226 patents
Utility
Systems and methods for identifying a unified entity from a plurality of discrete parts
9 Jan 24
Disclosed systems and methods can include capturing the sequence of images of a monitored region that includes a sub-region of interest, processing the sequence of images using heuristics and rules of an artificial intelligence model to identify the plurality of discrete parts that are associated with a type of a unified entity, and processing the sequence of images using the heuristics and the rules of the artificial intelligence model to virtually link together a group of the plurality of discrete parts that correspond to a specific embodiment of the unified entity that is present in the sub-region of interest, wherein the heuristics and the rules of the artificial intelligence model can be developed from a training process that includes the artificial intelligence model receiving sample images delineating exemplary discrete parts on exemplary embodiments of the unified entity.
Soumitri Kolavennu, Nathaniel Kraft
Filed: 2 May 22
Utility
Migration of settings from a non-connected building controller to another building controller
19 Dec 23
A Heating, Ventilation, and/or Air Conditioning (HVAC) controller configured to control at least part of an HVAC system of a building.
Nathaniel D. Kraft, Bernard T. Geary, Ajay Pai, Michael Albright, Sharath Venkatesha, Jeffrey Boll
Filed: 22 Oct 21
Utility
Systems and methods of monitoring alarms from third party devices
12 Dec 23
A server acts as an event analyzer for a home security or monitoring system.
Dominik Szczepanski, Jeyaprakash Raveendran
Filed: 2 Aug 21
Utility
Electronic air pressure interlock switch
7 Nov 23
A device that includes a pressure sensor that adds dynamic pressure sensing capability to a furnace.
Gregory Young, Adam Myre, Frederick Hazzard
Filed: 19 May 22
Utility
Determining an irregularity in connections for an HVAC controller based on geographic location
24 Oct 23
In some examples, a device can control an HVAC system within a building.
Christopher Heintzelman, Joseph C. Vargas
Filed: 4 Oct 19
Utility
Power stealing system for low power thermostats
17 Oct 23
Power stealing circuitry to provide power to a controller for an environmental control system.
Luis Carlos Murillo Carrasco, Robert D. Juntunen, Jesus Omar Ponce, Eduardo Saenz Balderrama, Cesar Alejandro Arzate
Filed: 4 Nov 20
Utility
Providing integrative comfort in a structure
17 Oct 23
Methods, devices, and computer-readable media for providing integrative comfort a structure are described herein.
Amit Kulkarni, Patrick Gonia, David R Kaufman
Filed: 26 Feb 20
Utility
Building health analysis and management system
17 Oct 23
A monitoring system for monitoring a status of a building comprising a first sensor configured to detect a first condition in the space and a second sensor configured to detect a second condition in the space is disclosed.
Christopher Heintzelman, Brian Beale, David J. Emmons, Joseph Bodkin, John Cronin
Filed: 26 Jul 21
Utility
Flow modulator for a fluid
3 Oct 23
Flow modulator (10) for a fluid like combustion gas, comprising: a housing (11), a modulator body (14) positioned with the housing (11), and a valve body (18) positioned with the housing (11).
Clemens Metker, Wim Munsterhuis, Gerrit Jan Baarda, Andreas Kammerahl, Martin Petersmann, Anton Quatmann, Ulrich Oldehus
Filed: 9 Sep 20
Utility
Water heating system for controlling an ability to set a parameter of a controller
3 Oct 23
This disclosure is related to devices, systems, and techniques for controlling a temperature of water contained by a water tank.
Brian Moy, Christopher R. Jones, Michael Crites, Arnold Kalla
Filed: 23 Sep 22
Utility
Systems and methods for building and using a false alarm predicting model to determine whether to alert a user and/or relevant authorities about an alarm signal from a security system
3 Oct 23
Systems and methods for building and using a false alarm predicting model to determine whether to alert a user and/or relevant authorities about an alarm signal from a security system are provided.
