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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| 20120072031 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY DAMPER/REGISTER UNIT A HVAC controls system for zone controls that is comprised of one or more Wall Sensor Units (WSU) and zero or more Damper/Register Units (DRUs). The invention is a low networked cost solution for residential and light commercial that is easy to install in new and existi... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120041603 | SYSTEM FOR THE CENTRAL CONTROL OF OPERATIONAL DEVICES The present invention describes a system for the central control of operational devices, and in particular an improved system for the central control of operational devices in a plurality of spaces or buildings which uses energy, for example heating energy, cooling ener... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041604 | System For Controlling An Ambient Air Parameter A control system for controlling at least one environmental parameter, such as temperature or air quality, in an operating area in response to sensor signals. The system includes a central control unit, actuators and mobile sensor units, and also at least one, preferabl... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120022703 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME An air conditioner and an associated control method are provided in which performance of one or more indoor units may be adapted so as to minimize power consumption while maintaining cooling/heating effectiveness. The method may include receiving electric power related ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022702 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME An air conditioner and a method of controlling the same are disclosed herein. The method of controlling the air conditioner includes receiving an electric power rate information, and distributing an internal air from a first indoor room to a second indoor room to reduce... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110307102 | Modular System For Data Center A modular computing system for a data center includes one or more data center modules including rack-mounted computer systems. An electrical module is coupled to the data center modules and provides electrical power to computer systems in the data center modules. One or... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110270446 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM INCLUDING A MOTORIZED VENT COVERING A motorized vent covering for an air vent of the environment control system, the motorized vent covering comprising an air flow restrictor for controlling air flow through the vent; and an actuator, the actuator including a motor configured to drive the air flow restric... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110264278 | PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION A property management system is provided. The property management system includes a property management console that is coupled to a plurality of building subsystems. The property management console aggregates data from the building subsystems, historical databases, and... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110257794 | LOAD PROCESSING BALANCE SETTING APPARATUS A load processing balance setting apparatus includes first and second air-conditioners for targeted first and second areas, a calculating unit, a determining unit and an adjusting unit. The first area is included within the second area. The calculating unit calculates a... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110257795 | THERMOSTAT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING SOLAR ENERGY UTILIZATION FOR EFFICIENT ENERGY USAGE AND CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES A system for controlling solar energy utilization for efficient energy usage and conservation of energy resources for providing space conditioning and home ventilation. The system includes a control module configured to operate a solar energy system for collecting a flo... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110257793 | AIR CONDITIONER Disclosed is an air conditioner which can obtain an energy-saving effect without any change to the setting temperature set by a user and, accordingly, without causing discomfort to the user. If a capacity restriction mode is set to at least one of indoor units Y1... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110251725 | UTILITY CONTROL SYSTEM A utility control system governs provision of genuine on-demand lighting, as well other utilities as in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (“HVAC”) in territories of a building in accordance with occupant demand. In lighting control, the present invention ena... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110238223 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HEALTHY HOME ZONING CONTROL CONFIGURED FOR EFFICIENT ENERGY USE AND CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES A system provides space conditioning zone control in a building for efficient energy use and conservation of energy resources. The system includes an energy transfer module coupled to a solar thermal system to receive a first airflow and an auxiliary thermal module coup... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110231019 | CENTRAL AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM A central air-conditioning system conditions a house having a plurality of rooms. When a person is not present in any of the rooms, each room is conditioned in energy-saving conditioning mode having a low load. On the other hand, when the person is detected in any of th... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110202184 | METHOD OF STUDENT COURSE AND SPACE SCHEDULING A method of associating the timing of academic course offerings with teaching space availability and/or the parking need for buildings and/or the heating and cooling load requirements of the buildings used in the academic course offerings is provided, the method being o... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110202185 | ZONE BASED ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM According to an aspect of the disclosure, a zone based energy management system includes controlling at least one network device at a site using the proximity detection of a mobile device which may be based upon the detection of a plurality of zones. The network device ... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110190945 | AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL APPARATUS An air-conditioning-control apparatus of an air-conditioning system, which includes a plurality of air conditioners respectively provided in a plurality of sections obtained by virtually dividing a space to be air-conditioned, the conditioners configured to set the sect... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110190946 | Method And System Of Energy-Efficient Control For Central Chiller Plant Systems A method of energy-efficient control for central chiller plant systems includes the following steps: collecting performance characteristics of each piece of equipment in central chiller plant systems and establishing energy models for each piece of equipment in central ... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110172830 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HYDRONIC SYSTEMS HAVING MULTIPLE SOURCES AND MULTIPLE LOADS A method and system for designing and controlling a hydronic apparatus. In one aspect of the invention, the system includes a computing device having a first receiver that receives input data, in which the input data includes environmental data and hydronic apparatus da... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110166710 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO SIMULATE AND OPTIMIZE WHOLE BUILDING COMFORT AND ENERGY PERFORMANCE A method and system for balancing user comfort with energy conservation in an energy management system having a plurality of electrical devices includes a dial system in communication with the energy management system. Movement of a movable member of the dial system bet... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110137468 | Optimized Control System For Cooling Systems A cooling system for providing conditioned air to a facility includes a chiller or other cooling subsystem, a cooling tower subsystem and one or more air handling units or process cooling units. The cooling subsystem may advantageously include one or more chillers (e.g.... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110130881 | CENTRAL AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM Regarding rooms other than a room being targeted, a controller controls the rooms in energy-saving conditioning mode when a person is not detected in the rooms, even when the rooms are scheduled to be controlled in ordinary conditioning mode in a temperature control sch... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110127340 | Occupancy-based demand controlled ventilation system In a demand control ventilation (DCV) system, ID codes of tags worn by occupants are detected in each room by a tag detector and wirelessly communicated to a zonal occupancy compiler. The zonal occupancy count arrived at by the compiler is transmitted to a DCV microproc... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110118880 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POLICY BASED AUTOMATED CONTROL OF BUILDING EQUIPMENT USING SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT A system and method for automated control of building equipment. Systems management information including, for example, key stroke information, mouse movement information, host name information and/or IP address information may be utilized to determine a location of a m... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110112693 | Water cooling system of building structure for air conditioning system A water cooling control for a building structure includes a temperature sensor device and a zone controller. The temperature sensor is adapted for detecting a temperature difference of the water at each of the end loop terminals of the duct system for determining the am... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110112694 | Cooling Medium Distribution Over A Network Of Passages A system for managing distribution of a cooling medium includes a sensor configured to detect a condition, a first agent configured to receive the detected condition and to determine whether a characteristic of the cooling medium controlled via a first actuator is to be... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110082593 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HYDRONIC SYSTEMS HAVING MULTIPLE SOURCES AND MULTIPLE LOADS A system and method are provided to control hydronic systems having a plurality of sources, including at least one of an on-demand source, a semi-on-demand source, and an intermittent source that are fluidly or thermally coupled to a plurality of load zones. The hydroni... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110077780 | HVAC CONTROLLER WITH CHECKOUT UTILITY A zone control panel that is easy and intuitive to use and to program. In some embodiments, a zone control panel may be configured to have an easy to use, single level menu structure with, for example, a configuration mode and/or a checkout mode. The configuration mode ... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110054700 | SYSTEM FOR USING A PLURALITY OF REMOTE SENSING DEVICES FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT A system for energy management using a plurality or remote sensor devices. The system includes a plurality of sensor device spatially disposed in one or more regions of a building structure. The sensor device comprises a sensor element coupled to a transmitter device, w... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110022235 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMAL COORDINATION CONTROL AND SOFT REPAIR OF MULTIPLE ROOFTOP HEATING AND COOLING UNITS Techniques are described that may be implemented in an adaptive control device to regulate multiple zone environmental units based upon multiple temperature values and multiple airflow values, where each temperature value and each airflow value is related to the tempera... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022193 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF A SELF-CONFIGURED, MODEL-BASED ADAPTIVE, PREDICTIVE CONTROLLER FOR MULTI-ZONE REGULATION SYSTEMS A control system simultaneously controls a multi-zone process with a self-adaptive model predictive controller (MPC), such as temperature control within a plastic injection molding system. The controller is initialized with basic system information. A pre-identification... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100318226 | INTELLIGENT GRID-BASED HVAC SYSTEM An HVAC system includes a grid of intersecting ducts having one or more inlets, outlets, and intersections. Air may be received into the inlets and directed through the outlets into one or more zones of a building. One or more HVAC units may be connected to the inlets a... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100305761 | Automatic Mold and Fungus Growth Inhibition System and Method Apparatus for automatic environmental control includes an enclosed, zoned structure. A heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system is incorporated into the structure. Each zone includes separate controls, separately-controlled air flow into and out of each z... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100298992 | System for Controlling the Heating and Housing Units in a Building The present invention is a system for controlling the heating of a plurality of individual housing units in a building. The system includes at least one heating unit contained in each individual housing unit for heating said individual housing unit and a control unit co... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100262298 | System and Method for Climate Control Set-Point Optimization Based On Individual Comfort A system and method for calibrating a set-point for climate control includes a sensor network having a plurality of sensors configured to report a climate condition. A database is configured to receive reports from the sensors and generate one or more profiles reflectin... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100256823 | Mechanism for On-Demand Environmental Services Based on Network Activity In an example embodiment, a method includes determining the network activity associated with a predetermined area of a building and determining a desired environmental service for the area in response to the activity.... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100235004 | Predictive Conditioning In Occupancy Zones A method and system for predictively controlling environmental conditions of multiple occupancy zones in an occupancy space are provided. Occupancy and environmental conditions of each of the occupancy zones are detected and identified. The detected occupancy is stored ... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100211224 | HEATING AND COOLING CONTROL METHODS AND SYSTEMS The present invention is related to the field of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC). More particularly, the present invention is related to methods and systems for controlled heating and cooling in order to reduce costs and the carbon footprint of said hea... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100204836 | Multi-Zone Controller for Pumps The present invention relates to a multi-zone controller that may be attached to and control one or more pumps. The combination of multi-zone controller with a single zone pump enables that pump to provide water cooling for multiple applications either independently or ... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100174413 | Environmental Apparatus Control System An environmental apparatus control system provides and transmits a message voluntarily to each resident as to the current control being made to residential space or environment in which the residents are presence. The system includes an apparatus for controlling the res... | 07/08/2010 |
