Abstract: A remote control for an air-conditioning apparatus includes: an outer button to be operated by a user for changing an operating condition of an air-conditioning apparatus body; an inner button to be operated by the user for changing the operating condition; a cover that is openable and closable and is configured to cover the inner button; a cover opening/closing detection unit configured to detect opening/closing of the cover; a display unit configured to display an enlarged display screen displaying at least one of an operation mode, a set temperature and a set humidity, and a detail display screen displaying a function of the inner button; and a display switching unit configured to, when the cover opening/closing detection unit detects that the cover is closed, make the display unit display the enlarged display screen, and when the cover opening/closing detection unit detects that the cover is open, make the display unit display the detail display screen.

Abstract: An air quality management system comprises a plurality of air quality sensors to sense air quality within a building, a plurality of air cleaning devices, and a computer system in communication with the plurality of air quality sensors and the plurality of air cleaning devices. The plurality of air quality sensors is located at a particular location within the building. The computer system determines a correlational model of air quality for the building that indicates a correlational relationship between the sensed air quality, a spatial parameter, a temporal parameter, and operation of the air cleaning devices. The computer system controls the plurality of air cleaning devices to implement an air quality control policy based on one or more air quality management parameters.

Abstract: A microgrid power flow monitoring and control system is described herein. The control system may determine active and reactive power sharing shortage on the electric power delivery system. The control system may utilize the control strategies of generation units, such as ISO control, droop control and constant power control to estimate power flow within a microgrid or other isolated system. A control strategy of one or more generators may be modified based on the determined power flow.

Abstract: Disclosed is a centralized control method for a VRV air conditioning system, includes a debugging terminal sending a first acquisition request to a cloud server on the basis of an identification code, the debugging terminal creating a project on the basis of system information, the debugging terminal uploading project information corresponding to the project to the cloud server, and the cloud server generates a delivery code corresponding to the project information, a centralized control device sending a second acquisition request to the cloud server on the basis of the delivery code, and the centralized control device loading the project corresponding to the delivery code on the basis of the project information, and activating same. Also disclosed in the present application are a centralized control system for a VRV air conditioning system and a computer readable storage medium.

Abstract: A method for conditioning at least one room comprises receiving a first temperature target for a first room; determining a current temperature of the room; determining a first amount of forced air required to reach the temperature target based on a thermal inertia of the first room and the current temperature; powering on an HVAC blower; and powering off the blower once the determined first amount of forced air is blown.

Abstract: A conveyance apparatus comprises a first movable device to move while holding an object, a second movable device to move while holding the object and transfer the object to the first movable device, and a controller to control the first and second movable devices. The second movable device includes a guide member and a hand arranged so as to be capable of reciprocally moving along the guide member while holding the object. The controller estimates, based on a driving history of the second movable device, a thermal deformation amount of the guide member corresponding to the reciprocal movement of the hand along the guide member, and corrects, based on the estimated thermal deformation amount, a drive command value used to move the first movable device to a position to receive the object from the second movable device.

Abstract: A system and method that relies on the principles of material science, deformable body mechanics, continuum mechanics and additive manufacturing to reduce the costs associated with additive manufacturing. Physical properties are used by numerical solution methods, such as the Finite Element Method (FEM) or Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), to deform an original model of an object to be manufactured into a viable configuration that reduces fabrication material, time, and cost when manufacturing an object through additive manufacturing.

Abstract: A method of controlling power applications for a power transformer in a heating ventilation and cooling system (HVAC). The method includes measuring a voltage output of a transformer, the transformer configured to supply control power to a component of the HVAC system, determining a loading of the transformer; prioritizing a loading of the transformer; and applying the prioritization to mitigate loading constraints associated with the transformer.

Abstract: Provided is a program update system for an air conditioner, which can complete update of a program without delay. A controller 51 determines whether it is summer or winter. If it is summer or winter, the controller 51 updates a communication program 52a to a downloaded update program. Or, the controller 51 determines whether a user has set timer on/off. If the user has set the timer on/off, the controller 51 updates the communication program 52a to the downloaded update program. Or, the controller 51 captures room temperature Ti and set temperature Tp, and determines whether a temperature difference ?T calculated using the captured room temperature Ti and the set temperature Tp is greater than or equal to a threshold temperature difference Tth. If the temperature difference ?T is greater than or equal to the threshold temperature difference Tth, the controller 51 updates the communication program 52a to the downloaded update program.

Abstract: Devices and methods for assessing the performance and efficiency of an HVAC system using a tuple including a percentage of runtime over a lookback window coupled with a ?T value for the difference between the HVAC setpoint and the outdoor temperature. The performance monitoring may be done using a device that is independent of the HVAC thermostat or may be incorporated within a smart thermostat. Trends in measured tuples over time can warn of system degradation.

Abstract: Provided is a method for dynamic adaption of a workflow, WF, of an automation system, AS, wherein the workflow, WF, includes automated handling functions, AHFs, implementing associated production steps of a production process controlled by a workflow processor, WP, of a machine of the automation system and at least one automated handling function, AHF, shell configured to plug a pluggable automated handling function, pAHF, into the workflow, WF, of the automation system during runtime of the automation system for adaption of the workflow, WF.

