55 results about "Climate system" patented technology

The invention comprises systems and methods for evaluating changes in the operational efficiency of an HVAC system over time. The climate control system obtains temperature measurements from at least a first location conditioned by the climate system, and status of said HVAC system. One or more processors receives measurements of outside temperatures from at least one source other than said HVAC system and compares said temperature measurements from said first location with expected temperature measurements. The expected temperature measurements are based at least in part upon past temperature measurements.

The invention comprises a system for calculating a value for the effective thermal mass of a building. The climate control system obtains temperature measurements from at least a first location conditioned by the climate system. One or more processors receive measurements of outside temperatures from at least one source other than the control system and compare the temperature measurements from the first location with expected temperature measurements. The expected temperature measurements are based at least in part upon past temperature measurements obtained by said HVAC control system and said outside temperature measurements. The processors then calculate one or more rates of change in temperature at said first location.

Various systems and methods are described for conducting and staging money transfer transactions from a vehicle. The systems and methods may include using a wireless transmitter on board the vehicle for wirelessly communicating with a money transfer system. Also, a user-input device integrated with the vehicle's navigation system, entertainment system, and / or climate system may be used. Using the wireless transmitter, the user-input device may interface with the money transfer system. Also, one or more identity authentication devices may be integrated with the vehicle that collect information to authenticate a user's identity.

Vehicle remote control and air climate system having a remote control device for sending wireless control signals, a receiver at a vehicle for receiving the wireless control signals from the remote control device and generating receiver control signals, a remote controller at the vehicle for receiving the receiver control signals from the receiver and generating remote control signals, a climate controller at the vehicle for receiving the remote control signals from the remote controller and generating climate control signals, and climate control device at the vehicle for receiving the climate control signals from the climate controller and controlling a climate environment of the vehicle.

The invention describes software (including mathematical models implemented in software) and related electronic circuits that can be used to combine data from local, inexpensive dust sensors (particle counters) with Internet-available rich data on pollutants, weather, optional household devices, sensors, and appliances to create a rich picture of the local environment, shape that environment through non-trivial control of said household appliances and ventilation systems to reduce buildup of household dust on surfaces or reduce sensitive individuals' exposure to specific pollutants, and monitor individuals' exposure to pollutants. The software might live in a smartphone (such as the inventors' iPhone prototype), related hardware devices (such as a pollution sensor communicating via bluetooth with the smartphone) or in heating / cooling control system such as a common household thermostat. In particular, advanced control of windows or inexpensive air filters within a common forced air climate system to mitigate air pollution inexpensively are envisioned.

Various systems and methods are described for conducting and staging money transfer transactions from a vehicle. The systems and methods may include using a wireless transmitter on board the vehicle for wirelessly communicating with a money transfer system. Also, a user-input device integrated with the vehicle's navigation system, entertainment system, and / or climate system may be used. Using the wireless transmitter, the user-input device may interface with the money transfer system. Also, one or more identity authentication devices may be integrated with the vehicle that collect information to authenticate a user's identity.

The invention relates to an artificial climate system, and particularly relates to an artificial climate system for a soil-vegetation-atmosphere continuous system model test, belonging to the field of environmental geotechnics. The artificial system can simulate the natural change of climate environments such as wind, rain, illumination, temperature, humidity and the like. The artificial climate system consists of an artificial climate box body, a box body liner, a light source, a rainmaking device, an intelligent control system, a multi-channel converter, an airflow circulation system, a rainwater circulation system, a temperature / humidity regulation system, a CO2 and O2 regulation system, a climate parameter sensor group and a digital imaging system. The system can realize automatic feedback regulation of the rainfall intensity, the illumination direction and intensity, the wind speed and direction and the temperature and humidity. Meanwhile, by adopting a top-rotatable rainfall illumination integrated device, the problem of position overlapping of the rainfall device and the illumination device is solved, and the uniformity of the illumination intensity and rainfall intensity in the horizontal plane is guaranteed.

Provided is a method for controlling an electric vehicle while charging. An electric vehicle has a thermal circuit connected to a traction battery and a cabin climate system, a user interface, and a controller. The controller is configured to charge the traction battery to a target state of charge, condition the traction battery to a target battery temperature, and condition a vehicle cabin to a target cabin temperature based on a charging profile based on the user input in response to receiving a user input requesting vehicle conditioning from the user interface and the traction battery being connected to an external power source. A method for controlling an electric vehicle while connected to an external power source includes charging a traction battery to a target state of charge and conditioning the battery to a target temperature according to a charging profile based on a user initiated request for vehicle conditioning.

A method for diagnosing a fault condition in a climate system is disclosed and a computer program product for doing the same. The climate system may be an HVAC system. The method comprises receiving current data from a climate system in a fault condition, calculating an anomaly score for the climate system from a first set of transition probabilities based on the current data and a second set of transition probabilities based on the climate system operating in a normal condition, and generating automatically a diagnosis of a first problem causing the fault condition when the anomaly score is above a predefined threshold. In an embodiment, the current data may include a plurality of operational Parameters of the climate system.

