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System for controlling HVAC and lighting functionality

  • US 10,248,088 B2
  • Filed: 09/13/2016
  • Issued: 04/02/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communicating system for modeling a building having a plurality of rooms with a plurality of entry points, comprising:

  • at least one occupancy detector located within the building;

    a system controller associated with the building, the system controller including a non-volatile memory equipped communication-enabled device having a building management controller, the building management controller being equipped to access an automatically generated building spatial model, a sensor configuration database, and a building occupant'"'"'s behavioral model;

    the sensor configuration database including state data of a plurality of occupancy sensors relative to the occupancy of the building by occupants, the at least one occupancy detector being one of the plurality of occupancy sensors;

    the building occupant'"'"'s behavioral model including a database of behavioral models of the occupants;

    the device receiving a plurality of sensor signals, each of the plurality of sensors signals originating from a respective plurality of sensors located within the building, the plurality of occupancy sensors forming a subset of the plurality of sensors;

    the system generating the building occupant'"'"'s behavior model based on room type by pattern recognition of activities of occupants based on time and location data received from the plurality of sensors;

    based on the relative difference associated with multiple sensor signals of the plurality of sensor signals, the system calculating the relative three-dimensional position of each sensor of the plurality of sensors with respect to the plurality of sensors;

    the system informing the building spatial model of the relative positions of the sensors, thereby creating a three-dimensional spatial model of the building which utilizes different patterns of occupancy and an identification of the plurality of entry points to determine the room type of each of the plurality of rooms; and

    the building management controller being equipped to actuate conditioning in the building by sending signals in anticipation of an occupant'"'"'s behavior as derived by the building occupant'"'"'s behavior model.

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