Group dynamic environment control
First Claim
1. A method of conditioning an environment, comprising:
- generating, by a group feedback analysis system, a first comfort limit based on a first plurality of data points corresponding to user feedback of a group of users in an environment conditioned by an environmental conditioning system to identify the first comfort limit at a first extreme of at least one environmental criterion;
generating, by the group feedback analysis system, a second comfort limit based on a second plurality of data points corresponding to user feedback of the group of users in the environment conditioned by the environmental conditioning system to identify the second comfort limit at a second extreme of the at least one environmental criterion, the second extreme being opposite the first extreme;
identifying, by the group feedback analysis system, a comfort region defined by the first comfort limit and the second comfort limit;
assigning a weight to each user input making up the user feedback of the group of users, wherein the weight is assigned based on a number of complaints, defined as user feedback inputs indicating discomfort, generated by a user; and
controlling the environmental conditioning system to maintain at least one environmental criterion within the comfort region;
wherein generating the first comfort limit comprises analyzing the first plurality of data points to identify outliers, and forming the first comfort and second comfort limit to exclude the outliers;
wherein identifying outliers comprises determining a time at which the user feedback was received and identifying the outlier in response to at least one of (i) the time at which the user feedback was received and (ii) the proximity in time between a first user feedback and a second user feedback from a single user.
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Abstract
A method of conditioning an environment includes generating, by a group feedback analysis system, a first comfort limit based on a first plurality of data points corresponding to user feedback of a group of users in an environment conditioned by an environmental conditioning system to identify the first comfort limit at a first extreme; generating, by the group feedback analysis system, a second comfort limit based on a second plurality of data points corresponding to user feedback of the group of users in the environment conditioned by the environmental conditioning system to identify the second comfort limit at a second extreme, the second extreme being opposite the first extreme; identifying, by the group feedback analysis system, a comfort region defined by the first comfort limit and the second comfort limit; and controlling the environmental conditioning system to maintain at least one environmental criterion within the comfort region.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of conditioning an environment, comprising:
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generating, by a group feedback analysis system, a first comfort limit based on a first plurality of data points corresponding to user feedback of a group of users in an environment conditioned by an environmental conditioning system to identify the first comfort limit at a first extreme of at least one environmental criterion; generating, by the group feedback analysis system, a second comfort limit based on a second plurality of data points corresponding to user feedback of the group of users in the environment conditioned by the environmental conditioning system to identify the second comfort limit at a second extreme of the at least one environmental criterion, the second extreme being opposite the first extreme; identifying, by the group feedback analysis system, a comfort region defined by the first comfort limit and the second comfort limit; assigning a weight to each user input making up the user feedback of the group of users, wherein the weight is assigned based on a number of complaints, defined as user feedback inputs indicating discomfort, generated by a user; and controlling the environmental conditioning system to maintain at least one environmental criterion within the comfort region; wherein generating the first comfort limit comprises analyzing the first plurality of data points to identify outliers, and forming the first comfort and second comfort limit to exclude the outliers; wherein identifying outliers comprises determining a time at which the user feedback was received and identifying the outlier in response to at least one of (i) the time at which the user feedback was received and (ii) the proximity in time between a first user feedback and a second user feedback from a single user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An environmental control system, comprising:
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a feedback analysis system configured to receive feedback from a group of users corresponding to a comfort level of the group of users in a group environment in which the group of users is located, to generate data including a first comfort limit and a second comfort limit, the first comfort limit corresponding to the feedback from the group of users at a first extreme of an environmental criterion and the second comfort limit corresponding to the feedback from the group of users at a second extreme of the environmental criterion opposite the first extreme, and the feedback analysis system further configured to identify a comfort region bounded by the first comfort limit and the second comfort limit and to generate control signals for an environmental conditioning system to maintain the group environment within the comfort region; the feedback analysis system configured to assign a weight to each user input making up the user feedback of the group of users, wherein the weight is assigned based on a number of complaints, defined as user feedback inputs indicating discomfort, generated by a user; wherein the feedback analysis system is configured to identify outlier user feedback data points and to form the first and second comfort limits to exclude the outlier user feedback data points; wherein identifying outliers comprises determining a time at which the user feedback was received and identifying the outlier in response to at least one of (i) the time at which the user feedback was received and (ii) the proximity in time between a first user feedback and a second user feedback from a single user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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