175results about "Temperature control using digital means" patented technology

Embodiments of the invention provide a high density liquid cooling system including a rack, primary loop piping including a primary inlet, a primary outlet, a primary loop filter, and a primary bypass valve, and secondary loop piping including a secondary inlet, a secondary outlet, a first pump, a first filter downstream of the first pump, and a secondary bypass valve. The system includes a heat exchanger having a first side and a second side. When the primary bypass valve is open, at least a portion of the fluid in the primary loop piping flows through the primary inlet and the primary outlet without traversing the heat exchanger, and when the secondary bypass valve is open, at least a portion of the fluid in the secondary loop piping flows through the secondary inlet and the secondary outlet without traversing the heat exchanger.

An image processing apparatus that can decide whether to perform temperature control on a desired object in an image and have a degree of freedom in a control range of a presented temperature. The image processing apparatus includes an image data input unit that inputs image data of the image, an object detection unit that detects the object in the image based on the image data, a type identification unit that identifies a type of the object detected by the object detection unit, a control determination unit that determines whether to perform temperature control to an object occupied area that is occupied by the object in the image based on an identification result of the type identification unit, and a temperature decision unit that decides a temperature of the object occupied area when it is determined to perform the temperature control as a determination result of the control determination unit.

A controller receives from a sensor associated with a window treatment a first data obtained during a controlled closing of the window treatment. A setpoint temperature, a current temperature within a structure, and a weather data is subsequently used to determine that the window treatment needs to be closed in order to hasten a movement of the current temperature towards the setpoint temperature. After an instruction is provided to cause the window treatment to start to close, second data is obtained from the sensor while the window treatment is being closed. The first data is compared to the second data, when the comparison indicates that an obstruction exists in a path of travel of the window treatment, the closing of the window treatment is stopped.

Systems and methods for cooling a datacenter (100) are disclosed. One or more circuits of a datacenter (100) cooling system can receive a speed control signal for a pulse width modulation (PWM) fan and can modify a speed control signal to output a direction control signal to a motor driver associated with a PWM fan, so that a direction control signal can enable a forward direction or a reverse direction for a PWM fan, while a speed control signal can enable a speed of a PWM fan.

A method and system for controlling a temperature control system based on both system reliability and battery state is disclosed. Batteries may supply power to places where the power grid is unavailable. The batteries may be housed in containers, with the temperature and humidity of the containers being controlled using a temperature control system. The system and method disclosed may select the temperature setpoint and humidity setpoint in order to operate the batteries within prescribed temperature and humidity values, while considering both the state of health of the batteries (e.g., the battery state of charge) and the state of health of the temperature control system (e.g., the failure of the compressors). In this way, the batteries may be operated within prescribed limits while accounting for both the health of the batteries and the health of the temperature control system.

One aspect is a system including a bed having a mattress, a temperature sensor attached to the mattress, the temperature sensor configured to sense temperature and transmit temperature readings to computing hardware, and a temperature modulating unit configured to adjust a microclimate temperature of a microclimate of the bed. The computing hardware can be configured to receive a stream of temperature readings from the temperature sensor, calculate an estimated environmental temperature based on the stream of temperature readings, wherein when the computing hardware determines that a user is present in the bed, the estimated environmental temperature is calculated using at least one temperature reading in the stream of temperature readings detected before the user was determined to enter the bed, determine a temperature adjustment setting based on the estimated environmental temperature reading and activate the temperature modulating unit to adjust the microclimate temperature according to the temperature adjustment setting.

The present invention provides a method for optimizing cooling resources in a data center based on workload prediction and a system thereof. The method includes the steps of: continuously collecting data in real-time from a plurality of sensors distributed across various sections of the data center; predicting future workload demands and corresponding cooling requirements over time and space in each section of the data center using historical and real-time collected data; determining whether to allocate the predicted workload demand to a section that meets the corresponding cooling requirements or to adjust the cooling resources to achieve the required cooling levels, whichever results in more optimized energy usage; and dynamically adjusting the cooling resources in each section of the data center based on real-time and predicted workload demands over time to minimize energy consumption and operational costs, thereby ensuring optimal cooling without over-provisioning.

A toilet device includes a heat exchanger, an on-off valve, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform a determination control, of driving the heat exchanger in a state in which the on-off valve is open, and calculating a change amount of a detected temperature while driving the heat exchanger, stopping the driving of the heat exchanger in the case where the change amount does not reach or exceed a first value within a first period from when the driving of the heat exchanger started, and calculating a drop amount of the detected temperature while the driving of the heat exchanger is stopped, and determining the driving of the heat exchanger to be allowable in the case where the drop amount reaches or exceeds a second value within a second period from when the driving of the heat exchanger stopped.

