Dynamic temperature control for a room containing a group of people
First Claim
1. A computer controlled method for dynamically controlling the ambient temperature in an enclosed room containing a plurality of people comprisingstoring a set of parameters to be correlated with sensed body temperatures in determining a selected optimum room temperature including:
- predetermined temperature related data profiles of people having potential subsequent entry into said room; and
predetermined facial recognition profiles of said people having said potential subsequent entry into said room; and
identifying people subsequently entering said room by video monitoring people entering said room to recognize facial profiles of said people stored in said stored data profiles;
comparing the identified people to determine if said identified people have stored data profiles;
in response to the determination of identified people having stored profiles, sensing the body temperature of a plurality of people in said room having stored profiles;
wirelessly transmitting said sensed body temperatures of said plurality of people to be correlated with said set of parameters wherein said optimum room temperature is determined; and
controlling the room temperature using a heat/cool device to provide the selected optimum room temperature.
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Abstract
Optimum temperature in a room is controlled by directly and dynamically sensing the body temperatures of one or more people in the room and storing a set of parameters to be correlated with the sensed body temperatures in determining a selected optimum room temperature. The sensed body temperatures are wirelessly transmitted to be correlated with the set of parameters wherein optimum room temperature is determined based on those parameters. In response to this correlation, a selected optimum room temperature may be provided by appropriate heating or cooling.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer controlled method for dynamically controlling the ambient temperature in an enclosed room containing a plurality of people comprising
storing a set of parameters to be correlated with sensed body temperatures in determining a selected optimum room temperature including: -
predetermined temperature related data profiles of people having potential subsequent entry into said room; and predetermined facial recognition profiles of said people having said potential subsequent entry into said room; and identifying people subsequently entering said room by video monitoring people entering said room to recognize facial profiles of said people stored in said stored data profiles; comparing the identified people to determine if said identified people have stored data profiles; in response to the determination of identified people having stored profiles, sensing the body temperature of a plurality of people in said room having stored profiles; wirelessly transmitting said sensed body temperatures of said plurality of people to be correlated with said set of parameters wherein said optimum room temperature is determined; and controlling the room temperature using a heat/cool device to provide the selected optimum room temperature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer controlled system for dynamically controlling the ambient temperature in an enclosed room containing a plurality of people comprising:
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a processor; and a computer memory holding computer program instructions which when executed by the processor perform the method comprising; storing a set of parameters to be correlated with sensed body temperatures in determining a selected optimum room temperature including; predetermined temperature related data profiles of people having potential subsequent entry into said room; and predetermined facial recognition profiles of said people having said potential subsequent entry into said room; and identifying people subsequently entering said room by video monitoring people entering said room to recognize facial profiles of said people stored in said stored data profiles; comparing the identified people to determine if said identified people have stored data profiles; in response to the determination of identified people having stored profiles, sensing the body temperature of a plurality of people in said room having stored profiles; wirelessly transmitting said sensed body temperatures of said plurality of people to be correlated with said set of parameters wherein said optimum room temperature is determined; and controlling the room temperature using a heat/cool device to provide the selected optimum room temperature. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer usable non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon a computer readable program for dynamically controlling the ambient temperature in an enclosed room containing a plurality of people, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:
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store a set of parameters to be correlated with sensed body temperatures in determining a selected optimum room temperature including; predetermined temperature related data profiles of people having potential subsequent entry into said room; and predetermined facial recognition profiles of said people having said potential subsequent entry into said room; and identifying people subsequently entering said room by video monitoring people entering said room to recognize facial profiles of said people stored in said stored data profiles; compare the identified people to determine if said identified people have stored data profiles; in response to the determination of identified people having stored profiles, sense the body temperature of a plurality of people in said room having stored profiles; wirelessly transmit said sensed body temperatures of said plurality of people to be correlated with said set of parameters wherein said optimum room temperature is determined; and control the room temperature using a heat/cool device to provide the selected optimum room temperature. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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