COMPUTATIONAL LOAD DISTRIBUTION IN A CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM HAVING PLURAL SENSING MICROSYSTEMS
First Claim
1. A climate control system, comprising:
- a plurality of wirelessly communicating sensing microsystems, each said sensing microsystem including a temperature sensor and a processor, at least one of said sensing microsystems being coupled to an HVAC unit for control thereof, said plurality of sensing microsystems being configured to jointly carry out at least one shared computational task associated with the control of the HVAC unit; and
for each said sensing microsystem, a power management circuit configured to determine an amount of electrical power available for dedication to said at least one shared computational task;
wherein said at least one shared computational task is apportioned among respective ones of said plurality of sensing microsystems according to the amount of electrical power determined to be available for dedication thereto at each said respective sensing microsystem.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and related computer program products for controlling one or more HVAC systems using a distributed arrangement of wirelessly connected sensing microsystems are described. A plurality of wirelessly communicating sensing microsystems is provided, each sensing microsystem including a temperature sensor and a processor, at least one of the sensing microsystems being coupled to an HVAC unit for control thereof. The plurality of sensing microsystems is configured to jointly carry out at least one shared computational task associated with control of the HVAC unit. Each sensing microsystem includes a power management circuit configured to determine an amount of electrical power available for dedication to the at least one shared computational task. The at least one shared computational task is apportioned among respective ones of the plurality of sensing microsystems according to the amount of electrical power determined to be available for dedication thereto at each respective sensing microsystem.
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24 Claims
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1. A climate control system, comprising:
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a plurality of wirelessly communicating sensing microsystems, each said sensing microsystem including a temperature sensor and a processor, at least one of said sensing microsystems being coupled to an HVAC unit for control thereof, said plurality of sensing microsystems being configured to jointly carry out at least one shared computational task associated with the control of the HVAC unit; and for each said sensing microsystem, a power management circuit configured to determine an amount of electrical power available for dedication to said at least one shared computational task; wherein said at least one shared computational task is apportioned among respective ones of said plurality of sensing microsystems according to the amount of electrical power determined to be available for dedication thereto at each said respective sensing microsystem. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of operation for a plurality of wirelessly communicating sensing microsystems of a distributed climate control system, each sensing microsystem including a temperature sensor and a processor, at least one of the sensing microsystems being coupled to an HVAC unit for control thereof, the plurality of sensing microsystems cooperating to control the HVAC unit based at least in part on temperature readings acquired by the plurality of temperature sensors, the plurality of sensing microsystems being configured to jointly carry out at least one shared computational task associated with the control of the HVAC unit, the method comprising:
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at each sensing microsystem, determining an amount of electrical power available for dedication to the at least one shared computational task; allocating among the sensing microsystems respective portions of the least one shared computational task according to the amount of electrical power determined to be available for dedication thereto at each respective sensing microsystem; and at each sensing microsystem, carrying out the respective portion of the least one shared computational task allocated thereto. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer readable medium tangibly embodying one or more sequences of instructions wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by a plurality of processors contained in a respective plurality of wirelessly communicating sensing microsystems of a distributed climate control system causes the plurality of sensing microsystems to:
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cooperatively control an HVAC unit based at least in part on temperature readings acquired by a plurality of temperature sensors located respectively in said plurality of sensing microsystems; and carry out at least one shared computational task associated with said cooperative control of the HVAC unit, comprising; at each sensing microsystem, determining an amount of electrical power available for dedication to the at least one shared computational task; and allocating among the sensing microsystems respective portions of the least one shared computational task according to the amount of electrical power determined to be available for dedication thereto at each respective sensing microsystem. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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