公开(公告)号：US10761499B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-01

申请号：US15966876

申请日：2018-04-30

Applicant: Portable Comfort Corporation LLC

Inventor： John Henneberger ,  Michael Scelzi

IPC: G05B15/02 ,  F24F11/56 ,  F24F11/63 ,  F24F11/64 ,  F24F11/65

Abstract: A temperature voting system which receives votes indicating the temperature preferences of a plurality of occupants within a given HVAC zone, and adjusts a set-point temperature of a corresponding HVAC system accordingly. The votes may be received via a mobile device, an employee workstation, or from one or more biomedical devices. Each occupant may manually enter and submit a vote for their preferred set-point temperature, or a software application may be configured to automatically cast a vote for the corresponding occupant according to user-configurable preferences or current metabolic state. The received votes may be weighted according to a status of the voter, and aggregated to determine an appropriate set-point temperature. In some embodiments, near-field communication devices, GPS location technology, or other technology may be used to automatically detect the presence of an occupant within a HVAC zone and cast the occupant's vote for a corresponding HVAC zone.

公开(公告)号：US20180246481A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-30

申请号：US15966876

申请日：2018-04-30

Applicant: Portable Comfort Corporation LLC

Inventor： John Henneberger ,  Michael Scelzi

IPC: G05B15/02

CPC classification number: G05B15/02 ,  F24F11/56 ,  F24F11/63 ,  F24F11/64 ,  F24F11/65 ,  G05B2219/2642

Abstract: A temperature voting system which receives votes indicating the temperature preferences of a plurality of occupants within a given HVAC zone, and adjusts a set-point temperature of a corresponding HVAC system accordingly. The votes may be received via a mobile device, an employee workstation, or from one or more biomedical devices. Each occupant may manually enter and submit a vote for their preferred set-point temperature, or a software application may be configured to automatically cast a vote for the corresponding occupant according to user-configurable preferences or current metabolic state. The received votes may be weighted according to a status of the voter, and aggregated to determine an appropriate set-point temperature. In some embodiments, near-field communication devices, GPS location technology, or other technology may be used to automatically detect the presence of an occupant within a HVAC zone and cast the occupant's vote for a corresponding HVAC zone.