Advanced human-machine interface for collaborative building control

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9104183
APP PUB NO 20130110295A1
SERIAL NO

13651510

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A system for collaborative energy management and control in a building, including an energy management controller, one or more occupant HMIs that supports two-way communication between building occupants and a facility manager, and between building occupants and the energy management controller, and a facility manager HMI that supports two-way communication between the facility manager and the building occupants, and between the facility manager and the energy management controller, in which the occupant HMI allows building occupants to provide temperature preferences to the facility manager and the energy management controller, and the facility manager HMI allows the facility manager to configure an energy policy for the building as a set of rules and to view occupants' aggregated temperature preferences, and the energy management controller determines an optimum temperature range that resolves conflicting occupant temperature preferences and occupant temperature preferences that conflict with the facility manager's energy policy for the building.

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  • SIEMENS CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chen, Yanzi Philadelphia, US 4 41
Lu, Yan West Windsor, US 279 3853
Song, Zhen Plainsboro, US 187 1571
Zhang, Shaopeng Plainsboro, US 6 41
Zheng, Xianjun S Plainsboro, US 9 464

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