Dynamic adaptable environment resource management controller apparatuses, methods and systems

• US 10,547,990 B2
• Filed: 01/23/2015
• Issued: 01/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schneider Electric Buildings Americas Incorporated (Schneider Electric SE)
• Original Assignee: Schneider Electric Buildings LLC (Schneider Electric SE)
• Inventors: Kulp, Yann, Lien, Jason, Leblond, Simon, Paquette, Pierre, Lemire, Patrick R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo, Kenneth M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Choi, Michael W
• Application Number:
  US15/113,663
• Publication Number:
  US 20170070842A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,831 Days
• Field of Search: 700276
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2614 HVAC, heating, ventillation, climate control
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

The DYNAMIC ADAPTABLE ENVIRONMENT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DAERMC”) transforms various user, component and environment inputs into responsive environment outputs. In some implementations, the DAERMC allows users to manage a plurality of locations via mobile electronic devices (e.g., electronic mobile devices, resource management devices, and/or the like), and may be able to integrate and provide a plurality of information from said devices, including location data, current and projected weather data, current and future resource usage data, messages and/or like notifications, resource usage schedules, resource usage reports, resource usage settings, overrides, and/or the like.

Claims

1. A dynamic adaptable environment resource apparatus, comprising:

a plurality of environment sensors configured to collect home status data;

a graphical interface configured to receive and/or display resource schedule data;

a processor configured to;

process the resource schedule data and the home status data and issue communications to implement at least one adaptive environment schedule, the at least one adaptive environment schedule changing based on the processed resource schedule data and the processed home status data,

receive a user request to initiate a temporary override of the at least one adaptive environment schedule,

implement a temporary override schedule based on the temporary override of the at least one adaptive environment schedule without adjusting the at least one adaptive environment schedule, the temporary override schedule being a different schedule from the at least one adaptive environment schedule and including a specified time period for the duration of the temporary override schedule, and

return to the at least one adaptive environment schedule after completion of the specified time period of the temporary override schedule, wherein home status data collected from the plurality of environment sensors during the temporary override of the at least one adaptive environment schedule does not change the at least one adaptive environment schedule.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of environment sensors include one of temperature sensors, proximity sensors, light sensors, and humidity sensors.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the home status data includes home temperature data, home humidity data, a home brightness data, home occupancy status data, and/or outdoor weather data.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the home occupancy status indicates whether a particular user is within a home and/or whether any of a plurality of users are within a home.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the outdoor weather data includes weather pattern data, outdoor temperature data, and outdoor humidity data.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an illumination interface configured to provide illumination based on at least one of home status data, resource schedule data, and temporary override schedule.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, the processor is configured to change an environment schedule when changes in light or humidity in a portion of a site are detected via at least one of the environment sensors, or when changes in weather in a user'"'"'s area are detected via at least one of the environment sensors.

8. A dynamic adaptable environment resource processor implemented method, comprising:

receiving a request to initiate a heat blast or a cool blast at a resource management device;

creating a temporary blast schedule based on the request;

overriding a current schedule with the temporary blast schedule for a duration of the temporary blast schedule;

calculating a temporary blast schedule termination delay based on a duration of the temporary blast schedule, or based on a difference between a final temperature of the temporary blast schedule and a regular schedule temperature of the current schedule;

implementing the temporary blast schedule termination delay after the temporary blast schedule ends; and

restoring the current schedule after the temporary blast schedule termination delay.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the temporary blast schedule is created using a minimum temperature when a cool blast is initiated.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the temporary blast schedule is created using a maximum temperature when a heat blast is initiated.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the temporary blast schedule includes a start time, the duration of the temporary blast schedule, a temperature setpoint, and an indication of whether the request was made locally or remotely.

12. A dynamic adaptable environment resource processor implemented method, comprising:

receiving a request to initiate a heat blast or a cool blast at a resource management device;

overriding a current schedule with a temporary blast schedule, the temporary blast schedule being based on the request;

initiating a temporary blast schedule initiation notification action;

determining if the temporary blast schedule is close to ending, such that the resource management device initiates a temporary blast schedule termination warning notification action if the temporary blast schedule is close to ending;

determining when the temporary blast schedule has ended, such that the resource management device initiates a temporary blast schedule termination notification action when the temporary blast schedule ends;

calculating a temporary blast schedule termination delay based on a duration of the temporary blast schedule, or based on a difference between a final temperature of the temporary blast schedule and a regular schedule temperature of the current schedule;

implementing the temporary blast schedule termination delay after the temporary blast schedule ends; and

restoring the current schedule after the temporary blast schedule termination delay.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the temporary blast schedule initiation notification action is one of initiating an ambient light within a casing of the resource management device, initiating an auditory notification, or displaying a notification on a display of the resource management device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein initiating the ambient light for the temporary blast schedule initiation notification action includes turning the ambient light on in a static mode until the temporary blast schedule termination warning notification is initiated.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein initiating the temporary blast schedule initiation notification action includes flashing an ambient light until the temporary blast schedule termination notification is initiated.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the temporary blast schedule includes a start time, the duration of the temporary blast schedule, a temperature setpoint, and an indication of whether the request was made locally or remotely.

17. A dynamic adaptable environment resource apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory disposed in communication with the processor and containing processor-readable instructions that enable the processor to;

determine environment control parameters;

determine environment temporal preferences;

determine an at least one adaptive environment schedule based on determined environment control parameters and determined environment temporal preferences;

implement the at least one adaptive environment schedule, the implementation of the at least one adaptive environment schedule including monitoring at least one sensor and adjusting an at least one HVAC device to maintain environmental conditions according to the at least one adaptive environment schedule;

receive a temporary override request to change environment conditions relative to the at least one adaptive environment schedule; and

implement the temporary override request without adjusting the at least one adaptive environment schedule, wherein data collected from the at least one sensor during the temporary override of the at least one adaptive environment schedule does not change the at least one adaptive environment schedule.