Control of conditioned environment by remote sensor
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorsAlexander Lifson, Michael F. Taras
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Abstract
A comfort HVAC or refrigeration system includes a remote sensor for sensing an environmental condition within a climate-controlled space and having, an associated transmitter for sending, a wireless signal to a receiver of a controller such that the controller can then responsively modulate the operation of the components of the HVAC or refrigeration system to maintain a desired condition at a specific location or locations within the-climate-controUed'space. The desired condition can be, for instance, temperature, humidity and/or carbon dioxide level.
Claims25
A comfort HVAC or refrigeration system for providing a conditioned environment in a climate-controlled space comprising:
- cooling and/or heating components for providing a conditioned environment in the climate-controlled space;
- at least one remote positionable wireless sensor for sensing an environmental condition within the climate-controlled space;
- a transmitter associated with said remote positionable wireless sensor for transmitting a signal representative of said sensed environmental condition;
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- a control with an associated receiver for receiving said transmitted signal and for controlling said cooling and/or heating components of said comfort HVAC or refrigeration system in response thereto.
A method of conditioning an environment of a climate-controlled space, comprising the steps of:
- providing cooling and/or heating components of a comfort HVAC or refrigeration system for delivering conditioned air to the climate-controlled space;
- locating at least one remote positionable wireless sensor and an associated transmitter within the climate-controlled space;
- with the remote positionable wireless sensor, sensing an environmental condition within the climate-controlled space and transmitting a wireless signal representative thereof;
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- receiving the wireless signal and responsively controlling said cooling and/or heating components of said comfort HVAC or refrigeration system to maintain a desired environmental condition in the climate-controlled space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.