Multi-sensor platform for a building

    公开(公告)号:US12038187B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-16

    申请号:US17556445

    申请日:2021-12-20

    摘要: A sensing assembly includes a baseboard and a daughterboard operatively coupled to the baseboard. The baseboard includes a microcontroller unit (MCU) mounted to the baseboard, the MCU executing a Real Time Operating System (RTOS) and embedded Artificial Intelligence (AI) code, and two or more sensors that are mounted to the baseboard and operatively coupled to the MCU. The daughterboard includes two or more sensors that are mounted to the daughterboard. The MCU is configured to receive an output signal from each of the two or more sensors mounted to the daughterboard and the two or more sensors mounted to the baseboard and to process two or more of the output signals using the embedded AI code to produce one or more output parameters. The baseboard includes communication circuitry for communicating one or more of the output parameters to a remote device such as a remote server.

    LOW POWER SENSOR WITH ENERGY HARVESTING
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230393168A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-07

    申请号:US17834509

    申请日:2022-06-07

    发明人: Armin Wellig

    摘要: A sensor assembly includes a housing, a sensor, and a transmitter. A power supply is configured to power the sensor assembly. A light harvesting element is configured to convert incident light into electrical energy for replenishing the power stored by the power supply. A controller activates and deactivates the sensor in accordance with a first activation schedule. The controller monitors a power reserve parameter of the power supply. When the power reserve parameter drops below a first power reserve threshold, the controller alters the activation schedule to a second activation schedule for the sensor that reduces power consumption from the power supply. After the light harvesting element replenishes the power stored by the power supply above a second power reserve threshold, the controller alters the activation schedule to return to the first activation schedule.

    Methods and systems for improving infection control in a building

    公开(公告)号:US10978199B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-13

    申请号:US16246437

    申请日:2019-01-11

    摘要: A building management system (BMS) for a medical facility that includes a plurality of rooms with at least one of the rooms having a plurality of sensors. An elevated infection risk determination system is operatively coupled to the plurality of sensors for determining when an elevated infection risk occurs in one or more of the rooms. The BMS may include a memory for storing one or more programmable infection risk compliance parameters, an input port for receiving an elevated infection risk alert for the particular room in the medical facility, a control port for providing control commands to one or more building components of the building management system, and a controller. The controller may be configured to provide control commands via the control port in response to receiving the elevated infection risk alert for the particular room based at least in part on one or more programmable infection risk compliance parameters to help mitigate the elevated infection risk in the particular room.

    Methods and systems for improving infection control in a building

    公开(公告)号:US12131821B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-29

    申请号:US18505093

    申请日:2023-11-08

    摘要: A building management system (BMS) for a medical facility that includes a plurality of rooms with at least one of the rooms having a plurality of sensors. An elevated infection risk determination system is operatively coupled to the plurality of sensors for determining when an elevated infection risk occurs in one or more of the rooms. The BMS may include a memory for storing one or more programmable infection risk compliance parameters, an input port for receiving an elevated infection risk alert for the particular room in the medical facility, a control port for providing control commands to one or more building components of the building management system, and a controller. The controller may be configured to provide control commands via the control port in response to receiving the elevated infection risk alert for the particular room based at least in part on one or more programmable infection risk compliance parameters to help mitigate the elevated infection risk in the particular room.

    Methods and systems for detecting occupancy of a space

    公开(公告)号:US11762350B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-19

    申请号:US17208359

    申请日:2021-03-22

    IPC分类号: G05B15/02 G01S17/04 G01P13/00

    CPC分类号: G05B15/02 G01P13/00 G01S17/04

    摘要: A system for controlling one or more components servicing a space of a building based on an occupancy status of the space. The system may comprise a motion sensor, a person sensor for detecting each person passing through an access to the space, and a controller operatively coupled to the motion sensor and the person sensor. The controller may be configured to monitor the motion sensor for detected motion in the space, monitor the person sensor and maintain a people count of people currently in the space. The controller may use the detection of motion and/or the people count to determine if the space is occupied or unoccupied. The controller may then control one or more of the components servicing the space in a first control mode when the space is determined to be occupied and in a second control mode when the space is determined to be unoccupied.

    Methods and systems for improving target detection performance of an indoor radar sensor

    公开(公告)号:US11662449B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-30

    申请号:US16908444

    申请日:2020-06-22

    发明人: Armin Wellig

    摘要: A computer assisted method for processing output from a mmWave sensor to derive a more reliable count of people in a room, zone or space being monitored by the sensor. In some examples, damping is applied to a varying “people count” signal from the sensor. The damping reduces volatility of the people count and avoids counting anomalous false positive detections. When the people count value decreases, damping may be applied more heavily to disregard intermittent false negatives where the sensor momentarily fails to detect an actual person. In some examples, the mmWave sensor provides point clouds representing the approximate shape and location of detected apparent objects, some of which may be people. Some example methods define digital targets corresponding to the point clouds. The targets are deemed to represent real people if the objects and their corresponding targets have sufficient lifespan and exhibit movement within a predetermined normal range.

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING INFECTION CONTROL IN A BUILDING

    公开(公告)号:US20210193309A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US17196297

    申请日:2021-03-09

    摘要: A building management system (BMS) for a medical facility that includes a plurality of rooms with at least one of the rooms having a plurality of sensors. An elevated infection risk determination system is operatively coupled to the plurality of sensors for determining when an elevated infection risk occurs in one or more of the rooms. The BMS may include a memory for storing one or more programmable infection risk compliance parameters, an input port for receiving an elevated infection risk alert for the particular room in the medical facility, a control port for providing control commands to one or more building components of the building management system, and a controller. The controller may be configured to provide control commands via the control port in response to receiving the elevated infection risk alert for the particular room based at least in part on one or more programmable infection risk compliance parameters to help mitigate the elevated infection risk in the particular room.

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING INFECTION CONTROL IN A BUILDING

    公开(公告)号:US20200227159A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-16

    申请号:US16246437

    申请日:2019-01-11

    摘要: A building management system (BMS) for a medical facility that includes a plurality of rooms with at least one of the rooms having a plurality of sensors. An elevated infection risk determination system is operatively coupled to the plurality of sensors for determining when an elevated infection risk occurs in one or more of the rooms. The BMS may include a memory for storing one or more programmable infection risk compliance parameters, an input port for receiving an elevated infection risk alert for the particular room in the medical facility, a control port for providing control commands to one or more building components of the building management system, and a controller. The controller may be configured to provide control commands via the control port in response to receiving the elevated infection risk alert for the particular room based at least in part on one or more programmable infection risk compliance parameters to help mitigate the elevated infection risk in the particular room.

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING OCCUPANCY OF A SPACE

    公开(公告)号:US20220299954A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-22

    申请号:US17208359

    申请日:2021-03-22

    IPC分类号: G05B15/02 G01S17/04 G01P13/00

    摘要: A system for controlling one or more components servicing a space of a building based on an occupancy status of the space. The system may comprise a motion sensor, a person sensor for detecting each person passing through an access to the space, and a controller operatively coupled to the motion sensor and the person sensor. The controller may be configured to monitor the motion sensor for detected motion in the space, monitor the person sensor and maintain a people count of people currently in the space. The controller may use the detection of motion and/or the people count to determine if the space is occupied or unoccupied. The controller may then control one or more of the components servicing the space in a first control mode when the space is determined to be occupied and in a second control mode when the space is determined to be unoccupied.