134 patents
Utility
Remote Contractor System with Site Specific Energy Audit Capability
4 Jan 24
A system that allows a contractor to remotely monitor and/or interact with its customers' building control systems, such as heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and analyze information obtained from the building control systems over time.
David Quam, Amy Ragland, Steven R. Peterson, Brad Paine, Pedro Davalos, Soumitri Kolavennu, Wendy Foslien
Filed: 30 Jan 23
Utility
Accessing Smart Home Devices Using a Fingerprint Sensor on a Doorbell Device
14 Dec 23
This disclosure includes techniques for controlling smart home devices upon entering a home with a fingerprint sensor in a doorbell device.
José Miguel Díaz Arriaga, Rodolfo Piña Ramírez, César Rodríguez Esqueda, Edgar Abraham González Romero, José Luis García Hernández
Filed: 12 May 23
Utility
Systems and Methods for Avoiding Potential Broadcast Interference Between Radio Frequency Transmissions
14 Dec 23
Systems and methods for avoiding potential broadcast interference between radio frequency transmissions in connected systems are provided.
Nagaraj Chickmagalur LAKSHMINARAYAN, Arun Handanakere SHESHAGIRI
Filed: 16 Nov 21
Utility
Systems and Methods for Building and Using a False Alarm Predicting Model to Determine Whether to Alert a User And/or Relevant Authorities About an Alarm Signal from a Security System
9 Nov 23
Systems and methods for building and using a false alarm predicting model to determine whether to alert a user and/or relevant authorities about an alarm signal from a security system are provided.
Brian Beale, Sharath Venkatesha, Soumitri Kolavennu, Nathaniel Kraft
Filed: 18 Jul 23
Utility
Method of Associating an HVAC Controller with an External Web Service
2 Nov 23
A wireless thermostat may be associated with a user account of an external web service that may facilitate remote access and/or control of the wireless thermostat.
Gabriel A. Bergman, Adam Nemcek
Filed: 4 Nov 22
Utility
System for Communication, Optimization and Demand Control for an Appliance
2 Nov 23
A system and approach for developing a periodic water usage profile and demand for controlling a water heater.
Frederick Hazzard, David Heil, Ravindra Khosla
Filed: 30 Nov 22
Utility
Keypad with Repeater Mode
10 Aug 23
A system includes a sensor device, a hub device, and a keypad device.
Nagaraj Chickmagalur Lakshminarayan, Kenneth Eskildsen, Sachin Prakash Maganti, Arun Handanakere Sheshagiri, Anand Kavatekar Narayan Rao
Filed: 14 Apr 23
Utility
Determining Rotation Using Sensor Displaced from Magnet
13 Jul 23
A device may be configured to control a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system within a building.
Luis Antonio Aros, Raul Antonio Rascon Perez
Filed: 4 Jun 21
Utility
Mounting Clip to Mount an Actuator Unit to a Valve Unit and Assembly Having an Actuator Unit, a Valve Unit and a Mounting Clip
4 May 23
Mounting clip (30) to mount an actuator unit (20) to a valve unit (10), the valve unit having a valve unit housing (11) and flange (12) formed at the valve unit housing (11), the actuator unit having an actuator unit housing (21) and a shoulder (22) formed at the actuator unit housing (21).
Petr Kusala, Jiri Vechet, Petr Svejnoha
Filed: 12 Apr 21
Utility
Flame Monitoring Device for a Gas Burner Appliance and Gas Burner Appliance
23 Mar 23
Flame monitoring device (23) for a gas burner appliance (10), the gas burner appliance (10) being configured to burn a combustible gas, the combustion of the combustible gas resulting into a flame (12), comprising a flame supervision device (24) providing as measurement signal an electrical voltage signal depending on the presence of the flame (12), and an electronic circuit (25) converting the electrical voltage signal provided by the flame supervision device (24) into an electrical current signal.
Uwe Deptolla
Filed: 2 Feb 21
Utility
Security Sentinel Robot
16 Mar 23
A building monitoring system includes a first sensor configured to detect a first condition in the space, a second sensor configured to detect a second condition in the space, and a robotic sentinel.
Christopher Heintzelman, Soumitri Kolavennu, Warren Young, Joseph Bodkin, John Cronin
Filed: 22 Nov 22
Utility
Bluetooth Perimeter Extension
16 Feb 23
In some examples, a system for comfort or security in a building and its premises includes a plurality of “first” devices configured to wirelessly communicate with a hub device that is a master for controlling the system for comfort or security in the building and premises, wherein the plurality of first devices and the hub device are configured to wirelessly communicate using either one of an IEEE 802.15.4 standard or a Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) 5.0 standard; a plurality of “second” devices that are battery powered and configured to wirelessly communicate with respective ones of the plurality of first devices, wherein the plurality of second devices and respective ones of the plurality of first devices are configured to communicate using the BTLE 5.0 standard, wherein the hub device and the plurality of second devices are configured to communicate with each other via respective ones of the plurality of first devices.
Robert D. Juntunen, Steven C. Nichols
Filed: 12 Sep 22
Utility
Systems and Methods of Monitoring Alarms from Third Party Devices
2 Feb 23
A server acts as an event analyzer for a home security or monitoring system.
Dominik Szczepanski, Jeyaprakash Raveendran
Filed: 2 Aug 21
Utility
Water Heating System for Controlling an Ability to Set a Parameter of a Controller
19 Jan 23
This disclosure is related to devices, systems, and techniques for controlling a temperature of water contained by a water tank.
Brian Moy, Christopher R. Jones, Michael Crites, Arnold Kalla
Filed: 23 Sep 22
Utility
Keypad with Repeater Mode
19 Jan 23
A system includes a sensor device, a hub device, and a keypad device.
Nagaraj Chickmagalur Lakshminarayan, Kenneth Eskildsen, Sachin Prakash Maganti, Arun Handanakere Sheshagiri, Anand Kavatekar Narayan Rao
Filed: 13 Jul 21
Utility
Hvac Controller Indicating Current Temperature and Set Point Temperature
5 Jan 23
In some examples, a device controls a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system within a building.
Arturo Romero, Karla Morales, Claudia Prieto, Cesar Alejandro Arzate, Jonathan Erbacher, Raul Rascon Perez
Filed: 4 Dec 20
Utility
HVAC CONTROLLER INCLUDING LEDs FOR ILLUMINATING A DISPLAY
5 Jan 23
In some examples, a device includes an analog display configured to indicate a current temperature and one or more temperature set Additionally, the device includes processing circuitry is configured to control a set of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to emit one or more optical beams to reflect off of a projection ring onto the analog display.
Ricardo Alonso Gonzalez, Karla Cristina Morales, Pablo David Del Castillo, Cesar Alejandro Arzate
Filed: 4 Dec 20
Utility
Analog Hvac Controller Including Dial for Setting Temperature Set Points
5 Jan 23
In some examples, a device controls a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system within a building.
Christopher R. Jones, Jaymeson Tucker, Michael Crites, Christopher Heintzelman
Filed: 4 Dec 20
Utility
Time-dependent Progressive Disclosure of Information
5 Jan 23
A controller device for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system may output, while in a first state, a first user interface for display at a display device, where the first user interface includes first information at a first output size.
Michael Crites, Christopher R. Jones
Filed: 3 Dec 20
Utility
Circuit for Detecting a Leak In a Water Heater Device and Activating an Alarm Device
1 Dec 22
This disclosure is related to devices, systems, and techniques for outputting an alarm signal in response to detecting a leak in a water heater device.
Frederick Hazzard, Adam Myre, Gregory Young
Filed: 8 Aug 22