US 11,719,460 B2
System for personalized indoor microclimates
Keith R. Mowery, Plano, TX (US); and Nguyen T. Ho, Highland Village, TX (US)
Assigned to Lennox Industries Inc., Richardson, TX (US)
Filed by Lennox Industries Inc., Richardson, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/645,426.
Application 17/645,426 is a division of application No. 16/661,577, filed on Oct. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,255,567.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/749,963, filed on Oct. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0113057 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. F24F 11/80 (2018.01); F24F 11/59 (2018.01); F24F 11/523 (2018.01); F24F 11/49 (2018.01); F24F 11/64 (2018.01); F24F 11/67 (2018.01); F24F 11/74 (2018.01); F24F 11/46 (2018.01); F24F 11/54 (2018.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01); G05B 19/02 (2006.01); F24F 110/20 (2018.01); F24F 140/40 (2018.01); F24F 110/10 (2018.01); F24F 120/12 (2018.01); F24F 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 11/80 (2018.01) [F24F 11/46 (2018.01); F24F 11/49 (2018.01); F24F 11/523 (2018.01); F24F 11/54 (2018.01); F24F 11/59 (2018.01); F24F 11/64 (2018.01); F24F 11/67 (2018.01); F24F 11/74 (2018.01); G05B 13/024 (2013.01); G05B 19/02 (2013.01); F24F 2003/003 (2013.01); F24F 2110/10 (2018.01); F24F 2110/20 (2018.01); F24F 2120/12 (2018.01); F24F 2140/40 (2018.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless remote sensor for managing an indoor climate system, the wireless remote sensor comprising:
a housing that fits into a wall box;
an environmental data collector, wherein the environmental data collector comprises a thermometer and a hygrometer;
a memory configured to store data collected by the environmental data collector and a database of human identification characteristics, wherein each one of the human identification characteristics is associated with a climate profile corresponding to a human; and
a processor coupled to the memory and the environmental data collector, the processor configured to:
detect the presence of the human in a zone;
compare characteristics of the detected human with the database of human identification characteristics stored in the memory to determine the climate profile corresponding to the human;
transmit, to a HVAC control unit, the determined climate profile;
determine a temperature measurement and a humidity measurement associated within the zone; and
transmit the temperature measurement and the humidity measurement to the HVAC control unit, wherein the HVAC control unit adjusts the airflow to the zone based on the temperature measurement and the humidity measurement.