Air quality monitoring systems and methods
First Claim
1. An air monitoring system for monitoring indoor locations, comprising:
- an air monitoring unit including at least one sensor for acquiring air quality parameter data at at least one indoor location;
a source of environmental data representative of the outside of a building in which at least one indoor location is being monitored; and
a computer including an expert system for controlling the air monitoring unit based at least in part on the acquired air quality parameter data;
wherein the expert system is adapted to provide an air quality analysis based at least in part on the acquired air quality parameter data and the environmental data.
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Abstract
An air monitoring system is disclosed having an air monitoring unit with at least one sensor for measuring data of an air quality parameter and a computer for storing the air quality parameter data received from the sensor. The air monitoring unit may use an installed or a portable system, or a combination of both, for measuring the air quality parameters of interest. A remote data center may be provided, and the data may be uploaded to the data center from the unit by a communications media such as the Internet. Information or instructions may also be downloaded from the data center to the unit via the communications media for controlling or modifying the function of the unit. An expert system may be provided with the air monitoring system for controlling the unit. The information or instructions downloaded to the unit may be generated by the expert system.
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96 Claims
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1. An air monitoring system for monitoring indoor locations, comprising:
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an air monitoring unit including at least one sensor for acquiring air quality parameter data at at least one indoor location;
a source of environmental data representative of the outside of a building in which at least one indoor location is being monitored; and
a computer including an expert system for controlling the air monitoring unit based at least in part on the acquired air quality parameter data;
wherein the expert system is adapted to provide an air quality analysis based at least in part on the acquired air quality parameter data and the environmental data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An air monitoring system for monitoring indoor locations, comprising:
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an air monitoring unit including at least one sensor for measuring air quality parameter data at at least one indoor location, and a computer for storing the data received from the at least one sensor;
a remote data center including, a database for storing the air quality parameter data, and an expert system interactive with the air quality parameter data for analysis of the air quality parameter data, the expert system using at least one of a rule-based method, a case-based method, or a pattern recognition method using fuzzy reasoning over patterns to process the air quality parameter data; and
a communication link between the remote data center and the air monitoring unit, the communication link including a data communication network that is adapted to handle communications between two or more other devices in addition to the communications between the remote data center and the air monitoring unit;
wherein the remote data center sends information to the air monitoring unit through the communication link to modify the function of the air monitoring unit. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. Apparatus for monitoring indoor locations, comprising:
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an air monitoring system having at least one sensor for acquiring air quality parameter data at at least one selected indoor location;
a source of environmental data representative of the outside of a building in which at least one indoor location is being monitored; and
a computer comprising an expert system for analyzing the acquired air quality parameter data and reaching a conclusion regarding air quality of the selected indoor location;
wherein the expert system is adapted to provide an air quality analysis based at least in part on the acquired air quality parameter data and the environmental data. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. An air monitoring system for monitoring indoor locations, comprising:
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an air monitoring unit including at least one sensor for acquiring air quality parameter data at at least one indoor location; and
a computer including an expert system for controlling the air monitoring unit based at least in part on the acquired air quality parameter data, wherein the computer comprising the expert system is remotely located from said air monitoring system, communications between the expert system and the air monitoring system at least including information related to the air quality parameter data acquired by the air monitoring system; and
wherein the communications between the expert system and the air monitoring system occurs on a communications link between the expert system and the air monitoring system, the communication link including a data communication network that is adapted to handle communications between two or more other devices in addition to the communications between the expert system and the air monitoring system. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57)
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58. Apparatus for monitoring indoor locations, comprising:
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an air monitoring system having at least one sensor for acquiring air quality parameter data at at least one selected indoor location, said air monitoring system having at least a carbon dioxide sensor and a TVOC sensor; and
a computer comprising an expert system for analyzing the acquired air quality parameter data and reaching a conclusion regarding air quality of the selected indoor location. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. Apparatus for monitoring indoor locations, comprising:
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an air monitoring system having at least one sensor for acquiring air quality parameter data at at least one selected indoor location; and
a computer comprising an expert system for analyzing the acquired air quality parameter data and reaching a conclusion regarding air quality of the selected indoor location, wherein the computer comprising the expert system is remotely located from said air monitoring system with communications between the expert system and the air monitoring system at least including information related to the air quality parameter data acquired by the air monitoring system; and
wherein communications between the expert system and the air monitoring system occurs on a communications link between the expert system and the air monitoring system, the communication link including a data communication network that is adapted to handle communications between two or more other devices in addition to the communications between the expert system and the air monitoring system. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96)
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