384 patents
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Utility
Systems and Methods for Security Sensor Configuration
10 Jun 20
Systems and methods for configuring a security sensor are provided.
Min Chao Zhao, Yu Lin Li, Ting Li
Filed: 13 Feb 20
Utility
System for Communication with Devices on a Network to Minimize Power Consumption
3 Jun 20
A system of controlling one or more building automation devices.
Santosh Mallikarjuna Mandiganal, Robert D. Juntunen, Soumitri Kolavennu, Gabriel A. Bergman
Filed: 3 Feb 20
Utility
Devices and methods for interacting with an HVAC controller
1 Jun 20
An HVAC controller controllable in response to a natural language audio message that is not recognizable by the HVAC controller as a command, where the natural language audio message is translated into a command recognizable by the HVAC controller.
Jay Nelson, Hari Thiruvengada, Preston Gilmer, Thomas Gessner, Martin Adamek, Martin Skala, Juraj Buno, Soumitri Kolavennu, Max Peterschmidt, Libor Horky
Filed: 22 Jul 18
Utility
Pilot light control for an appliance
1 Jun 20
A device for igniting a pilot light for a heating appliance or for re-igniting the pilot.
Frederick Hazzard, David Heil, Ravindra Khosla
Filed: 24 Mar 14
Utility
Geo-fencing in a building automation system
1 Jun 20
A mobile device having location services may store information pertaining to a geo-fence that is associated with a user of the mobile device and assigned to a location.
Jonathan Frenz, Joel Swanson
Filed: 22 Sep 19
Utility
Cognitive virtual central monitoring station and methods therefor
25 May 20
Systems and methods for a cognitive virtual central monitoring station (CMS) and methods therefor are provided.
Deepak Sundar Meganathan, Balamurugan Ganesan, Shankar Prasad
Filed: 13 Feb 19
Utility
Systems and methods of a portable device roaming between a plurality of access point devices with which the portable device is enrolled
25 May 20
Systems and methods of a portable device roaming between a plurality of access point devices with which the portable device is enrolled are provided.
Hongye Jiang, Bin Yang, Kenneth Eskildsen
Filed: 14 May 19
Utility
Network connectivity of a building control device
25 May 20
A building control device comprising a wireless interface and a controller configured to monitor when the wireless interface becomes disconnected from the network.
Anju Chandran, Hemanth Padikkal Veettil, Sunanda Kashayya Patrimath, Venugopal Krishnappa, Appar Vallikannu
Filed: 17 Jan 18
Design
Hydronic zone controller
18 May 20
Jonathan Erbacher, Travis J. Read, Rajat Shail, Cameron K. Vreeland, Nathan Carlson
Filed: 18 Aug 19
Design
Dehumidifier
18 May 20
Lauren M. Seymour, Jeff Peters, Charles N. Hoff
Filed: 17 Jan 19
Utility
Controller interface with separate schedule review mode
18 May 20
A controller equipped with a user interface having a separate schedule review mode, including methods of accessing and/or programming such devices, are disclosed.
John B. Amundson, Gabriel A. Bergman, Brent D. Vick
Filed: 26 Apr 17
Utility
Building automation controller with configurable audio/visual cues
11 May 20
An HVAC controller includes a user interface configured to accept inputs from a user and to display information to the user, and a controller configured to process inputs from the user interface and to provide the user interface with information to be displayed.
David Quam, Kevin Weirich, Ix
Filed: 8 Dec 14
Utility
Door/window sensor
4 May 20
Systems and methods for a door or window contact sensor are provided.
Richard Alan Smith
Filed: 2 Jan 18
Utility
Device enrollment in a building automation system aided by audio input
4 May 20
This disclosure generally relates to building automation systems, and more particularly to device enrollment techniques in a Building Automation System (BAS).
Harish M. Ramakrishnappa, Ravikumar Vemagal Aswath
Filed: 3 Jan 16
Utility
Dynamic Temperature Compensation of a Thermostat for an Evaporative Cooler System
29 Apr 20
The disclosure is directed to techniques for a thermostat to determine the air temperature of a room based on measurements of temperatures sensors located inside a housing of the thermostat.
Rafael Aguilar, Ricardo Cano, Ever Hernandez, Ricardo Gonzalez
Filed: 29 Oct 19
Utility
Building Automation System with Geo-fencing
29 Apr 20
A building automation system may adjust operation of a building system based upon information regarding the relative location of one or more users of the building automation system.
David Quam, Kevin Weirich, Aaron Klein, Gabriel Bergman, Christopher Goh, Jonathan Frenz, Riley Gerszewski, Rudolph Gamberini, Steven C. Nichols, Ix
Filed: 26 Dec 19
Utility
Heat balancing system
27 Apr 20
A heat balancing system for a natural draft gas burning appliance having a flue.
Peter Anderson, Shanna Lorraine Leeland
Filed: 27 Apr 10
Utility
Method and system for configuring wireless sensors in an HVAC system
27 Apr 20
An HVAC controller for controlling an HVAC system may be configured to enroll one or more wireless devices, and once one or more wireless devices are enrolled, to prompt the user to enter an identifier, a location, a device type and/or a function for one or more of the enrolled wireless devices.
Stan Zywicki, Cary Leen, Barbara Dean-Hendricks, Steve C. Nichols, Jeffrey Holmquist, Jan Tesitel, David Schultz, Jaromir Cechak, Patrick Tessier
Filed: 11 Apr 18
Utility
Systems and methods for cooperative network management
27 Apr 20
Systems and methods are provided that include a control panel of a security system receiving results from a scan of first operating channels of a first wireless protocol conducted a plurality of wireless security sensors, determining which of second operating channels of a second wireless protocol include wireless communication, determining that a first of the first operating channels of the first wireless protocol fails to overlap with the second operating channels of the second wireless protocol that include the wireless communication, determining whether the results from the scan indicate that the first of the first operating channels of the first wireless protocol includes interference at any of the plurality of wireless security sensors, and migrating the wireless communication with the plurality of wireless security sensors to the first of the first operating channels of the first wireless protocol.
Nagaraj Chickmagalur Lakshminarayan, Sandeep Suresh, Sachin Maganti Prakash, Brahmaji Mugada
Filed: 26 Dec 17
Utility
Systems and methods for arming a security system
27 Apr 20
Systems and methods for arming a security system are provided.
Samidurai Krishnamoorthy, Balamurugan Ganesan, Praveen Kumar
Filed: 30 Jan 19