Self-adjusting thermostat for floor warming control systems and other applications

A thermostat and occupancy sensor technology, applied in the field of thermostats, can solve the problem that the thermostat is too time-consuming and complicated to program

Active Publication Date: 2014-05-07
APPLETON GRP
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However, the difficulty is that in practical experience very few of these units are ever used in "programmable" mode, most users simply put them into "manual" mode and leave them in that mode , so that the thermostat always controls the...

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[0044] figure 1 is a top view of an environment 100 in which a self-adjusting thermostat may be used. Environment 100 is shown as a residential building, but may be any commercial or industrial building where it is desired to control the temperature of a floor or area of ​​the environment, and thus is not limited to residential buildings. Self-adjusting thermostat 110 is shown placed within environment 100 . Self-adjusting thermostat 110 is in communication with occupancy sensors 112 , 114 , 116 , 118 , and 120 . Although multiple occupancy sensors are shown, the self-adjusting thermostat may be used with only a single occupancy sensor as desired. Occupancy sensors can take various forms as described above, and can include infrared, line-of-sight, thermal, magnetic, capacitive / inductive coupling sensors, as well as lighted fixtures / switches that sense people in the immediate vicinity or scents in a room. A mechanism or the like in the dispenser can be used to sense occupan...

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A method of controlling the temperature of an environment, includes the steps of providing a thermostat and receiving a signal from an occupancy sensor indicating whether an area has been occupied for each discrete time period of a 24 hour time period, assigning a first point value to each discrete time period where occupancy has been sensed, and repeating the steps for the next two 24 hour periods, and averaging the point values for each discrete time period in the first, second, and third 24 hour periods, to obtain an average point value, and sending a first signal to a heating device adapted for heating a second area to provide a temperature-related setting for a given discrete time period when the average point value for that discrete time period is above a threshold point value.

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technical field [0001] This patent application relates to thermostats for controlling the temperature in an environment. In particular, this patent application relates to self-adjusting thermostats for use in floor heating control systems and other applications. [0002] related application [0003] This patent application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application (Serial No. 61 / 476,085), filed April 15, 2011, entitled "Self-Adjusting Thermostat for Floor Warming Control Systems and Other Applications," which claims 2012 Priority to U.S. Application Serial No. 13 / 445,704, filed April 12, entitled "Self-Adjusting Thermostat for Floor Warming Control Systems and Other Applications," which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety , as fully described in this article. Background technique [0004] Thermostats are widely recognized as useful for controlling the temperature of rooms, ovens, pipes, floors, and the like. These devices have been provided w...

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IPC IPC(8): F24F11/00
CPCF24D19/10F24D2220/2081G05D23/1917H05B1/0275
Inventor A.J.唐兰
Owner APPLETON GRP
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