Method and a system for controlling temperature in different zones of a premises

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11549707-B2
Application number	US-202017123214-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2020
Priority date	Dec 17, 2019
Publication date	Jan 10, 2023
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023

Abstract

A system and a method for controlling temperature in different zones of a premises. A method includes receiving a measurement of temperature sensed by a first fire detector positioned at a first zone of a premises. The method further includes receiving a measurement of temperature sensed by a second fire detector positioned at a second zone of the premises. The method also includes controlling the temperature by a thermostat in the first zone based on the measurement of the sensed temperature received from the first fire detector and in the second zone based on the measurement of the sensed temperature received from the second fire detector.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a first fire detector positioned at a first zone of a premises adapted to sense temperature in the first zone and adapted to transmit a measurement of the sensed temperature associated with first zone to a thermostat;
a second fire detector positioned at a second zone of the premises adapted to sense temperature in the second zone and adapted to transmit a measurement of the sensed temperature associated with the second zone to the thermostat; and
the thermostat adapted to control temperature in the first zone based on the measurement of the sensed temperature received from the first fire detector and adapted to control temperature in the second zone based on the measurement of the sensed temperature received from the second fire detector.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the first fire detector and the second fire detector transmit the measurement of the sensed temperature to a server, wherein the server transmits the measurement of the sensed temperature to the thermostat.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the first fire detector and the second fire detector transmit the measurement of the sensed temperature to the thermostat through a router.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the first fire detector and the second fire detector directly transmit the measurement of the sensed temperature to the thermostat through a bluetooth communication or a WiFi communication.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the first fire detector and the second fire detector transmit the measurement of the sensed temperature to a fire control panel.

6. The system of claim 2 , wherein the thermostat transmits a request for the measurement of the sensed temperature to each of the first fire detector and the second fire detector through the server.

7. The system of claim 3 , wherein the thermostat transmits a request for the measurement of the sensed temperature to each of the first fire detector and the second fire detector through the router.

8. The system of claim 4 , wherein the thermostat directly transmits a request for the measurement of the sensed temperature to each of the first fire detector and the second fire detector.

9. The system of claim 5 , wherein the thermostat transmits a request for the measurement of the sensed temperature to the fire control panel.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the thermostat is positioned inside the premises and is connected to each of the first fire detector and the second fire detector.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the thermostat controls the temperature in the first zone based on the measurement of the sensed temperature received from the first fire detector and a first pre-defined temperature threshold, wherein the thermostat controls temperature in the second zone based on the measurement of the sensed temperature received from the second fire detector and a second pre-defined temperature threshold.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the thermostat controls the temperature of the entire premises based on the measurement of the sensed temperature received from the first fire detector, from the second fire detector and/or based on an input provided by a user.

13. A method comprising:
receiving a measurement of temperature sensed by a first fire detector positioned at a first zone of a premises;
receiving a measurement of temperature sensed by a second fire detector positioned at a second zone of the premises; and
controlling the temperature by a thermostat in the first zone based on the measurement of the sensed temperature received from the first fire detector and in the second zone based on the measurement of the sensed temperature received from the second fire detector.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein each of the first fire detector and the second fire detector transmit the measurement of the sensed temperature to a server, wherein the server transmits the measurement of the sensed temperature to the thermostat.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein each of the first fire detector and the second fire detector transmit the measurement of the sensed temperature to the thermostat through a router.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein each of the first fire detector and the second fire detector directly transmit the measurement of the sensed temperature to the thermostat through a bluetooth communication or a WiFi communication.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein each of the first fire detector and the second fire detector transmit the measurement of the sensed temperature to a fire control panel.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the thermostat transmits a request for the measurement of the sensed temperature to each of the first fire detector and the second fire detector.

19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the thermostat controls the temperature in the first zone based on the sensed temperature received from the first fire detector and a first pre-defined temperature threshold, wherein the thermostat controls the temperature in the second zone based on the sensed temperature received from the second fire detector and a second pre-defined temperature threshold.

20. A computer readable medium comprising one or more processors and a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing instructions executed by the one or more processors, the one or more processors configured to:
receive a measurement of temperature sensed by a first fire detector positioned at a first zone of a premises;
receive a measurement of temperature sensed by a second fire detector positioned at a second zone of the premises; and
control the temperature by a thermostat in the first zone based on the measurement of the sensed temperature received from the first fire detector and in the second zone based on the measurement of the sensed temperature received from the second fire detector.

Assignees

• Carrier Corp

Inventors

• Nallaperumal Pirammanayagam

Classifications

• F24F2110/10

  Temperature · CPC title

• H04W24/10 Primary

  Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} · CPC title

• F24F11/80

  for controlling the temperature of the supplied air · CPC title

• F24F11/65

  for selecting an operating mode · CPC title

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title