Abstract: There is described a building automation system comprising a control center and an adapter for providing integration of subsystems. The adapter facilitates communications between the control center and a subsystem of the building automation system. A subsystem library of the control center receives an object model associated with the subsystem from the user interface. An extraction tool of the control center generates output information based on the object model. The control center is mapped to the adapter, so that a thing description may be communicated there between. The thing description includes a description of instances hosted by the adapter and representing the object model. An auto discovery component of the control center creates instances of the object model based on the thing description and addresses properties of the object model. The building automation system utilizes the instances and the addresses to manage the subsystem associated with the object model.

Abstract: A power-distribution routing system of a power-transmission company receives a request to route electrical power to users through a power-grid infrastructure during a specified future period of time. The system retrieves time-stamped blockchain data that identifies past fluctuations in energy demand, service agreements between energy companies, and energy-production and demand-fulfilment histories of energy-generating sources like power plants. The system also retrieves extrinsic contextual and socioeconomic data from online sources and various business applications. An artificially intelligent cognitive framework uses a sliding-frame mechanism to infer patterns in the rate of change of user demand during past time periods similar to the period specified by the request. The system ranks each source by its demonstrated ability to satisfy the patterns of demand in consideration of the contextual data.

Abstract: A flexible datacenter includes a mobile container, a behind-the-meter power input system, a power distribution system, a datacenter control system, a plurality of computing systems, and a climate control system. The datacenter control system modulates power delivery to the plurality of computing systems based on unutilized behind-the-meter power availability or an operational directive. A method of dynamic power delivery to a flexible datacenter using unutilized behind-the-meter power includes monitoring unutilized behind-the-meter power availability, determining when a datacenter ramp-up condition is met, enabling behind-the-meter power delivery to one or more computing systems when the datacenter ramp-up condition is met, and directing the one or more computing systems to perform predetermined computational operations.

Abstract: A facility providing systems and methods for managing and optimizing thermal comfort is provided. The facility is a software algorithm that intelligently detects the thermal comfort preferences of residential smart thermostat users, where a user's “comfort preference” is defined to refer to an estimate of a measurement of the user's comfort across varying values of some set of exogenous factors, including but not limited to indoor temperature, the time of day, the day of the week, and weather conditions. This facility encompasses the use of this “comfort preference” for the creation of an optimal schedule of setpoints for a residential thermostat which is configured to optimize some objective, including potentially user comfort, energy efficiency, load shift, or cost.

Abstract: A method of conditioning an environment includes generating, by a group feedback analysis system, a first comfort limit based on a first plurality of data points corresponding to user feedback of a group of users in an environment conditioned by an environmental conditioning system, and each associated with temperature and humidity environmental criterions. The method further includes generating a second comfort limit based on a second plurality of data points corresponding to user feedback of the group of users, and associated with the temperature and humidity environmental criterions. The method identifies a constrained comfort zone defined by the first comfort limit, the second comfort limit, predefined lower and upper bounds for the temperature environmental criterion, and predefined lower and upper bounds for the humidity environmental criterion. The environmental system is controlled to maintain the temperature and humidity environmental criterions within the constrained comfort zone.

Abstract: Airflow cooling is provided in an IHS (Information Handling System), where the airflow cooling may be adapted to reduce noise generated by the airflow cooling system and to provide cooling that is particularized to specific users. The operation of a software application by a user is detected. A workload profile associated with that application is determined and used to provide airflow cooling. The workload profile specifies parameters for providing cooling during use of applications associated with a first type of resource utilization. Upon detecting use of a different application, a different workload profile associated with applications of a second type of resource utilization may be determined and used to provide cooling. The user may provide noise feedback inputs specifying noise level preferences that are used in adapting the cooling provided by workload profiles. The workload profiles may be further adapted to reduce noise generated by the cooling system while still providing adequate cooling.

Abstract: In order to realize stable quality control, provided is a quality control device (1) having an input device which receives data such as an operation condition of each device (21) to (26) in a production system (20) for producing a product; a calculation unit which assigns a value of the operation condition to a correlation formula calculated in advance and calculates a value derived from the correlation formula; and a determination unit which performs good or bad determination on a quality of a workpiece in each process, on the basis of a result calculated by the calculation unit. Further, when “bad” is determined as a result of the good or bad determination, the quality control device (1) calculates an appropriate value of the operation condition and sets the value to each device (21) to (26).

Abstract: A device having a clean status indicator system having a frame with a base, a plurality of feet, a washing compartment, a door, and at least one rack. The system includes a weight sensor secured to one of the feet; a tilt switch for indicating if the dishwasher is tilted; a temperature sensor; a housing, and a visual display. A controller having a control logic communicates with a power supply, the weight sensor, the tilt switch, the temperature sensor, and the visual display. The controller is configured to receive data from the weight sensor, the tilt switch, and the temperature sensor and analyze the data from the weight sensor, the tilt switch, and the temperature sensor. The tilt switch is mounted exterior to the dishwasher and configured to be activated or deactivated when the dishwasher is a tilted forward.

Abstract: A control system for operation of an industrial machine includes a processor and a tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable memory communicating with the processor. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable memory includes instructions that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including: receiving image data from an imaging device that monitors an image zone around the industrial machine, and analyzing the image data. The processor further performs operations including determining, based upon the analyzing, that the control system is functional, determining, based upon the analyzing, that the image data includes at least one of a predefined color, a predefined pattern, and a predefined shape, and transmitting a proximity signal to at least one relay module coupled between the processor and the industrial machine to halt operation of the industrial machine.