Dynamically Modifying Temperatures At Positions in a Room Having a Plurality Of Positioned People Responsive To Input Requests From Individual Positioned People

• US 20140358292A1
• Filed: 06/04/2013
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GlobalFoundries, Inc.
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: BRADLEY, LISA MARIE WOOD, WOOD, MARISSA ANN, LI, NAN, WIESE, CHARLES EDMOND
• Application Number:
  US13/909,756
• Publication Number:
  US 20140358292A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/276
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/0001 for ventilation F24F11/30 takes precedence
• 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 11/46 Improving electric energy efficiency or saving
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/56 Remote control
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/64 using pre-stored data
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2120/10 Occupancy
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2120/14 Activity of occupants
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 23/1917 using digital means

Abstract

Controlling the temperature gradient in an enclosed auditorium with positioned people by initially generating, by thermal input, a level selected base temperature plane coextensive with the plane of the enclosed room. Each of the positioned people is enabled to dynamically input a request for a temperature change in the base temperature plane at a position corresponding to the position of the person in the room plane. All of the input requests of positioned people may then be correlated with the base temperature plane to convert the base temperature plane into a base temperature curvature coextensive with the plane of the enclosed room. The thermal input may then be varied responsive to the sensed temperature variations to maintain the base temperature curvature.

Claims

1. A computer controlled method for dynamically controlling a temperature gradient in an enclosed room containing a plurality of positioned people comprising:

generating by thermal input a level selected base temperature plane coextensive with the plane of the enclosed room;

sensing positional temperature variations in said base temperature plane;

varying said thermal input responsive to said sensed temperature variations to maintain said base temperature plane;

enabling each of said positioned people to dynamically input a request for a temperature change in said base temperature plane at a position corresponding to the position of the person in the said room plane;

correlating;

all of said input requests of said positioned people with said base temperature plane to convert said base temperature plane into a base temperature curvature coextensive with the plane of the enclosed room; and

varying said thermal input responsive to said sensed temperature variations to maintain base temperature curvature.

2. The method of claim 1, further including enabling the setting of a predetermined range within which temperature may vary from said base curvature.

3. The method of claim 1, further including:

storing temperature related data profiles of people having potential admission into said room;

identifying at least one of said positioned people in said room, as having a stored temperature related data profile; and

responsive to said identifying, automatically inputting a request for temperature change from said identified person based upon the stored profile of said identified person.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said sensing for positional variation in said base temperature plane includes sensing the skin temperatures of said positioned people.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said skin temperatures are sensed by detecting humidity produced gases surrounding each of said positioned people.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein each of the positioned people are enabled to manually input a request for temperature change.

7. The method of claim 6 further including updating said stored profile for said at least one of said positioned people based upon manual input requests for temperature change from at least one of said positioned people.

8. A computer controlled system for dynamically controlling a temperature gradient in an enclosed room containing a plurality of positioned people comprising:

a processor; and

a computer memory holding computer program instructions that when executed by the processor perform the method comprising;

generating by thermal input a level selected base temperature plane coextensive with the plane of the enclosed room;

sensing positional temperature variations in said base temperature plane;

varying said thermal input responsive to said sensed temperature variations to maintain said base temperature plane;

enabling each of said positioned people to dynamically input a request for a temperature change in said base temperature plane at a position corresponding to the position of the person in the said room plane;

correlating all of said input requests of said positioned people with said base temperature plane to convert said base temperature plane into a base temperature curvature coextensive with the plane of the enclosed room; and

varying said thermal input responsive to said sensed temperature variations to maintain base temperature curvature.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the performed method further includes enabling the setting of a predetermined range within which temperature may vary from said base curvature.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein said performed method further includes:

storing temperature related data profiles of people having potential admission into said room;

identifying at least one of said positioned people in said room, as having a stored temperature related data profile; and

responsive to said identifying, automatically inputting a request for temperature change from said identified person based upon the stored profile of said identified person.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein said sensing for positional variation in said base temperature plane in said performed method includes sensing the skin temperatures of said positioned people.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein said skin temperatures arc sensed in said performed method by detecting humidity produced gases surrounding each of said positioned people.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein each of the positioned people in the performed method are enabled to manually input a request for temperature change.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein said performed method further includes updating said stored profile for said at least one of said positioned people based upon manual input requests for temperature change from at least one of said positioned people.

15. A computer usable non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon a computer readable program for dynamically controlling a temperature gradient in an enclosed room containing a plurality of positioned people, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to:

generate by thermal input a level selected base temperature plane coextensive with the plane of the enclosed room;

sense positional temperature variations in said base temperature plane;

vary said thermal input responsive to said sensed temperature variations to maintain said base temperature plane;

enable each of said positioned people to dynamically input a request for a temperature change in said base temperature plane at a position corresponding to the position of the person in the said room plane;

correlate all of said input requests of said positioned people with said base temperature plane to convert said base temperature plane into a base temperature curvature coextensive with the plane of the enclosed room; and

vary said thermal input responsive to said sensed temperature variations to maintain base temperature curvature.

16. The computer usable storage medium of claim 15, wherein said computer program, when executed, causes the computer to further enable the setting of a predetermined range within which temperature may vary from said base curvature.

17. The computer usable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the computer program, when executed, further causes the computer to:

store temperature related data profiles of people having potential admission′

into said room;

identify at least one of said positioned people in said room, as having a stored temperature related data profile; and

responsive to said identifying, automatically inputting a request for a temperature change from said identified person based upon the stored profile of said identified person.

18. The computer usable storage medium of claim 15 wherein the computer program, when executed, causes said sensing for positional variation in said base temperature plane to include sensing the skin temperatures of said positioned people.

19. The computer usable storage medium of claim 18, wherein said computer program, when executed, causes the computer to have skin temperature sensed by detecting humidity produced gases surrounding each of said positioned people.

20. The computer usable storage medium of claim 17, wherein said computer program, when executed, enables each of the positioned people to manually input a request for temperature change.

21. The computer usable storage medium of claim 20, wherein said computer program, when executed, further causes the computer to update said stored profile for said at least one of said positioned people based upon manual input requests for temperature changes from at least one of said positioned people.