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Systems and methods for regulating an environmental variable within a target zone having multiple inhabitants

  • US 9,909,774 B2
  • Filed: 03/04/2015
  • Issued: 03/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2015
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for regulating an environmental variable, the system comprisingan occupancy sensor configured to monitor a zone, the occupancy sensor detecting a presence of one or more inhabitants within the zone, determining a number of inhabitants present within the zone, and generating an occupancy signal communicating the number of inhabitants present within the zone;

  • a door sensor configured to monitor whether a door leading into the zone is open or closed, the door sensor further configured to generate a door signal communicating whether the door is open or closed; and

    an environmental control system in operative communication with the occupancy sensor and the door sensor, the environmental control system receiving the occupancy signal from the sensor system and regulating an environmental variable within the zone based on the number of inhabitants present within the zone and the door signal communicating whether the door is open or closed;

    a measurement sensor configured to monitor the zone, the sensor measuring a skin parameter from each of the one or more inhabitants occupying the zone, wherein the measurement sensor determines an average value of the measured skin parameter.

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