Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Temperature control voting system
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Application No.: US14718494Application Date: 2015-05-21
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Publication No.: US09989944B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: John Henneberger , Michael Scelzi
- Applicant: Portable Comfort LLC
- Applicant Address: US VA Glen Allen
- Assignee: Portable Comfort Corporation LLC
- Current Assignee: Portable Comfort Corporation LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Glen Allen
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Main IPC: G05B15/02
- IPC: G05B15/02 ; F24F11/00

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150338117A1 Temperature Control Voting System Public/Granted day:2015-11-26
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