An embodiment of the invention provides a method for generating and displaying earth science system models where global earth data is collected, the global earth data including image data and text data, the global earth data further including atmospheric data, hydrospheric data, lithospheric data, cryospheric data, biospheric data, and / or anthrospheric data. Still graphical reference images may also be available as overlays. The collected global data is processed into images and common format data products. There are two types of images, a base layer, which included the data over a map of the earth and the overlay, which has just the data and no earth image. The second global image (transparency layer) can be superimposed over the first global image (base layer). The following can be selected by the end user, the base layer data, the adjustable transparency layer data, the time range, the global orientation and speed, the rate of data advancement, and a zoom function. Animation sequences can be generated by the end-user for any of the above selections.

An automotive climate control system includes an evaporator, a variable speed compressor and a controller. The controller is configured to periodically alter a previous target evaporator temperature at a selected rate to generate a current target evaporator temperature, select a target compressor speed based on a difference between an actual evaporator temperature and the current target evaporator temperature, and command the compressor to operate at the target compressor speed.

The power of a complete picture of energy-weather information can be used for novel energy saving algorithms in home-climate systems. Exploiting the human biological clock, we recently proposed to optimize climate systems by allowing for a correlation between inside and outside temperatures, while preserving maximal comfort. Following our earlier disclosure on a Gas Energy Observatory, we here disclose a detailed description of a battery-free wireless weather station for reliable, long-term and maintenance-free measurements. It is solar powered. Combined with energy storage in high-voltage capacitors using recently introduced low-cost step-up and step-down DC-DC converters, a versatile energy burst-source is created. Energies of a few J per day suffice for measurement, data-collection and wireless data transmission in bursts to a central data-processing device inside a nearby home. Provided as a high-volume consumer product, residential weather data can be gathered over the internet for creating a climate observation system with unprecedented areal coverage and spatial resolution at no additional cost—serving modern climate research and studies on global warming.

The invention discloses a retrieval method and device for a water vapor profile.The method comprises the steps of obtaining mode data from an NCEP and hyperspectral satellite data from a CrIS; according to the mode data and the hyperspectral satellite data, searching for an experience orthogonality regression coefficient matched with the hyperspectral satellite data in a database, wherein the database comprises one or more experience orthogonality regression coefficients; according to the hyperspectral satellite data and the experience regression coefficient, conducting retrieval, so that the water vapor profile is obtained, wherein the simulation radiation value of a training sample and an experience orthogonality expansion matrix of the water vapor sample profile are fitted through a least square method, calculation is conducted, and the experience orthogonality regression coefficient is obtained.By means of the retrieval method and device, the water vapor profile can be obtained stably and rapidly through hyperspectral data retrieval, an important technical means is provided for monitoring water vapor distribution, the method and device are applicable to service application, and data product support is further provided for more deeply understanding and quantifying the feedback effect of water vapor on a weather system and a climate system.

The invention relates to a climate system for intensively controlling indoor air comfort level, which comprises an indoor air quality system, an outdoor machine, an indoor machine, a carbon dioxide sensor, a humidifier, a touch screen and a pipeline, wherein the air quality system is respectively connected with the outdoor machine, the indoor machine, the carbon dioxide sensor, the humidifier and the touch screen through the pipeline; the touch screen sets and displays indoor air quality, temperature and humidity and carbon dioxide concentration; and indoor climate is adjusted through operating the touch screen. Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantage that the climate system enables convenient and visual operation, can effectively adjust the indoor temperature and improves the indoor air quality and the like.

A structure for housing electronic equipment, for example outdoor telecom applications such as radio base stations, in a climate-controlled environment. The structure comprises a compact climate-control unit adapted for integration into the structure. The climate system provides for circulation of air in an internal closed circuit for cooling of heat generated by the electronic units within a closed space within the interior of the structure.

Methods, devices, computer readable medium, and systems are described for sending from a thermostat device to a server device a target ecorank setting, and receiving from the server a climate system setting wherein the climate system setting is derived from a comparison of energy consumed by the climate system controlled by the thermostat device in comparison to energy consumed by a comparison group, the comparison group comprising other climate systems controlled by other thermostat devices. The comparison group is determined based on profile information comprising information describing the dwelling, dwelling size, dwelling location, occupants, and climate system technology. The climate system setting is determined based on an energy savings needed to match or better the ecorank target setting based on a comparison group and comparison time period. The energy consumed by the climate systems may be reported by an associated energy measurement device or inferred by heating and cooling hours.

Provided is a road traffic intelligent management system, comprising a vehicle terminal, an electronic driver's license, an electronic driving license and a management system database. The vehicle terminal comprises a vehicle terminal processor, and a driving license coupling module, a driver's license reading module, a driver identity identification module, a driving recording module, a Beidou navigation module, a man-machine interaction module and a first wireless communication module which are all in connection with the vehicle terminal processor. The electronic driver's license comprises a driver's license information module and an ETC credit card information module. The electronic driving license comprises a driving license information module and an information storage module for recording vehicle transaction, transfer of vehicle ownership and license plate change. The management system database comprises traffic, vehicle and climate system databases and a second wireless communication module, and is in connection with the vehicle terminal. The road traffic intelligent management system provides fair and just technical support to road traffic safety management and law enforcement, and employs an ''Internet + road traffic'' management mode to provide convenience for people.

