Adaptive pattern recognition based controller apparatus and method and human-interface therefore
AssigneeBlanding Hovenweep, LLC
InventorsSteven M. Hoffberg, Linda I. Hoffberg-Borghesani
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Abstract
A system and method of predicting items likely to appeal to a user, based on data received from a remote site. One or more local systems are provided, along with a remote system, said local systems communicating with said remote system over a network connection. Each local system maintains a set of characterized items. A local processor predicts an appeal of an item to a user based on the comparison with the set of characterized items with, e.g., user preferences. The user may interact through graphical user interface. At least one user-preference predictive algorithm may be employed to present items predicted to appeal to the user.
Claims27
A programmable environmental controller, comprising:
- an local area network interface port configured to communicate digital data through a local area network;
- at least one climate sensor configured to sense environmental climate conditions;
- at least one movement sensor configured to detect a movement of an individual in a vicinity of the at least one movement sensor;
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- at least one automated processor configured to receive the sensed environmental climate conditions and the detected movement, to jointly classify a temporal pattern of the sensed environmental climate conditions and the detected movement, and to communicate at least one signal in dependence on the jointly classified pattern, the at least one signal being adapted to at least control an environmental control system.
An environmental control method, comprising:
- communicating digital data through a local area network;
- receiving sensed environmental climate conditions from at least one climate condition sensor;
- detecting a movement of an individual in a vicinity of a movement sensor;
- perform a pattern recognition process with at least one automated processor to jointly classify a temporal pattern of the sensed environmental climate conditions and the detected movement of the individual;
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- communicating at least one signal in dependence on the pattern recognition process, the at least one signal being adapted to at least control an environmental control system.
A controller, comprising:
- at least one sensor configured to sense environmental climate conditions and movement events proximate to the at least one sensor;
- an local area network interface port configured to communicate digital data through a local area network;
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- at least one automated processor configured to receive the sensed environmental climate conditions and the movement events, control communication of the digital data through the local area network, classify patterns of the sensed environmental climate conditions, the movement events, and the communicated digital data in an adaptive pattern recognition process, and generate at least one signal in dependence on the adaptive pattern recognition process adapted to cost-efficiently control an environmental control system for altering environmental climate conditions sensed by the at least one sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.