Building Equipment Control System

• US 20110178640A1
• Filed: 12/04/2007
• Published: 07/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: EnOcean GmbH
• Original Assignee: EnOcean GmbH
• Inventors: Schmidt, Frank
• Application Number:
  US12/521,456
• Publication Number:
  US 20110178640A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/275
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 2009/6818 using sensors
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/68 Operating devices or mechanisms, e.g. with electric drive
• 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 11/54 using one central controller connected to several sub-controllers
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/56 Remote control
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/57 using telephone networks
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/58 using Internet communication
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/63 Electronic processing
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/88 Electrical aspects, e.g. circuits
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/10 Temperature

Abstract

A building equipment control system with at least one partial system comprising a sensor and/or an actuator, each of which is coupled to a processing unit and which incorporates a wireless signal transmission and reception unit that is coupled to the processing unit.

Claims

1. A building equipment control system with at least one partial system comprising:

a sensor for acquisition of environmental physical conditions and/or an actuator for providing a signal to a functional building equipment unit, wherein the sensor and the actuator are coupled to a processing unit that processes the signals and/or generates an actuator signal; and

a wireless information transmission and/or receiving unit that is coupled to the first processing unit and is designed to transmit and/or receive sensor signals and/or actuator signals.

2. The building equipment control system according to claim 1 wherein

the partial system is configured to perform bidirectional data exchange with at least one further partial system by means of the wireless signal transmission and reception unit.

3. The building equipment control system according to claim 1, wherein

the partial system includes an energy converter that converts non-electrical environmental energy into electrical energy.

4. The building equipment control system according to claim 1, wherein

the partial system includes an energy store that is provided in order to store electrical energy from the energy converter.

5. The building equipment control system according to claim 1, wherein

the partial system includes a data storage unit with which the processing unit is coupled.

6. The building equipment control system according to claim 1, wherein

the actuator and/or the sensor is coupled to a functional building equipment unit.

7. A building equipment control system according to claim 1, wherein

a central unit is provided that performs bidirectional data exchange with at least one partial system.

8. The building equipment control system according to claim 7, wherein

the central unit includes a user interface adapted to inform a user of the operating states of individual building equipment units and/or to control them by the user.