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US 12,753,940 B2Granted
Environmental adjustment using artificial intelligence
AssigneeView Operating Corporation
InventorsAjay Malik, Mingzhu Lu, Keivan Ebrahimi, Luis Miguel Candanedo Ibarra, Bhabani Sankar Nayak, Anurag Gupta, Nitesh Trikha, Brandon Dillan Tinianov, Aditya Dayal
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Abstract
Changing environmental characteristics of an enclosure are controlled to promote health, wellness, and/or performance for occupant(s) of the enclosure using sensor data, three dimensional modeling, physical properties of the enclosure, and machine learning (e.g., Artificial Intelligence).
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A method of environmental adjustment, the method comprising:
- generating a virtual enclosure model for a physical enclosure using a virtual representation of the physical enclosure, a virtual grid of vertex points, and one or more material properties of the physical enclosure, wherein the physical enclosure includes one or more sensors;
- using the virtual enclosure model to generate a map of one or more environmental characteristics of the physical enclosure;
- learning, by an artificial intelligence engine, from data from the one or more sensors;
- predicting, by the artificial intelligence engine, a selected one of the environmental characteristics at a test location within the physical enclosure, wherein the test location is devoid of a sensor sensitive to the selected environmental characteristic;
- placing at the test location a test sensor sensitive to the selected environmental characteristic;
- comparing a reading produced by the test sensor to the predicted environmental characteristic at the test location;
- adjusting coefficients of the artificial intelligence engine to bring its prediction closer to the test sensor's reading;
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- using, by the adjusted artificial intelligence engine, the map to control the one or more environmental characteristics of the physical enclosure, by regulating distribution of at least one of air or energy by an environmental control system coupled to the physical enclosure, to maintain one or more environmental conditions.
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An apparatus for environmental adjustment, the apparatus comprising one or more controllers comprising at least one circuitry and configured to:
- generate, or direct generation of, a virtual enclosure model for a physical enclosure using a virtual representation of the physical enclosure, a virtual grid of vertex points, and one or more material properties of the physical enclosure, wherein the physical enclosure includes one or more sensors;
- use, or direct utilization of, the virtual enclosure model to generate a map of one or more environmental characteristics of the physical enclosure;
- teach, or direct teaching of, an artificial intelligence engine from data from the one or more sensors;
- predict, by the artificial intelligence engine, a selected one of the environmental characteristics at a test location within the physical enclosure, wherein the test location is devoid of a sensor sensitive to the selected environmental characteristic;
- receive a reading from a test sensor sensitive to the selected environmental characteristic and located at the test location;
- compare the reading produced by the test sensor to the predicted environmental characteristic at the test location;
- adjust coefficients of the artificial intelligence engine to bring its prediction closer to the test sensor's reading;
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- use, or direct utilization of, by the artificial intelligence engine, the map to control the one or more environmental characteristics of the physical enclosure, by regulating a velocity of air flow through vent to/and from the physical enclosure to maintain one or more request environment condition for occupant comfort.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.