ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,045, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Steelcase Inc. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
"Occupancy count systems and methods" was invented by Jorell Alexander Olson (Portland, Ore.), Dirk Buijsman (Hillsboro, Ore.), Mychal Hall (Portland, Ore.), George Alter (Portland, Ore.) and Tyler Andrew House (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for improved occupancy count for a space are provided. The systems and methods utilize one or more boundary sensors and one or more space sensors. The boundary sensors are utilized to determine entry and exit from the space and the space sensors are used to determine if the space is...