The present invention provides a semiconductor device comprising a storage chip and a temperature detection module for detecting a temperature of the storage chip. When the temperature detected by the temperature detection module reaches a set threshold, the storage chip is activated. The temperature detection module comprises: a temperature detection unit for detecting a temperature of the storage chip and outputting an analogue signal corresponding to the temperature; an A / D conversion module having an input terminal and an output terminal, wherein the input terminal receives the analogue signal output by the temperature detection unit, the output terminal outputs a digital signal, and the A / D conversion module is configured to convert the analogue signal output by the temperature detection unit to the digital signal. The present invention utilizes the temperature detection module to detect the temperature of the storage chip so as to provide a reference for the activation and operation of the storage chip, avoiding the activation and operation of the storage chip under low temperatures, shortening write time, and improving the stability of the storage chip write; the temperature detection module has a simple circuit structure and is easy for implementation, with a small occupied area, exerting no influence on the active area of the storage chip.

A method for controlling an air-conditioning unit which air-conditions the interior of a vehicle includes using a control facility to control the air-conditioning unit in order to air-condition the interior of the vehicle. In order to improve the operation of the air-conditioning unit, a computing facility forms a model using an artificial neural network, the model being configured to ascertain a control variable to be output by the control facility using influencing variables which have an influence on the climate of the interior. A computer program which represents the model is used on the control facility in order to control the air-conditioning unit. An apparatus, a computer program, a computer-readable medium and a vehicle are also provided.

The present invention relates to a system for temperature control in one or more rooms, as well as a method for temperature control in one or more rooms.

The application discloses a kind of accurate control methods of moisture and temperature of moisture regaining machine outlet, comprising:1, function relationship of hot air moisture content Wg in cylinder with tobacco flow, outlet moisture, ambient temperature and humidity data is established;2, the function relationship of hot air moisture content in moisture regaining cylinder with water addition, steam application amount is obtained by pipeline and wind volume calculation in moisture regaining cylinder;3, by coordinating control water addition and steam application amount, ensure that temperature and moisture two major index control stability.The application not only solves the problem of mutual restriction, mutual influence between temperature and moisture two sets of PID control system, but also effectively solves the problem of water stained tobacco due to system overshoot.

A heater drive controlling apparatus for an electronic component testing apparatus includes a breaker disposed between a power source and heaters, and a controller that controls electric currents supplied from the power source to the heaters in order according to a first priority set for the heaters such that a sum of the supplied electric currents is within a rated current of the breaker. The electronic component testing apparatus includes a test chamber, a thermal-stress applying chamber, and a thermal-stress removing chamber each of which includes the heaters.

The present disclosure relates to a temperature prediction model establishment method, a heating temperature setting method and a thermal cycling system. The temperature prediction model establishment method is suitable for a thermal cycling system and is used to measure temperature values corresponding to the thermal cycling system to generate measured temperature data, and to calculate reaction times corresponding to the thermal cycling system. The establishment method comprises: aligning the measured temperature data with set values of the thermal cycling system according to the reaction times to generate training data, and establishing a temperature prediction model by a statistical model and the training data. Thus, the phenomenon of temperature of a specified node occurring drastic fluctuations is reduced, and the effect of energy saving and carbon reduction is achieved.

This invention discloses a temperature and humidity control method, system, and computer storage medium for a maintenance and storage device. The temperature and humidity control method includes: S1, obtaining the temperature setting range and humidity setting range of the storage cavity; S2, obtaining the initial internal temperature of the storage cavity, and adjusting the internal temperature of the storage cavity to the temperature setting range using the temperature adjustment system based on the initial internal temperature and the temperature setting range; S3, obtaining the initial internal humidity of the storage cavity, and adjusting the internal humidity of the storage cavity to the humidity setting range using the humidification system and the dehumidification system based on the initial internal humidity and the humidity setting range. This invention provides a temperature and humidity control method, system, and computer storage medium for a maintenance and storage device that fully considers the influence of the external ambient temperature and humidity on the internal temperature and humidity of the storage cavity, thus improving the storage and maintenance effect of the maintenance and storage device.

