SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REGULATING AN ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLE WITHIN A TARGET ZONE HAVING MULTIPLE INHABITANTS
First Claim
1. A system for regulating an environmental variable, the system comprisingan occupancy sensor configured to monitor a zone, the occupancy sensor detecting a presence of one or more inhabitants within the zone, determining a number of inhabitants present within the zone, and generating an occupancy signal communicating the number of inhabitants present within the zone;
- andan environmental control system in operative communication with the occupancy sensor, the environmental control system receiving the occupancy signal from the sensor system and regulating an environmental variable within the zone based on the number of inhabitants present within the zone.
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Abstract
A system and associated methods of operation for regulating an environmental variable (such as ambient room temperature) within a target zone. The system includes an occupancy sensor configured to monitor the target zone and determine a number of inhabitants present within the zone. The occupancy sensor generates an occupancy signal communicating the number of detected inhabitants to an environmental control system. Upon receiving the occupancy signal, the environmental control system regulates an environmental variable within the zone based on the number of inhabitants present in the zone.
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1. A system for regulating an environmental variable, the system comprising
an occupancy sensor configured to monitor a zone, the occupancy sensor detecting a presence of one or more inhabitants within the zone, determining a number of inhabitants present within the zone, and generating an occupancy signal communicating the number of inhabitants present within the zone; - and
an environmental control system in operative communication with the occupancy sensor, the environmental control system receiving the occupancy signal from the sensor system and regulating an environmental variable within the zone based on the number of inhabitants present within the zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 6, 9, 19, 22, 36, 43, 44, 45, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76)
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78. A method for regulating an environmental variable, the method comprising
monitoring, via an occupancy sensor, a zone; -
detecting, via the occupancy sensor, a presence of one or more inhabitants within the zone; determining, via the occupancy sensor, a number of inhabitants present within the zone; generating, via the occupancy sensor, an occupancy signal communicating the number of inhabitants present within the zone; receiving, via an environmental control system, the occupancy signal; and regulating, via the environmental control system, an environmental variable within the zone based on the number of inhabitants present within the zone. - View Dependent Claims (79, 81, 82, 86, 97, 99, 113, 120, 121, 122, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153)
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