Combi-sensor systems
AssigneeView, Inc.
InventorsErich R. Klawuhn, Douglas S. Silkwood, Jason Zedlitz, Stephen C. Brown, Dhairya Shrivastava
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Abstract
Certain aspects pertain to a combination sensor comprising a set of physical sensors facing different directions proximate a structure, and configured to measure solar radiation in different directions. The combination sensor also comprises a virtual facade-aligned sensor configured to determine a combi-sensor value at a facade of the structure based on solar radiation readings from the set of physical sensors.
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An apparatus for controlling one or more components of a building, the apparatus comprising:
- physical sensors configured to measure radiation external to the building at locations where the physical sensors are disposed, which locations are adjacent to or on the building;
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- a virtual sensor that is (i) configured to determine a value of radiation external to the building by using the radiation measured by the physical sensors, which value of radiation determined by the virtual sensor is at an other location different from the locations of the physical sensors, and (ii) configured for utilization in controlling the one or more components of the building.
A method of controlling one or more components of a building, the method comprising:
- using physical sensors to measure radiation external to the building at locations where the physical sensors are disposed, which locations are adjacent to or on the building;
- using a virtual sensor to determine a value of radiation external to the building by using the radiation measured by the physical sensors, which value of radiation determined by the virtual sensor is at an other location different from the locations of the physical sensors;
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- using the value of radiation determined by the virtual sensor to control the one or more components of the building.
A non-transitory computer readable media for controlling one or more components of a building, the non-transitory computer readable media, when read by one or more processors, is configured to perform operations comprising:
- direct physical sensors to measure radiation external to the building at locations where the physical sensors are disposed, which locations are adjacent to or on the building;
- determine, or direct a virtual sensor to determine, a value of radiation external to the building by using the radiation measured by the physical sensors, which value of radiation determined is at an other location different from the locations of the physical sensors;
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- use the value of radiation determined by the virtual sensor to control the one or more components of the building.
An apparatus for controlling one or more components of a building, the apparatus comprising at least one controller that is configured to:
- operatively couple to (i) physical sensors configured to measure radiation external to the building at locations where the physical sensors are disposed, which locations are adjacent to or on the building, and (ii) the one or more components of the building;
- direct the physical sensors to measure the radiation external to the building;
- determine, or direct a virtual sensor to determine, a value of radiation external to the building by using the radiation measured by the physical sensors, which value of radiation determined is at an other location different from the locations of the physical sensors;
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- use, or direct usage of, the value of radiation determined to control the one or more components of the building.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.