Adaptive control systems and methods for buildings

• US 10,268,168 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2017
• Issued: 04/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Edison Labs, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Edison Labs, Inc.
• Inventors: Billings, Colin
• Primary Examiner(s): Karim, Ziaul
• Application Number:
  US15/649,669
• Publication Number:
  US 20180120788A1
• Time in Patent Office: 648 Days
• Field of Search: 700 17, 700286-296
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/024 in which a parameter or coefficient is automatically adjusted to optimise the performance
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/0255 the criterion being a time-optimal performance criterion
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/026 using a predictor
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/0265 the criterion being a learning criterion
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/048 using a predictor
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/048 Monitoring; Safety
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/00 Management or operation of end-user stationary applications or the last stages of power distribution; Controlling, monitoring or operating thereof

Abstract

A system is provided for controlling a first switch terminal or equivalent of a building occupied by one or more building occupant, the system includes a plurality of switch terminal or equivalent parameters relative to the building, a first computer system is coupled to the first switch terminal or equivalent of the building at a first location of the building. The first computer system runs on at least one platform, a first plurality of sensors is coupled to the first switch terminal and the first computer system. At least a portion of the sensors provide signal data to the first computer system, the first computer system produces a command or data output that relates to at least one of: a command output for a local control system, a command output for a different system, a data output for a different system, a command output for a non-local device or a data output that is a non-local device, each of an output including learned data from that is based on a machine intelligence from previous data collected about patterns of a building occupant and used to provide an adaptive control system for the building.

Claims

1. A system for controlling a first switch terminal of a building occupied by one or more building occupants, the system including a plurality of switch terminal parameters relative to the building, comprising:

a first computer system positioned at the first switch terminal of the building at a first location of the building, the first computer system running on at least one platform;

a first plurality of sensors coupled to the first switch terminal and the first computer system, at least a portion of the sensors are configured to provide signal data to the first computer system, the first computer system producing a command or data output that relates to at least one of;

a command output for a local control system, a command output for a different system, a data output for a different system, a command output for a non-local device or a data output that is a non-local device, each of an output including learned data from that is based on a machine intelligence from previous data collected about patterns of a building occupant and used to provide an adaptive control system for the building;

a second switch terminal;

an interface at the first switch terminal configured to receive a command input from a building occupant and servers as interface a point of interaction between the first computer system and the building occupant, the interface selected from at least one of;

touch, graphics, sound, position, movement, voice, communication, wireless, and radio;

the first switch terminal and the second switch terminal interact and coordinate their operations to provide that the second switch terminal supplements building occupant behavior information obtained from the first switch terminal supplements to allow the first and second switch terminals to execute additional capabilities to provide outputs including learned data that is based on a machine intelligence from previous data collected about patterns of a building occupant and in response to the interaction and coordination there is adjustment of a property of the first switch terminal; and

a power management system at the first switch.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one interface coupled to the first switch terminal or equivalent and the first computer system configured to receive a command input.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one interface is at least one of:

a touch interface, a voice interface and a wireless radio interface.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the building occupant enters a change in a switch terminal parameter using the at least one interface.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the first switch terminal or equivalent is configured to receive from a second switch terminal a data output that is used to create a command output that relates to the first switch terminal or a non-local device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the signal data is raw signal data.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the sensors receive raw sensor data.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the building occupant is a person who has access rights to the building.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the building occupant does not occupy the building at all times of a selected time period.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the building occupant enters and exits the building.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein a command is an instruction for a specific device to take an action.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the specific device is the switch terminal or equivalent.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the command is provided from at least one of:

a mobile device, a cloud system, a third party system, or an input to the specific device.

14. The system of claim 2, wherein the command is provided by using a touch screen of a switch terminal interface.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the command is provided by the building occupant.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the data input is selected from at least one of:

a processed sensor input from another device that is relevant to the system.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the output command is to the switch terminal or equivalent.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the output command is to a system device other than the switch terminal or equivalent.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the output command is provided to a second system.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the data input includes at least one of:

a building occupant'"'"'s presence in a room;

a light level;

system information relative to the switch terminal.

16. The system of 1, wherein a data input is provided to at least a portion of the sensors.