HVAC control system and method
AssigneeAmbi Labs Limited
InventorsShang Hsin Julian Lee, Martin Raphael Pierre Noel Boissier
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Abstract
A HVAC control system comprising a user interface adapted to receive comfort feedback from a user. A processor is adapted to receive the comfort feedback and input data corresponding to one or more comfort factors and respective values of the comfort factors. The processor is adapted to build a comfort model for the user based on the comfort feedback and the input data, with the comfort model correlating a comfort score to one or more values of one or more of the comfort factors. The processor is configured to adjust one or more functions of an HVAC unit to vary one or more comfort factors such that a predetermined comfort score is achieved. An associated method and an associated system are also provided.
Claims16
A HVAC control system comprising:
- at least one user interface adapted to receive comfort feedback from a plurality of users;
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- a processor adapted to receive the comfort feedback and input data corresponding to one or more comfort factors and respective values of the comfort factors, the processor adapted to build a respective comfort model for each respective user based on both the comfort feedback and the input data in respect of the respective user, the respective comfort model correlating a respective comfort score for the respective user to one or more values of one or more of the comfort factors affecting the respective user, and the processor adjusting one or more functions of one or more HVAC units to vary one or more of the comfort factors such that a respective predetermined comfort score for each respective user is achieved;
- wherein the processor is adapted to receive a power abatement instruction from a power utility, the processor adjusting one or more functions of one or more of the HVAC units to vary one or more comfort factors such that one or more of the predetermined comfort scores is achieved while complying with the power abatement instruction, wherein the power abatement instruction corresponds to a total power abatement value across a plurality of the HVAC units, and the power abatement instruction for each user of the plurality of users is complied with when the total power abatement value is achieved, and wherein one or more of the comfort models is a machine learning regression model.
A method of controlling one or more HVAC units, the method comprising:
- receiving comfort feedback from a plurality of users;
- receiving input data corresponding to one or more comfort factors and respective values of the comfort factors;
- using a processor to build a respective comfort model for each respective user based on both the comfort feedback and the input data in respect of the respective user, the respective comfort model correlating a respective comfort score for the respective user to one or more values of one or more of the comfort factors affecting the respective user;
- using the processor to adjust one or more functions of one or more of the HVAC units to vary one or more comfort factors such that one or more of the predetermined comfort scores is while complying with the power abatement instruction;
- wherein the power abatement instruction corresponds to a total power abatement value across a plurality of the HVAC units, and the power abatement instruction for each user is complied with when the total power abatement value is achieved, and wherein one or more of the respective comfort models is a machine learning regression model.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.