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US 2026/0227084 A1Published application
Directional sensing apparatus for reducing anomalies
AssigneeBudderfly, Inc.
InventorsChristopher J. DeBenedictis, Jaan Leemet
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Abstract
A system of distributed temperature sensors that is able to detect anomalous air flows and temperatures in a facility coupled with a system of directional control devices such as variable speed ventilators and exhaust vents that react to eliminate or mitigate drafts and heat sources and other temperature anomalies.
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A system for providing directional comfort anomaly detection and mitigation comprising:
- a controller having software executing thereon, said controller configured to receive sensor data from one or more of a plurality of sensors and to transmit control instructions to one or more of a plurality of control devices;
- said plurality of sensors are positioned in different sensor locations within a space to be controlled and are configured to measure comfort characteristics in the vicinity of each sensor’s respective location, said software associating each of the plurality of sensors with its respective one of the different sensor locations;
- each of said plurality of control devices positioned in different control device locations within the space to be controlled, each control device configured to move, add and/or remove fluid within the space to modify comfort characteristics within the space;
- said controller identifying one or more deviating sensors of the plurality of sensors which deviating sensor reads a comfort characteristic which deviates from a threshold for said space based on said sensor data and based on if the comfort characteristic as measured by said sensor data is above or below the threshold, said controller identifies one or more of the control devices and is configured to transmit control instructions to the one or more of the control devices to move, add and/or remove fluid within the space which fluid which is to be moved, added and/or removed is conditioned in a manner to bring the sensor reading in the vicinity of the sensor location of the one or more deviating sensors within the threshold;
- wherein the identified one or more of the control devices are identified by the controller based on a position of the respective sensor location within the space compared to a device position of the one or more identified control devices in order to focus the movement, addition and/or removal of fluid within the space by the control device to the position of the respective sensor location.
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A method for providing directional comfort anomaly detection and mitigation comprising:
- receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors at software executing on a controller, the sensors positioned in different sensor locations throughout a space and are configured to measure comfort characteristics in the vicinity of each sensor’s respective location;
- by the controller, comparing said sensor data to one or more thresholds to identify a comfort anomaly in an area of the space associated with one or more deviating sensors of the plurality of sensors which deviating sensors deviate from a threshold for said space and selecting and controlling one or more of a plurality of control devices positioned in different control device locations within the space to be controlled to move, add and/or remove fluid within the space based on if the comfort characteristic as measured by said sensor data is above or below the threshold and the selecting and controlling computed by the controller to move fluid relative to an area defined by sensor locations of the one or more deviating sensors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.