Nan Li

US Patent:

20140358292, Dec 4, 2014

Filed:

Jun 4, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/909756

Inventors:

- ARMONK NY, US
MARISSA ANN WOOD - HURST TX, US
NAN LI - CEDAR PARK TX, US
CHARLES EDMOND WIESE - RALEIGH NC, US

International Classification:

G05D 23/19
F24F 11/00

US Classification:

700276

Abstract:

Controlling the temperature gradient in an enclosed auditorium with positioned people by initially generating, by thermal input, a level selected base temperature plane coextensive with the plane of the enclosed room. Each of the positioned people is enabled to dynamically input a request for a temperature change in the base temperature plane at a position corresponding to the position of the person in the room plane. All of the input requests of positioned people may then be correlated with the base temperature plane to convert the base temperature plane into a base temperature curvature coextensive with the plane of the enclosed room. The thermal input may then be varied responsive to the sensed temperature variations to maintain the base temperature curvature.

US Patent:

20140135997, May 15, 2014

Filed:

Nov 14, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/676545

Inventors:

- Armonk NY, US
Marissa Ann Wood - Hurst TX, US
Nan Li - Cedar Park TX, US
Charles Edmond Wiese - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G05B 13/02

US Classification:

700278

Abstract:

Optimum temperature in a room is controlled by directly and dynamically sensing the body temperatures of one or more people in the room and storing a set of parameters to be correlated with the sensed body temperatures in determining a selected optimum room temperature. The sensed body temperatures are wirelessly transmitted to be correlated with the set of parameters wherein optimum room temperature is determined based on those parameters. In response to this correlation, a selected optimum room temperature may be provided by appropriate heating or cooling.