A vaping system includes: (a) a disposable vaping device that includes the following non user-replaceable items: (i) a heating element; (ii) a rechargeable battery, and (iii) a liquid reservoir that provides liquid to the heating element; and (b) an automatic liquid filling device, including (i) a first aperture or port configured to receive a liquid bottle or container containing atomisable liquid; (ii) a second aperture or port configured to receive the vaping device; (iii) an electronic liquid level sensing sub-system; (iv) a liquid filling sub-system configured to pump liquid from the liquid bottle or container to the liquid reservoir in the vaping device and (v) a battery charging sub-system.

The present invention relates to a method and device for setting the thermostatic head of a thermostatic valve in a room of a building, the thermostatic valve comprising a valve body and the thermostatic head comprising a motor, a piston allowing the circulation of fluid in the valve body.According to the invention: - the motor is controlled (E500) so that the fluid does not circulate in the valve body, - it is checked (E502) if the parameter conditions are met after a time delay, - the motor is controlled (E503) for a movement for a partial opening of the valve, - a first temperature in the room is measured (E505) after a time delay, - the motor is controlled so that the fluid does not circulate in the valve body, - the motor is controlled (E508) to allow the fluid to circulate at full flow rate in the valve body after a time delay, - a second temperature in the room is measured (E510) after a time delay, - the two measurements are compared (E513), - a set of room temperature regulation parameters is applied (E514, E515) according to the result of the comparison.

The invention concerns the control of heating power of a heating device such as a radiator. The control may involve two temperature sensors arranged for sensing (401;402) first and second temperature values at different positions. A mathematical model is then applied (403) to the two sensed temperature values to calculate a room temperature value being representative of the temperature in a room where the heating device is located. The heating power of the heating device is then controlled (404) based on the estimated room temperature value.

Disclosed herein is a system for controlling a chilled water plant comprising one or more chillers, one or more water pumps, and a controller. The system comprise one or more processors configured to receive information comprising historical data for a plurality of system variables for the chilled water plant; determine historical performance information for the chilled water plant; prepare performance models comprising: at least one chiller predictive model; and at least one pump predictive model; prepare a field load predictive model for a field load demand; prepare a chilled water plant model; simulate operation of the chilled water plant and determining first optimised control parameters for the chilled water plant; determine an energy consumption of the chilled water plant; determine optimised control parameters for the chilled water plant; and output the optimised control parameters to the controller of the chilled water plant to optimise control of the chilled water plant.

System (100) comprising a computer (105) with a processor and a data storage (106), wherein the data storage (106) stores instructions executable by the computer (105) to: to collect data (115) about a skin reaction characteristic from a vehicle occupant; based on the data (115) to determine a target temperature for the passenger compartment; and to adjust an air conditioning system based on the desired temperature of the passenger compartment, wherein the data (115) comprise a skin temperature measured by a portable device (140) and a galvanic response of the skin measured by the portable device (140), wherein the portable device (140) measures the skin temperature and the galvanic response of the skin and determines the target temperature of the passenger compartment based on a most recent measurement of at least one of the skin temperature and the galvanic response of the skin.

Various embodiments described herein relate to automated asset strategy selection for assets via cloud-based supervisory control. In this regard, one or more baselines for asset strategy data related to an asset is estimated based on a regression analysis process associated with the asset. Additionally, a maximum uncertainty level for the one or more baselines is determined, one or more conditions related to energy optimization for an environment associated with the asset is estimated for a future period of time, and a predicted uncertainty level for the one or more conditions related to the energy optimization is determined. Based on a comparison between the maximum uncertainty level and the predicted uncertainty level, a predetermined asset strategy or an energy optimization asset strategy for the future period of time is then selected.

The present invention relates to a control system (10) for controlling at least one thermal installation (12), in particular a thermal installation comprising at least one heat pump, the control system (10) comprising a plurality of controllers (18), each controller of the plurality of controllers (18) being configured to control the thermal installation (12), the plurality of controllers (18) including at least a first controller (20) and at least a second controller (22), and a selection module (24) configured to receive or perform an evaluation of operational data for the control of the thermal installation (12), optionally the operational data comprising at least one parameter (P) relating to the thermal installation (12), and based on the evaluation: selectively enable one or more controllers from the plurality of controllers (18) and / or select and set active one controller at a time controller from the plurality of controllers (18) to control the thermal installation (12) or of a part thereof, wherein a controller that is enabled but not set active is in a non-controlling operational state, in particular configured to perform one or more functions selected from monitoring, learning, data processing, or is in stand-by mode. Moreover, the present invention relates to a thermal installation (12) that can be operated by such a control system (10), a selection module (24) in particular for the control system (10), a method to operate such a thermal installation (12), a data processing device comprising means for carrying out the method, a computer program product, a computer readable data carrier, a data carrier signal and a use of the control system (10).

