Mittel und System fuer intelligente Umgebungen

EP 1832202 A1 UPAB: 20071008 NOVELTY - The furniture (1) has a set of sensors (9a-9i, 13) for detecting a mechanical contact of a person with surface areas such as armrests (4, 5) and backrest (6), of the furniture and/or a pressure loading of the surface areas. One of the sensors is an orientation sensor (12), which detects an orientation of the furniture. A transmitting unit (11) is connected with the sensors for transmitting signals received from the sensors to a receiver unit of a person-related information collecting system, which is separated from the furniture, in a wireless manner. USE - Used for a person-related information collecting system (claimed), that is utilized as an intelligent environment system in an office building and conference room. ADVANTAGE - The sensors detect the mechanical contact of the person with the surface areas such as armrests and backrest, of the furniture and/or the pressure loading of the surface areas, thus detecting the sitting position of the person sitting on the chair. The personal data of the person sitting on the chair is hence detected