Cloud-connected occupancy lights and status indication
AssigneeZurn Industries, LLC
InventorsArindam Chakraborty, Glen Trickle
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Abstract
Methods and systems for providing an availability status associated with a facility. One system includes a visual indicator associated with a facility subsystem of the facility and a sensor configured to detect data associated with the facility subsystem. The system also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the visual indicator and the sensor. The controller is configured to receive a data from the sensor. The controller is also configured to determine a current availability status associated with the facility subsystem based on the data received from the sensor. The controller is also configured to control the visual indicator to indicate the current availability status associated with the facility subsystem.
Claims18
A facility subsystem comprising:
- a fixture;
- a sensor configured to detect operational data comprising an operational status of the fixture;
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- a controller communicatively coupled the sensor, the controller configured to:
- receive the operational data from the sensor,
- determine an availability status for the facility subsystem based on the operational data, wherein the current availability status is determined as unavailable when the operational status of the fixture indicates a malfunction, and
- provide a first control signal to a visual indicator to indicate the current availability status,
- receive an assigned availability status from a remote device, and
- provide a second control signal to the visual indicator to indicate the assigned availability status and override the current availability status.
A method for providing an availability status associated with a facility subsystem, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a sensor, operational data comprising an operational status of a fixture associated with a facility subsystem;
- determining a current availability status for the facility subsystem based on the operational data, wherein the current availability status is determined as unavailable when the operational status of the fixture indicates a malfunction, and
- providing a first control signal to a visual indicator to indicate the current availability status,
- receiving an assigned availability status from a remote device, and
- providing a second control signal to the visual indicator to indicate the assigned availability status and override the current availability status.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.