The application belongs to the field of vehicle-mounted refrigerators, and discloses a dual-temperature cooperative acquisition circuit, an intelligent temperature measurement method and a vehicle-mounted refrigerator, which comprise: a synchronous acquisition unit, which is used for synchronously acquiring temperature signals of at least two target regions of the vehicle-mounted refrigerator and outputting corresponding temperature analog signals; an anti-interference processing unit, which is connected with the output end of the synchronous acquisition unit and is used for filtering various interference signals in the vehicle-mounted environment; an adaptive signal conditioning unit, which is connected with the output end of the anti-interference processing unit and is used for adaptively amplifying, filtering and linearizing the temperature analog signals; a main control unit, which is connected with the output end of the adaptive signal conditioning unit and is used for digitizing the temperature signals, performing algorithm operation and logical control; and a wide-adaptive power supply unit, which is connected with the synchronous acquisition unit, the anti-interference processing unit, the adaptive signal conditioning unit and the main control unit and is used for providing a stable working voltage that is adapted to the vehicle-mounted power supply.

A smart-home device may include a main power rail that provides power to components of the smart-home device; an integrator coupled to the main power rail that stores energy on an energy-storage device, where the energy stored on the energy-storage device is representative of an amount an amount of power provided to the smart-home device through the main power rail during an integration cycle of the integrator; and a counter that stores a number of integration cycles performed by the integrator during a time interval, where a total amount of power provided to the smart-home device through the main power rail during the time interval is represented by: (1) the number of integration cycles performed by the integrator during the time interval; and (2) the energy stored on the energy-storage device.

A method for characterizing a heat treatment chamber may involve training a model using temperature rate of change data from an existing heat treatment chamber. A supervised learning process can label the rate of change data based on the deposition profile on the substrate. The trained model can be used to characterize other chambers, and it can be determined whether the predicted performance will match that of the chamber used to train the model. Temperature data can be obtained and rate of change data derived using an inert process with a carrier gas, without actually depositing layers on the substrate. The rate of change data is provided to the model, and the model can generate component-specific outputs that characterize how well the chamber is predicted to match the characteristic state of the chamber (matching at different times) or match between different chambers.

Various example embodiments relate to a nicotine electronic vaping device, system, method, and / or non-transitory computer readable medium for protecting a nicotine electronic vaping device from overheating based on a steady state resistance prediction. The nicotine electronic vaping device may include a reservoir containing a nicotine pre-vapor formulation, a heating element configured to heat nicotine pre-vapor formulation drawn from the reservoir, and control circuitry configured to monitor a resistance value of the heating element over a first time period after a first application of negative pressure to the nicotine electronic vaping device, determine an estimated steady state resistance value of the heating element based on the monitored resistance value using a trained neural network, and control power to the heating element based on the estimated steady state resistance value.

The current application is directed to intelligent controllers that initially aggressively learn, and then continue, in a steady-state mode, to monitor, learn, and modify one or more control schedules that specify a desired operational behavior of a device, machine, system, or organization controlled by the intelligent controller. An intelligent controller generally acquires one or more initial control schedules through schedule-creation and schedule-modification interfaces or by accessing a default control schedule stored locally or remotely in a memory or mass-storage device. The intelligent controller then proceeds to learn, over time, a desired operational behavior for the device, machine, system, or organization controlled by the intelligent controller based on immediate-control inputs, schedule-modification inputs, and previous and current control schedules, encoding the desired operational behavior in one or more control schedules and / or sub-schedules.

Temperature control systems and methods for a thermal reactor having a process chamber, the control system comprising a first control loop comprising a first Model-Based Predictive Controller (MBPC) and a second control loop comprising a second MBPC, wherein the first and second MBPC are provided with predictive models representing the behavior of the thermal reactor.

The present invention discloses a monitoring system including: a sensor installed on a pipe that connects a fluid demand end and a fluid supply end and configured to collect sensing information; a receiving unit connected to the sensor and configured to collect sensing information from the sensor; a controller configured to output a temperature value of a fluid using the sensing information through calibration; a heating cable installed on the pipe and configured to heat the pipe based on the temperature value of the fluid; a human-machine interface (HMI) module configured to display the temperature value of the fluid and a change in the temperature value of the fluid caused by heating, by using a graphical model of a piping system including a plurality of pipes; and a display configured to output the graphical model. According to the present invention, temperature control of a fluid is possible by using a heating cable through monitoring of heat tracing based on an optical fiber sensor.