ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR BUILDINGS WITH DUAL BAND SLOT ANTENNA

• US 20180120778A1
• Filed: 08/19/2017
• Published: 05/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Edison Labs, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Edison Labs, Inc.
• Inventors: Billings, Colin
• Granted Patent: US 10,474,112 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/024 in which a parameter or coefficient is automatically adjusted to optimise the performance
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/048 using a predictor
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25011 Domotique, I-O bus, home automation, building automation
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link

Abstract

A system is provided for controlling a first switch terminal of a building occupied by one or more building occupants. The system includes a plurality of switch terminal parameters relative to the building. A first computer system is coupled to the first switch terminal of the building at a first location of the building. The first computer system runs on at least one platform. The first computer system includes a dual-band slot antenna. A first plurality of sensors is coupled to the first switch terminal and the first computer system. At least a portion of the sensors provide signal data to the first computer system. The first computer system produces a command or data output that relates to at least one of: a command output for a local control system, a command output for a different system, a data output for a different system, a command output for a non-local device or a data output that is a non-local device, each of an output including learned data from that is based on machine intelligence from previous data collected about patterns of a building occupant.

Claims

1. A system for controlling a first switch terminal or equivalent of a building occupied by one or more building occupants, the system including a plurality of switch terminal parameters relative to the building, comprising:

a first computer system coupled to the first switch terminal or equivalent of the building at a first location of the building, the first computer system running on at least one platform and including a dual-band slot antenna;

a first plurality of sensors coupled to the first switch terminal or equivalent and the first computer system, at least a portion of the sensors are configured to provide signal data to the first computer system, the first computer system producing a command or data output that relates to at least one of;

a command output for a local control system, a command output for a different system, a data output for a different system, a command output for a non-local device or a data output that is a non-local device, each of an output including learned data from that is based on a machine intelligence from previous data collected about patterns of a building occupant and used to provide an adaptive control system for the building.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first computer system includes an electrical circuit coupled to the electrical circuit and to the dual-band slot antenna.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first computer system includes at least two radio circuits.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first computer system provides a network interface to the switch terminal.

5. The system of claim 4, further comprising:

a metal frame.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein electrical contact is made at defined points between the metal frame and the electrical circuit.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the dual-band slot antenna is void of all metal except at a feed point.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the dual-band slot antenna provides tuning and VSWR performance depend on other components in the system.

9. The system of claim 3, wherein the dual-band slot antenna is configured to be used the two radio circuits simultaneously

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a diplexer circuit.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the diplexer circuit is an RF diplexer circuit.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the diplexer circuit includes a low pass filter and a high pass filter.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the diplexer circuit is configured to attenuate signals from the two radio circuits.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the two radio circuits each include a receiver.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the diplexer circuit is configured to condition a signal by splitting the signal into low and high frequency bands at energy levels for the receivers of the two radio circuits.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the low pass filter and the high pass filter are configured to protect one radio circuit receiver from a transmission power of the other radio circuit receiver.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the low pass filter and the high pass filter are configured to and reduce out-of-band noise received by the dual-bandpass antenna from reaching a receiver of each of the two radio circuits.

18. The system of claim 7, wherein the feed point is coupled to a common terminal of the diplexer circuit.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the receivers of the radio circuits can be utilized for any frequency.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the receivers of the radio circuits can be used at frequencies o in the range of 20 MHz-300 MHz.

21. The system of claim 14, wherein the receivers of the radio circuits are used at frequencies of 915 MHz and 2.4 GHz respectively.