The article reviews signal processing applications of Pyroelectric Infrared (PIR) sensors with
the main focus on the respiration and pulse rate detection. Respiration and pulse rates are …

The control of thermostats of a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system
installed in commercial and residential buildings remains a pertinent problem in building …

This paper reports a concurrent dualband occupancy sensor, based on Doppler principle,
for monitoring of human presence in a room. The proposed sensor operates simultaneously …

This paper presents a low-cost and small-size human tracking system based on pyroelectric
infrared (PIR) sensor mesh network. A wireless pyroelectric sensor network is developed …

Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) costs a significant portion of total building
energy consumption and aiming occupant comfort is imminent to measure building …

Analysis of the multiple factors affecting human identification ability based on pyroelectric
infrared technology is a complex problem. First, we examine various sensed pyroelectric …

With characteristics of low-cost and easy deployment, the distributed wireless pyroelectric
infrared sensor network has attracted extensive interest, which aims to make it an alternate …

Occupancy information is critical for buildings, as it can substantially impact energy
consumption. However, occupancy is highly unpredictable, and depends on occupants' …

Advances in ubiquitous computing over the last decade have allowed us to inch closer to the
realization of true smart homes. Many sensors are already embedded in our living …

Economical, low-power, and easy to deploy indoor localization schemes have always been
a challenge. We propose a technique that utilizes the analog output of pyroelectric (or …