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- Title
OCCUPANCY IN A CLASSROOM: ESTIMATING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN A ROOM.
- Authors
Gupta, Abhishek; Ramalho, Mario; Silva, Carlos
- Abstract
Energy savings is one of the core issues scientists are concerned with. In this article, one aspect of energy saving is discussed. We have considered a classroom/office scenario where we consume significant amounts of energy for lighting, ventilation and heating/cooling. To prevent unnecessary use of energy when nobody is in the space or to adjust the systems operation to the number of occupants, we have proposed a method that will allow us to know the number of people available in a classroom in a real-time scenario. Spatial occupancy and Face detection method have been discussed here to count the number of people. Experiments using image processing are performed. Due to the robust output of face detection method using Viola-Jones algorithm we have found this more effective.
- Subjects
CLASSROOMS; ENERGY conservation; HEATING &; ventilation of school buildings; OFFICE building energy consumption; ESTIMATION theory
- Publication
TEHNOMUS, 2017, p62
- ISSN
1224-029X
- Publication type
Article