Adjusting a building service system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11269045-B2
Application number	US-201815952925-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 13, 2018
Priority date	Jun 10, 2010
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

The invention relates to adjusting at least one of installed building service sensors (10) of a building service system. A sensor coverage area of at least one sensor (10) is adjusted based on information on a position of the installed sensor (10) relative to at least one other sensor (10). For example, to determine the position of the sensor (10) relative to said at least one other sensor (10), each sensor (10) establishes a wireless communication between said sensor (10) and at least one other sensor (10) via a wireless communication means (34) of the sensor (10). For example, information on the positions of the installed sensors (10) is used to assign to each sensor (10) at least one of installed building service supply devices (12) of the system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A building service system, comprising:
a group of building service sensors, a first sensor of the group of building service sensors comprising a sensor coverage adjusting unit for adjusting a sensor coverage area of the first sensor; and
a group of building service supply devices, wherein each building service supply device of the group of building service supply devices is controlled by at least a respective one of the group of building service sensors,
wherein the sensor coverage adjusting unit of the first sensor is adapted for automatically adjusting, in a state of the system with the building service sensors, including the first sensor, being installed, the sensor coverage area of the installed first sensor based on information on a position of the installed first sensor relative to at least a second sensor of the group of building service sensors,
wherein the first sensor is adapted to control at least one of the group of building service supply devices, which is assigned to the first sensor, to operate in a first operation mode, and
wherein the second sensor is adapted to control the at least one of the group of building service supply devices, which is assigned to the first sensor, to operate in a second operation mode.

2. The building service system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in a state of the system with the first sensor and the second sensor being installed, a sensor coverage area of the second sensor is greater than the sensor coverage area of the first sensor.

3. The building service system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a sensor coverage area of the second sensor is greater than twice the sensor coverage area of the first sensor.

4. The building service system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first operation mode and the second operation mode correspond to an output power.

5. The building service system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second sensor is located overhead relative to the first sensor.

6. A building service system, comprising:
a plurality of building service supply devices;
a plurality of building service sensors, the building service sensors comprising a first type of building service sensor and a second type of building service sensor, and further comprising two or more first type of building service sensors and at least one second type of building service sensor, wherein the first type comprises a sensor coverage adjusting unit for adjusting a sensor coverage area of the first type, wherein at least one of the first type of building service sensors is adapted to control at least one of the plurality of building service supply devices, which is assigned to the at least one of the first type of building service sensors, to operate in a first operation mode, and wherein at least one of the second type of building service sensors is adapted to control the at least one of the plurality of building service supply devices, which is assigned to the at least one of the first type of building service sensors, to operate in a second operation mode; and
a controller for adjusting the sensor coverage adjusting unit of the first type based on a position of the first type in the building service system relative to a position of the second type in the building service system.

7. The building service system of claim 6 , wherein the second type comprises a sensor coverage adjusting unit for adjusting a sensor coverage area of the second type.

8. The building service system of claim 6 , wherein a sensor coverage area of the second type is greater than the sensor coverage area of the first type.

9. The building service system of claim 6 , wherein the first operation mode and the second operation mode correspond to an output power.

10. The building service system of claim 6 , wherein the at least one second type of building service sensor is located overhead relative to the two or more first type of building service sensor in the building service system.

Assignees

• Signify Holding Bv

Inventors

• Feri Lorenzo
• Pandharipande Ashish Vijay
• Wang Ying
• Schenk Tim Corneel Wilhelmus

Classifications

• Y02B20/40

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• H05B47/105 Primary

  in response to determined parameters · CPC title

• G01S5/016 Primary

  between areas within a building · CPC title

• H04L12/56

  Packet switching systems · CPC title

• H05K13/00

  Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or adjusting assemblages of electric components · CPC title