Brian Beale, Sharath Venkatesha, Soumitri Kolavennu, Nathaniel Kraft
Filed: 17 Feb 22
Utility
Systems and methods to control a communication rate between a thermostat and a cloud based server
26 Sep 23
A communication rate between a cloud-based server and an HVAC controller located within a building may be controlled based on the amount of power available at the HVAC controller.
Patrick R. Lemire, Robert D. Juntunen, Kurt Robideau
Filed: 20 Aug 21
Utility
Systems and methods for automatic speech recognition
26 Sep 23
Systems and methods for speech recognition are provided.
Xiukuan Yang, Chao Xiao, Tao Chai
Filed: 23 Feb 21
Utility
Method and system for controlling an ignition sequence for an intermittent flame-powered pilot combustion system
8 Aug 23
A locally powered intermittent pilot combustion controller may include an igniter, a thermal electric and/or photoelectric device that produces an electrical signal having power when exposed to a flame, and a local power source for providing power when the thermal electric and/or photoelectric device is not exposed to a flame.
Brent Chian, Bruce L. Hill, Timothy J Nordberg, Rolf L. Strand, Douglas Bird, Peter Anderson
Filed: 14 Feb 19
Utility
Method and system for controlling an intermittent pilot water heater system
8 Aug 23
A water heater may include a water tank, a burner, a pilot for igniting the burner, an ignitor for igniting the pilot, a thermoelectric device in thermal communication with a flame of the pilot, a controller for controlling an ignition sequence of the pilot using the ignitor, and a rechargeable power storage device for supplying power to the ignitor and the controller.
Gregory Young, Frederick Hazzard, Adam Myre
Filed: 28 Jan 22
Utility
Carbon monoxide detection system
1 Aug 23
In some examples, a method includes receiving, from a carbon-monoxide (CO) sensor, an indication of an above-threshold level of CO for an above-threshold amount of time; determining, from a plurality of appliances, a subset of appliances associated with the CO sensor; and deactivating the subset of appliances.
John B. Amundson, Kenneth Eskildsen
Filed: 10 Oct 19
Utility
Gas/air mixing device of a gas burner
25 Jul 23
In some examples, a gas/air mixing device configured to mix gas and air to provide a gas/air mixture includes a mixer housing with a mounting flange being configured to mount the gas/air mixing device to a fan housing in such a way that a sealing surface of the mounting flange is in contact with a sealing surface of the fan housing.
Sybrandus B. V. Munsterhuis, Li Hong Rao, Guan Jun Liu
Filed: 18 May 21
Utility
Automatic changeover mode in an HVAC controller with reversible deadband enforcement
25 Jul 23
An HVAC controller is configured to automatically change between a HEAT mode and a COOL mode in accordance with a sensed temperature in the building structure, a HEAT temperature set point and a COOL temperature set point.
Christopher Heintzelman, Christopher R. Jones, Joseph Carlos Vargas
Filed: 29 Jan 21
Utility
Cancelation circuit for radio frequency antenna systems
18 Jul 23
A radio frequency antenna system is provided and can include a radio printed circuit board, a first antenna element located proximate an edge of the radio printed circuit board, a second antenna element located proximate the edge of the radio printed circuit board, and a cancelation circuit located on the radio printed circuit board and connected to feeding points of the first antenna and the second antenna, wherein the cancelation circuit can provide a cancelation effect at output ports of the cancelation circuit with respect to signals broadcast by the first antenna element and the second antenna element over air.
Michal Pokorny
Filed: 8 Dec 21
Utility
Dynamic superframe slotting
18 Jul 23
An apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to output, to a plurality of devices, an initial superframe configured in an initial superframe mode of a plurality of superframe modes.
Nagaraj Chickmagalur Lakshminarayan, Arun Handanakere Sheshagiri, Rajeev Ranjan, Sheetal R. Kadam, Robert D. Juntunen
Filed: 1 Apr 22