Room condition monitoring system
First Claim
1. A room condition monitoring device, comprising:
- a first housing defining a first interior volume, wherein the first housing supports operating electrical components;
a display module including a frame attached to the first housing and a display screen affixed to the frame and the display screen is in signal communication with one or more of the electrical components;
a first electrical connector mounted to the first housing; and
,a sensor module detachably securable to the first housing wherein the sensor module comprises;
a second housing defining a second interior volume;
a sensor supported within the second interior volume and the sensor is configured to detect a condition of a room in the building;
a second electrical connector on the sensor module and detachably securable to the first electrical connector, wherein the second electrical connector is in electrical communication with the sensor and the operating electrical components to provide signal communication there between, when the first and second electrical connectors are secured together and the sensor module is affixed to the first housing;
wherein the operating electrical components comprise a processor in signal communication with the sensor and the display screen, and the processor is configured to generate data associated with the condition of the room detected by the sensor.
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Abstract
A room condition monitor (RCM) that includes a processor with an embedded router software object that is in signal communication with a first communication connector including BACnet/IP interface for the transmission receipt of data packages over a building management system (BMS) communication network according to a BACnet/IP protocol. The RCM also includes a room condition sensor for detecting a room condition. In addition, the RCM includes a projected capacitive LCD screen display to display information regarding the detected room condition, or other building information associated with the BMS. A second communication connector with a second network protocol interface is provided for communication with network legacy devises through the RCM router.
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32 Claims
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1. A room condition monitoring device, comprising:
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a first housing defining a first interior volume, wherein the first housing supports operating electrical components; a display module including a frame attached to the first housing and a display screen affixed to the frame and the display screen is in signal communication with one or more of the electrical components; a first electrical connector mounted to the first housing; and
,a sensor module detachably securable to the first housing wherein the sensor module comprises; a second housing defining a second interior volume; a sensor supported within the second interior volume and the sensor is configured to detect a condition of a room in the building; a second electrical connector on the sensor module and detachably securable to the first electrical connector, wherein the second electrical connector is in electrical communication with the sensor and the operating electrical components to provide signal communication there between, when the first and second electrical connectors are secured together and the sensor module is affixed to the first housing; wherein the operating electrical components comprise a processor in signal communication with the sensor and the display screen, and the processor is configured to generate data associated with the condition of the room detected by the sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A room condition monitor, comprising:
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a housing defining an interior volume and an opening to the interior volume, wherein the housing supports operating electrical components within the interior volume; a display module including a frame and a display screen attached to the housing to cover the opening when in an operating position and the display module is selectively movable relative to the opening between the operating position and a servicing position wherein the opening is exposed for access to the operating electrical components; a sensor in signal communication with one or more of the electrical components and the sensor detects a condition within a room of a building; and
,a hinge mechanism connected to the housing and the display module wherein the hinge mechanism has a first arm pivotally connected to a first side of the housing and the first arm is connected to the display module and a second arm pivotally connected to a second side of the housing and second arm is connected to the display module, wherein the first arm and second arm share a common first pivot axis on the housing to displace the display module outward and downward or upward, or outward and laterally relative to the opening of the housing depending on the orientation of the display module and the housing. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A room condition monitoring system, comprising:
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a housing defining an interior volume and an opening to the interior volume, wherein the housing supports operating electrical components; a display module including a frame attached to the housing and a display screen affixed to the frame and the display screen is in signal communication with one or more of the operating electrical components; a room condition sensor in signal communication with the electrical components to detect a condition within a room of the building, and the sensor transmits signals to one or more of the electrical components, and the signals are indicative of a detected condition of a room in a building; and
,wherein the operating electrical components comprise a processor configured to process the signals received from the sensor and generate data representing the detected condition of the room; and
,at least one communication connector including a BACnet/IP interface in signal communication with a building management system (BMS) including a BMS communication network according to a BACnet/IP protocol to transmit the data from the processor over the BMS network according to the BACnet/IP protocol or receive signals over the BMS network according the BACnet/IP protocol. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A room condition monitoring system, comprising:
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a housing defining an interior volume and an opening to the interior volume, wherein the housing supports operating electrical components; a display module including a frame attached to the first housing and a display screen affixed to the frame and the display screen is in signal communication with one or more of the electrical components a room condition sensor in signal communication with the electrical components to detect a condition within a room of a building, and the sensor transmits signals to one or more of the electrical components, and the signals are indicative of a detected condition of the room; and
,wherein the operating electrical components comprise; a processor configured to process the signals received from the sensor and generate data representing the detected the room condition; and
,a router that is in signal communication with the processor and a BMS communication network of the building according to a first network protocol and the router is configured to transmit one or more data packages according to the first network protocol based on the data received from the processor; and
,wherein the BMS communication network includes a plurality of I/O devices one or more of which is in signal communication with the processor or router, and the router is configured to transmit one or more data packages according to the first network protocol based on signals received from one or more of the I/O devices at the processor or router; at least one communication connector including a first network protocol interface and the connector is in signal communication with the router, wherein the connector is configured to transmit the data packages from the router over the BMS communication network according to the first network protocol. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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