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WO/2014/123531A1
A building control system that includes a central coordinator and one or more discrete air conditioner controllers configured to communicate with one or more discrete air conditioner units. The discrete air conditioner controller may inc...  
WO/2014/116945A1
Example methods and apparatus to interface with a control loop are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a loop controller to control a control loop, a sensor to provide a measurement value to the loop controller, a device controller ...  
WO/2014/116635A1
Illustrative embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for receiving physiological data of occupants of a building and using the information to control or regulate a controllable setpoint of a climate-contr...  
WO/2014/116947A1
A system includes a first mobile drive unit and a second mobile drive unit. The first mobile drive unit is operable to dock with a first item holder at a first end of a column of connected item holders. The second mobile drive unit is op...  
WO/2014/113756A2
Aspects in accordance with embodiments of the invention may include a method for remotely setting, controlling, or modifying settings on a programmable communicating thermostat (PCT) in order to customize settings to a specific house and...  
WO/2014/108209A1
The present disclosure relates to a method of an energy management gateway (101) scheduling a plurality of electrical loads (103), the method comprising: categorizing each of the plurality of electrical loads as either a constant load or...  
WO/2014/095938A1
A method for determining an efficiency of resources of a plant (1) for producing beverage containers, wherein the plant (1) has at least one resource-consuming plant part (2), wherein the plant part (2) is operated at least for a time in...  
WO/2014/074728A1
A "Logical Sensor Server" or "LSS" acts as a smart hub between related or unrelated sensors, devices, or other systems by translating, morphing, or forwarding signals or events published by various input sources into signals or higher-or...  
WO/2014/074731A1
A building automation system including a controller, at least one outlet for providing electrical energy to one or more electrical devices, at least one sensor for detecting one or more characteristics of the electrical devices, and a co...  
WO/2014/063195A1
A system and method for facilitating a request for technical assistance for a device (100) having a configurable memory (104), but no physical external user interface. The system includes a personal controller (10) for use in wirelessly ...  
WO/2014/066687A2
Systems and methods for sump pump remote monitoring can include control circuitry integrated into a portable housing, with a backup sump pump connected to the control circuitry. The control circuitry can be powered by a line power and wh...  
WO/2014/059123A1
A computer-implemented method of optimizing demand-response (DR) of a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system of a building, includes determining (30, 31, 32) a value of an objective function F ij of a HVAC system for ea...  
WO/2014/057010A1
The invention relates to an operating unit of an installation device, said device comprising a communication insert for controlling electrical consumers. The operating unit has functional elements and said unit is connected by wire and/o...  
WO/2014/052245A2
Disclosed is a control device for a serial network protocol controller configured to selectively disable control of a parameter of a controllable media device by at least one channel while the serial network protocol controller continues...  
WO/2014/052783A1
A method for execution on a computing device includes transmitting first identification information to a server processing circuit via the Internet. The server processing circuit identifies a plurality of geographically dispersed systems...  
WO/2014/051956A1
A system may be provided for limiting false detections of occupancy caused by air flow. The system may include control unit and sensors that detect motion in one or more areas, where the control unit and the sensors are connected by a ne...  
WO/2014/046530A1
The invention relates to a system consisting of a group of measurement or control modules that can operate in a complementary manner, forming a data acquisition and control network that allows electric power service providers to remotely...  
WO/2014/037252A1
A control device for actuating energy generating devices, particularly photovoltaic installations, comprising - an electronic computation unit, - a communication device, which is controlled by the computation unit, for receiving control ...  
WO/2014/039291A1
A facility is connected to an electricity utility and is responsive to Demand Response Events. A plurality of devices is each individually connected to the electricity grid via an addressable switch connected to a secure network that is ...  
WO/2014/031798A2
A system and device for providing power to and monitoring the energy usage of a device connected thereto includes a unit having one or more circuit boards having components for detecting the energy usage of the connected device and an in...  
WO/2014/023352A1
The invention relates to a method, energy management device (28) and a computer program product for managing energy consumption of a home automation system (10) comprising a number of energy consumption entities (12, 14, 16), where each ...  
WO/2014/022537A2
The present invention is a computerized inspection and maintenance system for an industrial plant or other facility. The system comprises a plurality of software modules which are both interactive with inspectors, maintenance, and superv...  
WO/2014/022091A1
A system of network-connected lighting devices also offers a distributed processing function that utilizes processor and/or memory resources if/when available in some or all of the lighting devices. In the examples, a resource manager re...  
WO/2014/012903A2
The control circuit for self-turn-off of an automatic machine, connectable to a domestic voltage power line (LI, L2), comprises a logic controller (1) having low electric power supply voltage, a power supply (2) for the logic controller ...  
WO/2014/004437A1
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for adherence monitoring and patient interaction. In general, the devices, systems, and methods can facilitate a patient's adherence to a medication schedule and can facilitate monitoring and tr...  
