Granted Patent B2

US 12,235,345 · App. 17/772,389 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Inventors: Hugo Jose Krajnc (Eindhoven, NL); Peter Deixler (Eindhoven, NL)

Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.

G01S13/56G01S7/412G01S13/04

Abstract

Claims (41)

1. A context-sensing control device comprising:

a pair-assignment device comprising:

a sensing-node position ascertainment unit configured to ascertain position information pertaining to respective positions of external RF-sensing nodes with respect to a predefined sensing volume of a RF context-sensing arrangement; and

a pair-assigning unit connected to the sensing-node position ascertainment-unit and configured:

to assign, using the ascertained position information, at least one transmitter-receiver pair among the individual RF-sensing nodes of the RF context-sensing arrangement to perform a RF context-sensing function;

to assign to the RF sensing nodes of the given transmitter-receiver pair a transmitter role and a receiver role, respectively; and

to provide pair information indicative of the at least one assigned transmitter-receiver pair and the assigned transmitter and receiver roles; and

wherein the pair-assignment device further comprising:

an environment-information ascertainment unit configured to ascertain environment information pertaining to one or more objects present in the sensing volume; and

wherein the pair-assigning unit is further connected to the environment-information ascertainment unit and configured to assign the at least one transmitter-receiver pair and the transmitter and receiver role also using the ascertained environment information;

wherein the environment information is indicative of a material of which the one or more objects are made and confidence level of a possibility of the one or more objects being moved or static; and

wherein context-sensing control device further comprises:

a baseline storage unit configured to store, for the at least one transmitter-receiver pair, a baseline associated thereto;

a context-determination unit connected to the baseline storage unit and to the pair-assignment device and configured to ascertain a signal quality value indicative of a predetermined RF-signal metric of an RF-signal received by that RF-sensing node having the receiver role and sent by that RF-sensing node having the transmitter role, the RF-signal metric being influenceable by a presence of a living being in the sensing volume and further configured to determine, using the ascertained signal quality value, and the corresponding baseline, whether a predetermined context-situation has occurred in the sensing volume.

2. The context-sensing control device of claim 1 further comprising an output unit configured to provide an assigned-pair signal indicative of the pair information.

3. The context-sensing control device of claim 1 , further comprising an input unit connected to the sensing-node position ascertainment unit and configured to receive position-input data indicative of the position information.

4. The context-sensing control device of claim 1 , wherein:

the environment-information ascertainment unit is further configured to ascertain intended-use information indicative of an intended use of the sensing volume; and

wherein the pair-assigning unit is further configured to assign the at least one transmitter-receiver pair and the transmitter and receiver role also using the intended-use information.

5. The context-sensing control device of claim 1 , further comprising an input unit connected to the environment-information ascertainment unit and configured to receive environment-input data indicative of the environment-information.

6. The context-sensing control device of claim 1 wherein:

the baseline storage unit is further configured to store a plurality of baselines determined at different points in time and associated to a respective different position of the one or more objects present in the sensing volume and to a respective transmitter-receiver pair; and

wherein the detection determination unit is configured to determine a plurality of detection events using the signal quality value and a respective one of the plurality of stored baselines associated to the transmitter receiver pair and to determine whether a predetermined context-situation has occurred in the sensing volume using the plurality of determined detection events.

7. An RF context-sensing arrangement, comprising:

at least two RF-sensing nodes configured to transmit and receive RF-signals and to determine and provide a signal quality value indicative of a predetermined RF-signal metric of an RF-signal received by the respective RF-sensing node; and

the context-sensing control device according to claim 1 .

8. A method for operating a context-sensing control device, the method comprising:

ascertaining position information pertaining to respective positions of external RF-sensing nodes with respect to a predefined sensing volume of a RF context-sensing arrangement;

assigning, using the ascertained position information, at least one transmitter-receiver pair among the individual RF-sensing nodes of the RF context-sensing arrangement to perform an RF context-sensing function and assigning to the RF sensing nodes of the given transmitter-receiver pair a transmitter role and a receiver role, respectively; and

providing pair information indicative of the at least one assigned transmitter-receiver pair and the assigned transmitter and receiver roles;

wherein the method further comprising:

ascertaining environment-information pertaining to one or more objects present in the sensing volume; and

assigning the at least one transmitter-receiver pair and the transmitter and receiver role also using the ascertained environment information;

wherein the environment information is indicative of a material of which the one or more objects are made and confidence level of a possibility of the one or more objects being moved or static.

9. A method for operating an RF context-sensing arrangement, the method comprising:

performing the method of claim 8 ;

determining and providing a signal quality value indicative of a predetermined RF-signal metric of at least an RF-signal received by the RF-sensing node of the transmitter-receiver pair having the receiver function and provided by the RF-sensing node of the transmitter-receiver pair having the transmitter function;

storing, for the at least one transmitter-receiver pair, a baseline associated thereto;

ascertaining a signal quality value indicative of a predetermined RF-signal metric of an RF-signal received by that RF-sensing node having the receiver role and sent by that RF-sensing node having the transmitter role, the RF-signal metric being influenceable by a presence of a living being in the sensing volume; and

determining, using the ascertained signal quality value, and the corresponding baseline, whether a predetermined context-situation has occurred in the sensing volume.

10. A non-transitory computer program comprising instructions which, when the program is executed by a computer, causes the computer to carry out the method of claim 8 .

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