公开(公告)号：US11209913B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-28

申请号：US15370777

申请日：2016-12-06

Applicant: Computime, Ltd.

Inventor： Wai-Leung Ha ,  Kairy Kai Lei ,  Gordon Qian

IPC: G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H04N21/422 ,  G06F3/038

Abstract: The present invention supports the control of a plurality of controlled devices. With three dimensional accelerometer components, detection of a user action on a remote controller and the orientation of the remote controller are viable through small electronic devices. Aspects of the invention are based on the three dimensional accelerometer components to provide a remote controller that can detect the user action. Based on the user action, the remote controller transmits a signal to the controlled device which conveys the corresponding command. A selected controlled device may be matched to the remote controller. The remote controller and controlled device may also support a learning mode, in which the controlled device sends a list of supported commands to the remote controller. The remote controller then matches an associated action with each command in the command list.

公开(公告)号：US11061420B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-13

申请号：US16371676

申请日：2019-04-01

Applicant: Computime Ltd.

Inventor： Dick Kwai Chan ,  Ben Ren Tan

IPC: G05D23/185 ,  B21D53/02 ,  B23P19/04 ,  F24D19/10

Abstract: A mounting device facilitates connecting an Internet of Things (IoT) device, such as thermostatic radiator valve (TRV) and automatic temperature balanced actuator (ABA), to a hydronic heating/cooling system to control the temperature of a room by changing the flow of hot/cold water through radiator. The mounting devices includes a male section and a female section, which is attached to the IoT device. The mounting device may be installed in two stages. First, a male section is attached to a component of the hydronic heating/cooling system (for example, a valve or manifold) by threading the male section onto the component. Second, a female section, is positioned to male section and locked into place by releasing a sliding sleeve. The female section (with the IoT device) may be easily removed by retracting the sliding sleeve.

公开(公告)号：US20210158065A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US17166722

申请日：2021-02-03

Applicant: Computime Ltd.

Inventor： Hung Bun Choi ,  Chun Kit Chu ,  Yau Wai Ng ,  Leung Yin Chan

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  B60N2/00 ,  B60W40/08 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06F21/32 ,  H04L9/32

Abstract: A health condition of a person may be assessed from a thermal sensor signal. By increasing performance indices of a thermal camera (for example, resolution, frame rate, sensitivity), operation may be extended to identification verification, biometric data extraction and health condition analysis, and so forth. Prediction may be carried out by monitoring a time sequence of thermal images, and consequently early warning of the health condition may be provided. The apparatus may be used for, but not limited to, personalization of smart home devices through supervised and reinforcement learnings. The application of the apparatus may be, but not limited to, smart homes, smart buildings and smart vehicles, and so forth.

公开(公告)号：US20210055006A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-25

申请号：US17093017

申请日：2020-11-09

Applicant: Computime Ltd.

Inventor： Dick Kwai Chan ,  Hamza Yilmaz ,  Ben Ren Tan ,  Wai-Leung Ha

IPC: F24D19/10 ,  F16K31/53 ,  F16K31/00 ,  F16K31/04 ,  G05D23/19

Abstract: A thermostatic radiator valve (TRV) assembly or automatic temperature balanced actuator (ABA) assembly controls a manifold assembly through a push pin bearing mechanism. The push pin bearing mechanism comprises a push pin that moves in a linear direction responsive to rotational movement of a motor gear that is coupled through a helical gear. Rotational movement of the push pin is prevented by a ball bearing assembly. Movement of the push pin is transferred to a manifold pin, which in turn, controls the manifold assembly. Because the push pin moves in a linear rather than a rotational fashion, erosion of the mated manifold pin is substantially reduced with respect to transitional approaches.

公开(公告)号：US20200310474A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-01

申请号：US16371676

申请日：2019-04-01

Applicant: Computime Ltd.

Inventor： Dick Kwai Chan ,  Ben Ren Tan

IPC: G05D23/185 ,  B21D53/02 ,  B23P19/04 ,  F24D19/10

Abstract: A mounting device facilitates connecting an Internet of Things (IoT) device, such as thermostatic radiator valve (TRV) and automatic temperature balanced actuator (ABA), to a hydronic heating/cooling system to control the temperature of a room by changing the flow of hot/cold water through radiator. The mounting devices includes a male section and a female section, which is attached to the IoT device. The mounting device may be installed in two stages. First, a male section is attached to a component of the hydronic heating/cooling system (for example, a valve or manifold) by threading the male section onto the component. Second, a female section, is positioned to male section and locked into place by releasing a sliding sleeve. The female section (with the IoT device) may be easily removed by retracting the sliding sleeve.

公开(公告)号：US10739017B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-11

申请号：US16105064

申请日：2018-08-20

Applicant: Computime, Ltd.

