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US 2017/0167746 A1Published application
Adaptive trigger sequencing for site control automation
AssigneeThink Automatic, LLC
InventorStephen HARRIS
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for an environmental control system in which a genetic learning algorithm creates scenes and scene triggers and in which a fitness function scores the scenes through end-user interaction.
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A machine-teaching environmental control method comprising:
- at a first hub obtaining first, second, and third output configurations that all correspond to a first trigger and that are respectively associated with first, second, and third scalar scores;
- presenting the first output configuration in response to a first sequential instance of the first trigger and to said scalar scores indicating that the first output configuration is ranked before the second output configuration;
- presenting the second output configuration in response to a second sequential instance of the first trigger and to said scalar scores indicating that the second output configuration is ranked before the third output configuration;
- presenting the third output configuration in response to a third sequential instance of the first trigger after the first and second output configuration are presented;
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- presenting a modified sequence of the first, second, and third output configurations in response to a first change in the second scalar score resulting from a magnitude of a time interval between the second and third sequential instances of the first trigger either by increasing the second scalar score as a conditional response to a determination that the first magnitude of the time interval between the second and third sequential instances of the first trigger is smaller than a minimum threshold or by decreasing the second scalar score as a conditional response to a determination that the first magnitude of the time interval between the second and third sequential instances of the first trigger is larger than a maximum threshold, the maximum threshold being greater than the minimum threshold, wherein said presentation sequence is manifested in a plurality of physical control devices and wherein said plurality of physical control devices include first and second physical control devices at a first facility and operably coupled with the first hub.
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A machine-teaching environmental control method comprising:
- at a first hub obtaining first, second, and third output configurations that all correspond to a first trigger and that are respectively associated with first, second, and third scalar scores;
- presenting the first output configuration in response to a first sequential instance of the first trigger and to said scalar scores indicating that the first output configuration is ranked before the second output configuration;
- presenting the second output configuration in response to a second sequential instance of the first trigger and to said scalar scores indicating that the second output configuration is ranked before the third output configuration;
- presenting the third output configuration in response to a third sequential instance of the first trigger after the first and second output configuration are presented;
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- presenting a modified sequence of the first, second, and third output configurations in response to a first change in the second scalar score resulting from a magnitude of a time interval between the second and third sequential instances of the first trigger, wherein said presentation sequence is manifested in a plurality of physical control devices and wherein said plurality of physical control devices include first and second physical control devices at a first facility and operably coupled with the first hub.
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A machine-teaching environmental control system comprising:
- transistor-based circuitry configured to obtain first, second, and third output configurations that all correspond to a first trigger and that are respectively associated with first, second, and third scalar scores;
- transistor-based circuitry configured to present the first output configuration in response to a first sequential instance of the first trigger and to said scalar scores indicating that the first output configuration is ranked before the second output configuration;
- transistor-based circuitry configured to present the second output configuration in response to a second sequential instance of the first trigger and to said scalar scores indicating that the second output configuration is ranked before the third output configuration;
- transistor-based circuitry configured to present the third output configuration in response to a third sequential instance of the first trigger after the first and second output configuration are presented;
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- transistor-based circuitry configured to present a modified sequence of the first, second, and third output configurations in response to a first change in the second scalar score resulting from a magnitude of a time interval between the second and third sequential instances of the first trigger, wherein said presentation sequence is manifested in a plurality of physical control devices and wherein said plurality of physical control devices include first and second physical control devices at a first facility and operably coupled with the first hub.
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