US 12,113,829 B2
Occupancy detection and people counting using passive wireless interfaces
Yuexin Jiang, Little Neck, NY (US); and Biao Chen, Jamesville, NY (US)
Assigned to SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
Filed by Yuexin Jiang, Little Neck, NY (US); and Biao Chen, Jamesville, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/071,912.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/915,611, filed on Oct. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0112097 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 63/162 (2013.01) [H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 63/1433 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04L 63/0407 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for determining occupancy, comprising:
a hardware receiver programmed to observe a signal emitting from at least one device positioned in an environment, wherein the receiver is programmed to extract a set of metadata about the signal that includes media access control layer information, to generate an artifact based on the set of metadata including media access control layer information, and to transmit the artifact including media access control layer information; and
a hardware controller in communication with and programmed to receive the artifact from the receiver and to process the artifact with a machine learning engine to determine any occupancy in the environment based on the artifact including media access control layer information.