of each of the plurality of the PIR sensor;

connect each of the plurality of PIR sensors to a wireless network, wherein the wireless network comprises a plurality of wireless sub-networks, and each of the plurality of the wireless comprises four of the plurality of the PIR sensors and at least one of the plurality of sensor lamps;

control the four of the plurality of PIR sensors to sense living bodies in pairs by using a time-sharing method every detection period, and in responses that sensing data of living body is fed back, determine that there is at least one living body in the current wireless sub-network; and

determine a working state of the at least one of the plurality of sensor lamps in each of the plurality of the wireless sub-networks according to whether there is at least one living body in the wireless sub-network.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the four of the plurality of the PIR sensors in each of the plurality of the wireless sub-networks are distributed in a rectangular shape in an arrangement plane.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further caused to:

determine each two of the four of the plurality of PIR sensors on a same side of a rectangle to be a PIR subgroup; and

control the PIR subgroup in a same wireless network to sense the living bodies at a same time.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the at least one processor is further caused to:

obtain four groups of sensing data of living body in the same wireless sub-network in one detection period.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein PIR subgroups in a detection state in adjacent two of the plurality of the wireless sub-networks do not overlap at the same time.

15. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the PIR subgroups in the detection state in the adjacent two of the plurality of the wireless sub-networks are located on opposite sides of the rectangle in a corresponding one of wireless sub-networks at the same time.

16. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further caused to:

determine a working state of each of the four PIR sensors in each of the plurality of the wireless sub-networks according to a quantity of sensing data of living body fed back in the detection period.

17. The electronic device according to claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is further caused to:

obtain an IP address of one of the four PIR sensors to be controlled in the wireless network;

determine the IP address of the one of the PIR sensors that has obtained the sensing data of the living body in the detection period according to feedback sensing data of the living body, and determine one of the plurality of the wireless sub-network to which the one of the PIR sensors that has obtained the sensing data of the living body belongs according to the IP address; and

in response that the quantity of the sensing data of the living body in the same one of the plurality of the wireless sub-networks in the detection period is less than four, determine that the working state of at least one of the four PIR sensors in each of the plurality of the wireless sub-network is abnormal.

18. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein at least one ambient light sensor is arranged in each of the plurality of the wireless sub-networks, the at least one processor is further caused to:

in response that there is at least one living body in the wireless sub-network, and illuminance of ambient light detected by the at least one ambient light sensor is less than a preset value, turn on the sensor lamp in a corresponding one of the plurality of the wireless sub-networks.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2022
From: XU, JIANYONG; ZHAO, ANLE; HUANG, ZHENGWEN
To: SHENZHEN SNC OPTO ELECTRONIC CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 062171/0583 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202210942929.0 · Aug 5, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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