HVAC system with camera and microphone

A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, comprising:

• an input device configured to receive at least one of a ventilation setting, a temperature setting, a humidity setting, and an air quality setting;
• a microphone connected to at least one component of the HVAC system, wherein the microphone is configured to capture an audio data from a first zone;
• and
• a controller connected to the input device and the microphone, wherein the controller is configured to:
• recognize at least one particular occupant,
• change at least one of the ventilation setting, the temperature setting, the humidity setting, and the air quality setting to a predefined setting associated with the at least one particular occupant in response to receiving the audio data and recognizing the at least one particular occupant,
• prioritize a first particular occupant over another particular occupant in response to recognizing the at least one particular occupant in the audio data, and
• change the at least one of the ventilation setting, the temperature setting, the humidity setting, and the air quality setting to a predefined setting associated with the first particular occupant in response to prioritizing the first particular occupant.

A method for controlling a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, comprising:

• entering a first setting into an HVAC system controller, wherein the first setting is at least one of a first temperature setting, a first ventilation setting, a first humidity setting, and a first air quality setting;
• capturing at least one of an image data from an image sensor in a first zone or an audio data from a microphone in a first zone, wherein the first zone is at least partially controlled by the HVAC system;
• receiving at least one of the image data or the audio data into the HVAC system controller;
• recognizing at least one particular occupant in the first zone as a result of receiving the image data,
• prioritizing a first particular occupant over another particular occupant in response to recognizing the at least one particular occupant in the image data or the audio data in the first zone,
• recognizing a condition as a result of receiving the audio data into the HVAC system controller;
• changing the first setting to a second setting in the HVAC system controller as a result of recognizing the at least one particular occupant in the first zone and changing the first setting to a third setting as a result of recognizing the condition in the first zone, wherein the second setting is a predefined setting associated with the at least one particular occupant, and wherein the third setting is a predefined setting associated with the condition in the first zone;
• and
• changing the first setting to the predefined setting associated with the at least one particular occupant in response to prioritizing the first particular occupant in the first zone.