×

ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY IN MULTI-UNIT FACILITIES

  • US 20110181412A1
  • Filed: 01/22/2010
  • Published: 07/28/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A multi-room facility, comprising:

  • a plurality of rooms each containing at least one door and one or more in-room devices, at least one of the in-room devices comprising a controller adapted to manage selected aspects of the room, wherein the controller is further adapted to execute at least one of the following sub-operations;

    (a) determine that activity has occurred at a first in-room device and based on making such a determination set an occupancy state of the room to occupied;

    (b) detect that activity has occurred at a second in-room device while the occupancy state of the room is unoccupied and activate an intruder alert;

    (c) determine that the occupancy state of the room is occupied and automatically enable a Do Not Disturb function at the at least one door;

    (d) determine the occupancy state of the room in the absence of analyzing a state of the at least one door; and

    (e) determine that the occupancy state of the room is occupied and automatically disable an in-room motion sensor.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×