ADAPTIVE PATTERN RECOGNITION BASED CONTROLLER APPARATUS AND METHOD AND HUMAN-INTERFACE THEREFORE
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1. A thermostat for controlling a climate control system, comprising:
- a thermal sensor, having a thermal sensor output;
at least one sensor selected from the group consisting of a light sensor, a humidity sensor, a pressure sensor, an air flow sensor, and a door open signal, producing at least one sensor output;
at least one processor, configured to control the climate control system in dependence on the thermal sensor output, and the at least one sensor output; and
a remote control interface configured to control the at least one processor, and receive feedback, through a digital communication interface.
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Abstract
A system and method of predicting items likely to appeal to a user, based on data received from a remote site. One or more local systems are provided, along with a remote system, said local systems communicating with said remote system over a network connection. Each local system maintains a set of characterized items. A local processor predicts an appeal of an item to a user based on the comparison with the set of characterized items with, e.g., user preferences. The user may interact through graphical user interface. At least one user-preference predictive algorithm may be employed to present items predicted to appeal to the user.
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21 Claims
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1. A thermostat for controlling a climate control system, comprising:
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a thermal sensor, having a thermal sensor output; at least one sensor selected from the group consisting of a light sensor, a humidity sensor, a pressure sensor, an air flow sensor, and a door open signal, producing at least one sensor output; at least one processor, configured to control the climate control system in dependence on the thermal sensor output, and the at least one sensor output; and a remote control interface configured to control the at least one processor, and receive feedback, through a digital communication interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for controlling a climate control system, comprising:
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receiving a thermal sensor output communicating temperature information from a location; receiving at least one auxiliary sensor output from at least one sensor selected from the group consisting of a light sensor, a humidity sensor, a pressure sensor, an air flow sensor, and a door open signal; communicating with a remote control interface to receive control information and present feedback; and controlling a climate control system in dependence on the thermal sensor output, and the at least one auxiliary sensor output. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A forced air heating and cooling system controller, comprising:
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at least one thermal sensor configured to sense temperature; at least one sensor selected from the group consisting of a light sensor, a humidity sensor, a pressure sensor, and an air flow sensor, a remote control interface configured receive control information and transmit feedback; at least one automated processor, receiving an output from the at least one sensor, configured to control the forced air heating and cooling system, based on at least the control information, the sensed temperature and the output of the at least one sensor.
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