Networked air quality monitoring

• US 9,890,969 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2014
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intwine Connect, LLC
• Original Assignee: Intwine Connect, LLC
• Inventors: Martin, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Toan N
• Application Number:
  US14/533,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20150052975A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,196 Days
• Field of Search: 340628, 340632, 340633, 340634
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/62 characterised by the type of control or by internal processing, e.g. using fuzzy logic, adaptive control or estimation of values
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/50 Air quality properties
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/70 Carbon dioxide
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/72 Carbon monoxide
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/00 Investigating or analysing materials by specific methods not covered by groups G01N1/00 - G01N31/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/0075 for multiple spatially distributed sensors, e.g. for environmental monitoring

Abstract

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for continuously monitoring residential air quality and providing a trend based analysis regarding various air pollutants are presented herein. The system comprises an air quality monitor located in a residential house, wherein the air quality monitor is configured to measure the level of an air pollutant. The system also includes a server that is communicatively coupled to the air quality monitor, wherein the server is configured to generate a unique environmental fingerprint associated with the residential house.

Claims

1. An air quality monitoring server device, comprising:

a memory to store machine instructions; and

a processor, coupled to the memory, that executes the machine instructions to perform operations, comprising;

receiving data representing a data point associated with an air pollutant extant within a habitable structure; and

generating, as a function of the air pollutant, a finger print for the habitable structure.

2. The air quality monitoring server device of claim 1, the operations further comprise, as a function of the finger print, facilitating activation of an abatement device located within the habitable structure to reduce the air pollutant.

3. The air quality monitoring server device of claim 1, the operations further comprise, as a function of the finger print, facilitating activation of an audio/visual device located within the habitable structure.

4. The air quality monitoring server device of claim 1, the operations further comprise, as a function of the finger print, initiating transmission of notification data representing a notification message regarding the air pollutant.

5. The air quality monitoring server device of claim 1, the operations further comprise, as a function of a first generated finger print for the habitable structure and a second generated finger print for the habitable structure, determining a deviation between the first generated finger print and the second generated finger print.

6. The air quality monitoring server device of claim 5, as a function of the deviation, initiating transmission of a notification to a user via a group of notification services comprising a short messaging service (SMS), a multi-media service (MMS), a paging service, an email, or a telephone service.

7. The air quality monitoring server device of claim 1, wherein the data comprises sensor readings from a group of sensors comprising a particulate sensor, a temperature sensor, a relative humidity sensor, a volatile organic compound sensor, a nitrogen oxide sensor, a carbon monoxide sensor, a combustible gas sensor, a carbon dioxide sensor, or a formaldehyde sensor.

8. The air quality monitoring server device of claim 1, wherein the data representing the data point is aggregated by a small form factor device located in the habitable structure.

9. A store and forward device, comprising:

a processor that executes instructions to perform operations comprising;

receiving data representing a plurality of data points associated with a plurality of air pollutants extant within a habitable area of a vehicle;

compressing the plurality of data points to form aggregation data representing an aggregation of the plurality of data points; and

initiating transmission of the aggregation data to a server device that, based on the aggregation data, determines an environmental finger print for the habitable area.

10. The store and forward device of claim 9, wherein the server device employs the aggregation data to generate the environmental finger print for the habitable area as a function of a characteristic of the vehicle and each air pollutant comprising the plurality of air pollutants.

11. The store and forward device of claim 9, wherein the plurality of air pollutants comprises a group of air pollutants comprising particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, formaldehyde, or combustible gases.

12. The store and forward device of claim 9, wherein the plurality of data points comprises a temperature or a relative humidity determined as a function of the habitable area.

13. The store and forward device of claim 9, wherein the server device, as a function of the aggregation data, facilitates initiation of an alarm in the habitable area as a function of a characteristic of the vehicle and a deviation from a threshold of a level of an air pollutant that comprises the plurality of air pollutants.

14. The store and forward device of claim 9, wherein the server device, as a function of the aggregation data, facilitates initiation of an abatement device as a function of a characteristic of the vehicle and a deviation from a threshold of a level of an air pollutant that comprises the plurality of air pollutants.

15. A computer readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a processor to perform operations, comprising:

establishing a data point with respect to an air pollutant level in a dwelling; and

transmitting the data point to a store-process-forward processing device that facilitates a server device, in response to receiving aggregated data representing at least the data point, to determine an environmental finger print unique to the dwelling.

16. The computer readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the store-process-forward processing device aggregates the data point with previously aggregated data point to form the aggregated data.

17. The computer readable storage device of claim 16, wherein the store-process-forward processing device initiates transmission of the aggregated data to a server device.

18. The computer readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the server device establishes the environmental finger print.

19. The computer readable storage device of claim 18, wherein as a function of the environmental finger print and a deviation of the data point from a threshold level determined by the service device based on the environmental finger print, the server device facilitates activation of an air pollutant abatement device in the dwelling.

20. The computer readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the air pollutant level is determined as a function of a group of air pollutants comprising volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, combustible gases, or formaldehyde.