LESA Center Completes Validation of Adnoviv TruePODS Occupancy Sensing

Researchers at the Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications (LESA) Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy New York have completed validation testing of the Adnoviv TruePODS® sensor. This testing was funded by a Small Business/Engineering Research Center Collaborative Opportunity (SECO) supplement to Adnoviv’s Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant from the National Science Foundation. The Adnoviv-LESA collaboration pairs the LESA center, which is actively developing occupancy sensing and occupant counting technology using an active infrared time-of-flight system with Adnoviv, a startup company developing occupancy sensing, vital signs sensing, and occupant counting technology using a Doppler radar system.

The LESA Center has a testbed comprising a state-of-the-art conference room that houses up to 23 people, has the time-of-flight sensing, and color changeable lighting. Validation of Adnoviv’s TruePODS® system on this testbed – with varying numbers of occupants, varying positions of occupants, and varying positions of furniture – has provided valuable validation data. Additionally, the LESA Center and Adnoviv have collected data that will be used to optimize Adnoviv’s occupant count and multiple-occupant vital sign sensing product.

Throughout the duration of the SECO project, over 27 hours of data has been collected. The sensor was mounted in different locations, used with different numbers of occupants, with video reference or time-of-flight reference, with occupants breathing naturally or at controlled rates.

It was exciting to work with Adnoviv under an NSF funded SECO collaboration, and to learn more about this powerful RF sensing technology,” said Robert Karlicek, Director of the LESA Center and Professor at RPI. “It complements other sensing platforms for the Built Environment, and goes a long way to providing a comprehensive occupant sensing functionality for a wide variety of building control applications.”

“The third-party validation of the TruePODS® occupancy sensing product is critical to launching the product,” said Amy Droitcour, acting CEO of Adnoviv. “The researchers at LESA also collected a lot of data that is supporting development of our vital signs sensing and occupant counting follow-on products that we expect to launch next year.”

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About Adnoviv, Inc.: Adnoviv, Inc. is a research-driven technology company developing innovative sensors and systems for industrial, medical, and security applications. The centerpiece of Adnoviv’s product pipeline is the TruePODS® line of high-performance occupancy detection, occupant count, and non-contact vital signs systems for smart buildings and energy conservation. The Adnoviv team is comprised of world-renowned experts in non-invasive physiological sensors, experienced in engineering research and product development. Adnoviv is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii. Visit www.adnoviv.com for more information.

About the Lighting Enabled Systems & Application (LESA) Center: The LESA Center is a graduated National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center, with matching fund support from New York State Empire Development Corporation and Corporate Membership. LESA is an interdisciplinary, multi-university center developing “Systems that Think^TM”. The LESA Center is dedicated to developing autonomous intelligent systems to address modern challenges in the connected environment. LESA research integrates basic science and applied engineering with societal needs transforming how people live and work. LESA joins academia, industry, and government in partnerships with the aim of producing transformational and advanced engineered systems and solutions. Visit https://lesa.rpi.edu/ for more information.

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