CONTROL OF A HEATING/COOLING SYSTEM
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190004550A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-03

    申请号:US16065198

    申请日:2015-12-31

    Abstract: A method for controlling a heating/cooling system located at a home of a user. For a population of users, occurrences of occupancy-related events occurring in the users' homes are detected. Then, occurrences of such occupancy-related events in different timeslots are counted separately for each user of the population. The counts of the various users are then merged and a topic model is applied thereto, to provide probabilities that latent habits give raise to certain sequences of occupancy-related events and proportions of each habit in the home occupancy routine of each user of the population. Thereby, a reliable forecast of the home occupancy routine of each user of the population may be provided. That allows setting the heating/cooling system of each user of the population to fit such reliable forecast, minimizing energy waste and/or maximizing user's comfort.

    AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING APPLIANCES
    3.
    发明申请
    AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING APPLIANCES 有权
    自动控制器具系统

    公开(公告)号:US20150372485A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-24

    申请号:US14764630

    申请日:2013-02-01

    Abstract: A system for managing house appliances supplied through a power grid is provided. Each house appliance operates according to at least one corresponding operative mode. Each operative mode comprises a sequence of operative phases. The system comprises at least one control unit interfaced with the house appliances for exchanging data. The at least one control unit collects power profile data comprising timing and electric power consumption data of each operative phase of each operative mode of the house appliances; generates a time schedule of the house appliances operations by distributing in time the execution of the operative phases thereof such that total power consumption of house appliances is kept under a maximum power threshold of the power grid; and controls the operation of the appliances based on the time schedule. The at least one control unit is configured to generate the time schedule by exploiting a Particle Swarm Optimization approach.

    Abstract translation: 提供一种用于管理通过电网提供的家用电器的系统。 每个家用电器根据至少一个对应的操作模式进行操作。 每个操作模式包括一系列操作阶段。 该系统包括与家用电器接口的至少一个控制单元,用于交换数据。 所述至少一个控制单元收集包括家用电器的每个操作模式的每个操作阶段的定时和电力消耗数据的功率曲线数据; 通过及时分配其操作阶段的执行来生成家电操作的时间表,使得家用电器的总功耗保持在电网的最大功率阈值以下; 并根据时间表控制设备的运行。 所述至少一个控制单元被配置为通过利用粒子群算法来产生时间表。

    METHOD FOR SHARING NETWORK RESOURCES MADE ACCESSIBLE BY A SET OF ACCESS GATEWAYS

    公开(公告)号:US20190020449A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-17

    申请号:US16065949

    申请日:2015-12-28

    Abstract: A method for sharing network resources made accessible by plural access gateways (AG). An AG requester sends a resource request to neighbouring AGs as potential helpers. Each potential helper decides whether to cooperate with the requester based on a reputation score calculated by the potential helper for the requester. The reputation score calculated by each potential helper for the requester is indicative of the requester's behaviour in response to past resource requests received from that potential helper. If the potential helper decides to cooperate, it sends a resource offer to the requester. The requester then selects its helper as the potential helper which sent the best offer, and sets up a resource sharing session with the helper. The requester then updates the reputations scores of a helper and potential helpers based on the disposition to cooperate and reliability they exhibited.

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