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System for controlling HVAC and lighting functionality

  • US 9,441,847 B2
  • Filed: 03/07/2013
  • Issued: 09/13/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communicating system for controlling building conditioning systems in a building having a plurality of rooms with a plurality of entry points, comprising:

  • at least one occupancy detector located within the building;

    a system controller associated with the building, the system controller including a non-volatile memory equipped communication-enabled device having a building management controller, the building management controller being equipped to store thereat an automatically generated building spatial model, a sensor configuration database, and a building occupant'"'"'s behavioral model;

    the sensor configuration database including state data of a plurality of occupancy sensors relative to the occupancy of the building by occupants, the at least one occupancy detector being one of the plurality of occupancy sensors;

    the building occupant'"'"'s behavioral model including a database of behavioral models of the occupants; and

    at least one system output actuator located in the building in communication with the building conditioning systems;

    the device receiving a plurality of sensor signals, each of the plurality of sensors signals originating from a respective plurality of sensors located within the building, the plurality of occupancy sensors forming a subset of the plurality of sensors;

    the system learning the plurality of entry points of the building based on the relative difference associated with the multiple sensor signals and a detected occupancy pattern within the building occupant'"'"'s behavior model;

    the system generating the building occupant'"'"'s behavior model based on room type by pattern recognition of activities of occupants based on time and location data received from the plurality of sensors; and

    the system actuating conditioning in the building by sending signals in anticipation of an occupant'"'"'s behavior as derived by the building occupant'"'"'s behavior model.

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