WO/2013/181717A1
A grinding mill installation includes: a grinding mill drum; an arrangement of fasteners for securing components of a mill liner in the drum, the fasteners being accessible from the outside the drum; and at least one mechanised actuator ...  
WO/2013/181148A2
An automated guided cart (AGC) that is configured to travel along a cart path according to generally non-precision movements is implemented to support a build process requiring precise positioning of vehicle build devices. In an example ...  
WO/2013/176838A2
An automation and motion control system for theatrical objects, such as theatrical props, cameras, stunt persons, lighting, scenery, drapery or other similar types of devices or items, is provided to coordinate the movement of the object...  
WO/2013/169765A1
Spaces in a building may be classified into one or more classifications. Rules for managing devices in the spaces may be established. A property manager and a tenant or owner may control the settings of the devices via a controller. The ...  
WO/2013/164472A1
In a heat exchanger network having two or more heat exchangers in parallel flow paths i that receive parts of a common process fluid at an incoming temperature T0, a first side of each of the heat exchangers being connected to the parall...  
WO/2013/163202A1
The present invention provides a system and method for monitoring and management of operational control systems. The method and system includes receiving a plurality of input data from one or more of a plurality of dissimilar sensors and...  
WO/2013/144820A1
A domotic energy management apparatus (1) that can be associated with a temperature conditioning installation (2) of a building, comprises: - a supervising device (6) operatively connected to a control device (3) and to a detection devic...  
WO/2013/144307A1
A system and a method are provided for communicating common data associated with building automation objects between building automation devices across a network. The common data corresponds to a group of one or more building automation ...  
WO/2012/085500A9
An excavator (10) has a quick coupler (24) coupled to the distal end (22) of its excavator arm (12). The quick coupler (24) can be operated from the cab (14) of the excavator (10), and is connected to a warning control system (48) or an ...  
WO/2013/126800A1
The disclosure facilitates management data center utilization for generating energy-related revenue from energy markets. Operating schedules are generated, over a time period (T), for operation of an energy management system of energy as...  
WO/2013/120189A1
An actuated hinge assembly for facilitating pivoting movement of a door, the hinge assembly including: a first hinge member; a second hinge member pivotally coupled to the first hinge member; a powered actuator operatively coupled to the...  
WO/2013/120108A1
A centralized multi-channel power control system for configuring, programming and controlling DC powered devices, such as lights, having multiple sets of LEDs energized through multiple channels is provided. The devices may be located in...  
WO/2013/110178A1
The embodiments describe programmable peripheral units for use in a building automation system. The programmable peripheral units communicate with controllers and other system components. The programmable peripheral units have end device...  
WO/2013/107604A1
The invention relates to a method for communicating data between a domestic appliance (2) and a user terminal (4) of a user of said domestic appliance (2). In the course of said data communication, control data comprising control command...  
WO/2013/104511A1
The invention relates to a method for controlling a household appliance (102, 103), wherein the household appliance (102, 103) is connected at least temporarily (201) to a network (101), wherein a measurement value or a state is transmit...  
WO/2013/087524A1
The method is used for controlling a plurality of machines M-1, M-2 (e.g. pumps) and at least a first assembly A-1 (e.g. a lubricating or cooling assembly); the plurality of machines comprises at least a first machine and a second machin...  
WO/2013/083656A2
Systems and methods are described which provide a simple, ergonomic and user-friendly interface for a building automation installation, configuration and use. Some examples of the preferred features of the invention are: automatic determ...  
WO/2013/078054A1
In a distributed control system where multiple controllers can control the same actuator or sensor, each controller is assigned a priority level, and command arbitration is based on the relative priority levels of the controllers. Each a...  
WO/2013/078081A1
An apparatus and method for adapting to changes in the control topology of a cooperative control system including a plurality of controllers are disclosed. The method is implemented by an actuator or sensor, and includes the steps of sel...  
WO/2013/078084A1
A data synchronization method and apparatus are provided for a distributed control system where multiple controllers can control a plurality of actuators or sensors. The actuators or sensors are assigned to logical groups that share a co...  
WO/2013/068400A1
Method of constructing a reference data structure and method of controlling an actuator. The present invention is aimed at a method of constructing a reference data structure (DR) comprising at least one setpoint parameter (PAR) for at l...  
WO/2013/068408A2
The invention relates to a method for operating equipment for automatically controlling the conditions in a building, the equipment including a central control unit, electrical devices provided in areas of the building, and a sensor mana...  
WO/2013/065043A1
A system for monitoring plants in a greenhouse, the system comprising: a plurality of weighing units, the weighing units distributed in the greenhouse, each of the weighing units is attached to a single plant or group of plants and compr...  
WO/2013/062725A1
According to at least one embodiment, an automatic control device is provided. The automatic control device is configured to publish automatic control device (ACD) information. The automatic control device includes a memory storing the A...  
WO/2013/058820A1
A user-friendly, network-connected learning thermostat is described. The thermostat is made up of (1) a wall-mountable backplate that includes a low-power consuming microcontroller used for activities such as polling sensors and switchin...  

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