The invention discloses an ecological garden landscape design method based on computer three-dimensional scene simulation, and the method comprises the following steps: firstly, obtaining a construction site of an ecological garden landscape, and marking the site as a target region; then obtaining a climate system of a target region by utilizing a meteorological instrument, and carrying out compilation to obtain reference climate data of the target region; and then obtaining a satellite remote sensing image of the target region by using a satellite remote sensing technology to obtain topographic data. According to the method, the target area can be divided, then plant recommendation is carried out according to the soil information of all the areas, recommended plants and plants to be selected are obtained by combining related rules, so that a primary selection model is established, and then optimization and plant planting determination are carried out on the primary selection model according to the related rules to obtain a model to be checked; and finally, the data correction unit is combined with related rules to correct the to-be-reviewed model, and unreasonable places in the garden design are avoided to obtain a review model.

A method for diagnosing a fault condition in a climate system is disclosed and a computer program product for doing the same. The climate system may be an HVAC system. The method comprises receiving current data from a climate system in a fault condition, calculating an anomaly score for the climate system from a first set of transition probabilities based on the current data and a second set of transition probabilities based on the climate system operating in a normal condition, and generating automatically a diagnosis of a first problem causing the fault condition when the anomaly score is above a predefined threshold. In an embodiment, the current data may include a plurality of operational Parameters of the climate system.

A calibration system for a climate system utilizing closed loop feedback and a phase change cell includes controlling a transfer rate of energy between a phase change cell and a thermal mass based on at least a temperature of the thermal mass. The transfer rate is controlled in order to control the temperature of the thermal mass and selectively move a material in the phase change cell through a phase change with transferred energy. In particular, the temperature of the thermal mass is controllable when the material is maintained in the phase change. A thermal sensor in the thermal mass may also be calibrated based on the temperature of a thermal sensor in the phase change cell during a predetermined portion of the phase change.

Methods, devices, computer readable medium, and systems are described for sending from a thermostat device to a server device climate system usage information and settings, and receiving from the server device ecorank information wherein the ecorank information is derived from a comparison of energy consumed by the climate system controlled by the thermostat device in comparison to energy consumed by a comparison group, the comparison group comprising other climate systems controlled by other thermostat devices. The comparison group is determined based on profile information comprising information describing the dwelling, dwelling size, dwelling location, occupants, and climate system technology. The ecorank information is one or more of a numerical score, percentage, graphic, icon, color, letter, trend indicator, audio item, and a video item. The energy consumed by the climate systems may be reported by an associated energy measurement device or inferred by heating and cooling hours.

A method of controlling a vehicle climate system having a plurality of zones, wherein the plurality of zones includes a primary zone for a driver of the vehicle and one or more secondary zones for one or more passengers of the vehicle, the method including determining whether one or more of the plurality of zones is occupied by a person, receiving data indicative of a target temperature of each of the occupied zones, receiving data indicative of a target temperature in the primary zone, determining when one or more of the occupied zones becomes unoccupied, and adjusting the target temperature of one or more of the unoccupied zones to an adjusted target temperature. The adjusted target temperature is a function of the target temperature in the primary zone.

The invention discloses a swine herd somatosensory climate comforting system which comprises an air intake temperature regulating passage and an indoor climate control system. The air intake temperature regulating passage comprises an air intake, a loft and a central corridor. The indoor climate control system is composed of an upper part, a middle part and a bottom part; the upper part is provided with air intake pipes on two sides and an air inlet door in the middle; the middle part is provided with solid floor with radiant floor heating in the middle and slatted floors on two sides; the bottom part is provided with exhaust pipes on two sides of the bottom of the solid floor and a V-shaped feces clearing zone; the upper portion, close to one side of the solid floor, of the indoor part of each of the air intake pipes is opened continuously; the air intake door is provided with an upper air intake and a lower air intake; an internal transparent plate and an external transparent controls opening and closing of each of the air intakes. The exhaust pipes are provided with exhaust holes distributed uniformly. By the swine herd somatosensory climate comforting system, an accurate swine breeding climate control technology is formed.

A geothermal system, comprising at least one geothermal column, comprising at least one spirally wound refrigeration coil configured to communicate with a heat pump compressor; a hollow tube having an outer wall of diameter substantially greater than that of said at least one spirally wound refrigeration coil and positioned so as to surround said at least one spirally wound refrigeration coil, said outer wall having a substantially rigid configuration such that said hollow tube maintains its shape; and a support member configured to retain a shape of said at least one spirally wound refrigeration coil and maintain a centrally located position of said at least one spirally wound refrigeration coil within said hollow tube; and a compressor section in communication with the at least one geothermal column and a climate system.