US 11,906,175 B2 · Orientation-based HVAC control

Abstract

Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a control system for controlling an HVAC device where the control system includes a temperature sensor that provides a signal indicative of a temperature associated with the HVAC device, an orientation sensor that provides a signal indicative of an operating orientation of the HVAC device, and control circuitry that receives the temperature signal and the orientation signal from the orientation sensor. The control circuitry selects an operating thermal control set point from a plurality of stored thermal control set points based at least in part on an orientation signal, determines a temperature sensor input based on the temperature signal and compares the temperature sensor input to the operating thermal control set point, and operates the HVAC device based at least in part on that comparison.

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Dependent claims

A control system for an HVAC device comprising:

a memory configured to store computer-readable program code including a control-related software application;
and
control circuitry configured to access the memory, and execute the computer-readable program code to cause the control circuitry to at least:
determine an operating orientation of the HVAC device using an orientation sensor,
determine an operating control setting associated with the HVAC device, wherein the operating control setting is dependent, at least in part, on the operating orientation of the HVAC device,
monitor a parameter associated with the HVAC device during operation using a sensor,
determine a sensor input related to the parameter associated with the HVAC device, and
operate the HVAC device based, at least in part, on a comparison between the sensor input and the determined operating control setting.

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A control system for an HVAC device comprising:

a memory configured to store computer-readable program code including a control-related software application;
and
a remote device including control circuitry, the control circuitry configured to access the memory, and execute the computer-readable program code to cause the control circuitry to at least:
determine an operating orientation of the HVAC device using an orientation sensor,
determine an operating control setting associated with the HVAC device, wherein the operating control setting is dependent, at least in part, on the operating orientation of the HVAC device, and
set the HVAC device to operate based on, at least in part, on the selected operating control setting.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Orientation-based HVAC control

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