Title:
SELF-ADJUSTING THERMOSTAT FOR FLOOR WARMING CONTROL SYSTEMS AND OTHER APPLICATIONS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/142477
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A method of controlling the temperature of an environment, including the steps of providing a thermostat and receiving a signal from an occupancy sensor indicating whether an area has been occupied for each discrete time period of a 24 hour time period, assigning a first point value to each discrete time period where occupancy has been sensed, and repeating the steps for the next two 24 hour periods, and averaging the point values for each discrete time period in the first, second, and third 24 hour periods, to obtain an average point value, and sending a first signal to a heating device adapted for heating a second area to provide a temperature-related setting for a given discrete time period when the average point value for that discrete time period is above a threshold point value.
Inventors:
DONLAN ANDREW J (CA)
Application Number:
PCT/US2012/033614
Publication Date:
August 01, 2013
Filing Date:
April 13, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
EGS ELECTRICAL GROUP LLC (US)
DONLAN ANDREW J (CA)
DONLAN ANDREW J (CA)
International Classes:
F24F11/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1997044720A1 | 1997-11-27 |
Foreign References:
| US5088645A | 1992-02-18 | |||
| US20100019051A1 | 2010-01-28 | |||
| DE19514027A1 | 1996-01-04 | |||
| EP0631219A1 | 1994-12-28 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
CAVAN, Christopher, M. (300 South Wacker DriveSuite 310, Chicago IL, US)
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