Control system and method for heating and cooling devices

• US 20070163773A1
• Filed: 01/19/2007
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Clive Webb, Yvette Webb
• Original Assignee: Clive Webb, Yvette Webb
• Inventors: Webb, Clive, Webb, Yvette
• Granted Patent: US 8,292,191 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 165/254
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/52 Indication arrangements, e.g. displays
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/62 characterised by the type of control or by internal processing, e.g. using fuzzy logic, adaptive control or estimation of values
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 23/1934 each space being provided with one sensor acting on one or more control means

Abstract

A system for managing the supply of energy to heating and cooling devices based on environmental conditions within a regulated area, said system including one or more sensor devices within said regulated area for communicating one or more status signals, and a control module for receiving said one or more status signals, said control module analyzing said one or more status signals based on one or more heating and cooling routines, said one or more heating and cooling routines instructing said control module to communicate one or more control signals to said heating and cooling devices, said one or more control signals activating or deactivating said heating and cooling devices. A method for managing the supply of energy to one or more heating and cooling devices based on environmental conditions within a regulated area, said method including the steps of receiving one or more status signals from one or more sensor devices, selecting one or more heating and cooling routines based on said one or more status signals, said heating and cooling routines having one or more control signal entries, generating one or more control signals to activate or deactivate said one or more heating and cooling devices based on said one or more control signal entries.

Claims

1. A system for managing the supply of energy to heating and cooling devices based on environmental conditions within a regulated area, said system comprising:

(a) one or more sensor devices within said regulated area for communicating one or more status signals; and

(b) a control module for receiving said one or more status signals, said control module analyzing said one or more status signals based on one or more heating and cooling routines, said one or more heating and cooling routines instructing said control module to communicate one or more control signals to said heating and cooling devices, said one or more control signals activating or deactivating said heating and cooling devices.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control module comprising;

(a) a memory means for storing said one or more heating and cooling routines;

(b) a microcontroller for analyzing said one or more status signals from said one or more sensor devices based on one or more heating and cooling routines, said microcontroller generating and communicating one or more control signals to said one or more heating and cooling devices; and

(c) a communication means for receiving said one or more status signals from said one or more sensor devices and for communicating said one or more control signals to said one or more heating devices.

3. A method for managing the supply of energy to one or more heating and cooling devices based on environmental conditions within a regulated area, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving one or more status signals from one or more sensor devices;

(b) selecting one or more heating and cooling routines based on said one or more status signals, said heating and cooling routines having one or more control signal entries; and

(c) generating one or more control signals to activate or deactivate said one or more heating and cooling devices based on said one or more control signal entries.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising the step of performing a default heating and cooling routine to receive said one or more status signals from said one or more sensor devices.

5. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein steps (a), (b) and (c) are performed iteratively.