- Patent Title: System and method for identification of personal thermal comfort
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Application No.: US15073813Application Date: 2016-03-18
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Publication No.: US10372990B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Carlos Henrique Cardonha , Andrea Britto Mattos Lima , Stefany Mazon
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: F. Chau & Associates, LLC
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; F24F11/30 ; F24F11/62 ; G06T7/11 ; F24F110/10 ; F24F110/20 ; F24F120/10

Abstract:
A method for temperature control includes acquiring image data, and analyzing the image data to identify one or more individuals within the image data. A level of thermal comfort is estimated for each of the identified individuals based on the image data. The determined level of thermal comfort indicates whether each individual appears to be feeling too hot, appears to be feeling too cold or appears to be feeling satisfied with an ambient temperature. An air-conditioning unit or a heating unit is controlled based on the estimation of the level of thermal comfort for each of the identified individuals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170268793A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF PERSONAL THERMAL COMFORT Public/Granted day:2017-09-21
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