RE: The Solution to Room Occupation Detection

["Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)" <haweste@xxxxxxx>]

Mark,

I see. So something along the lines of David Sussman's Xerox example,
but
with smaller embedded "chips".

Some of the anti-theft tags in shops can be quite small - I bought a
jacket
which had one hidden in it (it also had two other conspicuous tags). Do
you
know if the tags can have unique IDs, like "someone's stealing a
leather
jacket" or "they're only stealing a pair of socks" ? The
thought being you
could not only identify that a room was occupied, but also by whom i.e.
play
a greeting, re-tune the radio etc.

Tim H.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Harrison 

Tim,

Well - the little "half and inch" ones aren't what I need, nor
is, really,
something based on door-frames, 'cos it turns out to be hard to
interpret
things like "which way through the door" :-)

I was imagining a much more pervasive sensor network... like every
chair,
bed, etc...

M.

-----Original Message-----
From: Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)

Mark,

My security pass for the office is like this. It only works within
half-an-inch or so of the detector, but I'm sure that's partly by intent.
I
guess it would be possible to use the same principle and have detector
in
ceilings or floors etc. As you suggest, you'd need to shrink the chip,
but
it's got promise. Maybe the sensors could be hidden in the door
surrounds
(like the anti-theft alarms in shops) to keep things tidy and the HA
controller keeps track of the movement in & out. Do you know anyone
with
retail outlet contacts ?? ;-)

Cheers,

Tim H.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Harrison

Tim,

What a funky idea...

Not necessarily one of these chips, but some form of proximity chip
that
could go into a watch / necklace / etc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG) 

Indeed :-)

Bringing the thread back on track a little, presumably one of these
devices
could be embedded into a watch / broch / necklace / ring / other
commonly
worn item ?

Hey, I've just thought, there's a great way to earn some brownie points
and
get SWMBO-compliance for occupancy detection: Obtain one of these
little
chips, have it embedded into a piece of expensive-looking jewellery and
give
to SWMBO as a gift for putting up with all of the HA toys. Bingo ?

Tim H.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Watt 

Or, "don't worry dear, being a cyborg isn't really _that_ bad!",
yeah
right followed by the delicate sound of her hand impacting on my face,
or having no verbal communication until she chills out a bit...or all
of
the above!

K.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG) 
> 
> That's ok, picture the scene. You're at the clinic waiting to be
"fitted"
> with your chips and you turn to her and say . . .
> 
> "It'll be ok dear, you'll just feel a little pr..."
> 
> No, on second thoughts you're probably right ;-) PIRs it is !
> 
> Tim H.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Watt
> 
> Yes, but I'm thinking WAF here ;)
> 
> K.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stuart Poulton
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/25640.html
> >
> > Could this be the solution to the "Holy Grail" of HA
?
> >
> > Stuart
> >

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