Inventor： Philip John Smith

IPC: F24D19/10 ,  F24F11/00 ,  F24F11/84 ,  F16K37/00 ,  F24D3/12 ,  F24F5/00 ,  G05B19/042

Abstract: A controller assembly allows an adjusted flow of water through a hydronic emitter in order to heat or cool an environmental entity. The controller assembly operates in two phases: a calibration phase and an operational phase. During the calibration phase, the controller assembly discovers a valve position where water starts to flow through the hydronic emitter based on signals from a temperature sensor and/or a sound sensor. The temperature sensor may be mounted in close proximity of the emitter inlet so that the controller assembly can detect when the temperature starts to change. The sound sensor may be mounted on the valve body to detect a rushing water sound that is associated with a start of the water flow. The discovered valve position is subsequently used by the controller assembly to adjust water flow between a minimum flow and a maximum flow.

公开(公告)号：US10527296B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-07

申请号：US15962437

申请日：2018-04-25

Applicant: Computime, Ltd.

Inventor： Philip John Smith

IPC: F24F11/83 ,  F24D19/10 ,  F24D3/04 ,  G05B19/042 ,  F24F3/06

Abstract: A controller assembly controls water flow through individual emitters of a heating/cooling system based on a temperature setpoint and room temperature indicator obtained from an associated thermostat. The controller assembly provides delta temperature room control using a high precision movement actuator fitted with two pipe temperature sensors to power modulate individual radiators, underfloor heating circuits or fan-coils to provide energy efficiency for individual room heating/cooling control. Based on the temperature difference between the room temperature and the setpoint the controller assembly controls water flow through the emitter by adjusting a valve to attain a target temperature delta between the inlet and outlet of the emitter. As the room temperature approaches the setpoint so that the temperature difference decreases, the power output of the emitter is modulated to achieve desirable performance characteristics.

公开(公告)号：US20190067883A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-28

申请号：US15985187

申请日：2018-05-21

Applicant: Computime, Ltd.

Inventor： Hamza Yilmaz ,  Hung Bun Choi ,  Michael Ho ,  Jerry Xu ,  FP Zhou ,  Tom Tao ,  ZH Chen ,  Kevin Liu

IPC: H01R13/66 ,  H01R13/713 ,  H01R25/00 ,  H05K1/14

Abstract: A smart electrical plug supports one or more electrical outlets and one or more universal serial bus (USB) outlets for charging electrical devices. Electrical power consumed through the one or more electrical outlets may be measured individually or in combination and reported via a wireless communication channel. The smart electrical plug may be implemented by a plurality of printed circuit board assemblies and distributed within a housing to reduce the effects of heat dissipation. The smart electrical plug may further reduce heat dissipation by utilizing one or more electrical circuit approaches.

公开(公告)号：US11656966B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-23

申请号：US16840648

申请日：2020-04-06

Applicant: Computime Ltd.

Inventor： Hung Bun Choi ,  Gideon Sui Pang Tsang ,  Chun Kit Chu

IPC: H04L12/28 ,  H04L67/12 ,  G06F11/30 ,  G06N3/08 ,  G06F11/07 ,  G06F18/214 ,  G06N20/00

CPC classification number: G06F11/3006 ,  G06F11/076 ,  G06F11/3013 ,  G06F18/214 ,  G06N3/08 ,  H04L12/2825 ,  H04L12/2834 ,  H04L67/12 ,  G06N20/00

Abstract: A home computing cloud (HCC) supports one or more Internet of Things (IoT) devices, possibly with different connectively protocols, in a local environment. The HCC often reduces the amount of data traffic sent to a public computing cloud (PCC) by locally processing collected device data rather than by sending the device data to the PCC for processing. This approach reduces the amount of data traffic sent over the network, improves data privacy and helps to maintain a desired quality of service level. In order to do so, the HCC may download an appropriate data analytic model from the PCC, train the model, execute the trained model to obtain prediction information from collected IoT device data, and upload the trained model to the PCC. Alternatively, the HCC and PCC may execute sub-models of the analytic model and exchange the outputs of the sub-models with each other.

公开(公告)号：US11385665B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-12

申请号：US16867782

申请日：2020-05-06

Applicant: Computime Ltd.

Inventor： Yau Wai Ng ,  Hung Bun Choi ,  Chun Kit Chu

IPC: G05D23/19 ,  G05D23/32 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F24F110/10

Abstract: An aspect of the embodiments provides a compensation for the temperature rise effect on the printed circuit board (PCB) of an electronic thermostat to obtain better precision and performance. Once the measurements from the temperature sensors have stabilized, the compensated ambient temperature may be used by an associated system (for example, a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system).