Patents by Inventor J. Carlin Walser

J. Carlin Walser has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10627124
    Abstract: A method for testing a cooling component in a building HVAC system uses a state-based testing procedure. The method includes providing a control signal to the cooling component. The control signal instructs the cooling component to activate. The method includes monitoring feedback from a temperature sensor configured to measure temperature affected by the cooling component and evaluating a state transition condition by comparing the feedback from the temperature sensor to a threshold value. The state transition condition is satisfied if the feedback is less than the threshold value and not satisfied if the feedback is not less than the threshold value. The method includes transitioning into a pass state in response to the feedback from the temperature sensor satisfying the state transition condition and transitioning into a fail state in response to the feedback from the temperature sensor not satisfying the state transition condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: J. Carlin Walser, Saman Beyhaghi, Matthew J. Asmus
  • Publication number: 20170159962
    Abstract: A method for testing a cooling component in a building HVAC system uses a state-based testing procedure. The method includes providing a control signal to the cooling component. The control signal instructs the cooling component to activate. The method includes monitoring feedback from a temperature sensor configured to measure temperature affected by the cooling component and evaluating a state transition condition by comparing the feedback from the temperature sensor to a threshold value. The state transition condition is satisfied if the feedback is less than the threshold value and not satisfied if the feedback is not less than the threshold value. The method includes transitioning into a pass state in response to the feedback from the temperature sensor satisfying the state transition condition and transitioning into a fail state in response to the feedback from the temperature sensor not satisfying the state transition condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: J. Carlin Walser, Saman Beyhaghi, Matthew J. Asmus
  • Patent number: 9581985
    Abstract: Systems and methods for auto-commissioning and self-diagnostics of equipment in a building management system are provided. A self-testing module is implemented in a control unit of the building management system. The self-testing module exercises equipment of the building management system using a state-based testing procedure that differs from normal operation of the equipment and monitors feedback received from a sensor of the building management system in response to exercising the equipment. The self-testing module uses the feedback from the sensor to evaluate a state transition condition of the state-based testing procedure and to transition between states of the state-based testing procedure using a result of the evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: J. Carlin Walser, Saman Beyhaghi, Matthew J. Asmus
  • Publication number: 20150241856
    Abstract: Systems and methods for auto-commissioning and self-diagnostics of equipment in a building management system are provided. A self-testing module is implemented in a control unit of the building management system. The self-testing module exercises equipment of the building management system using a state-based testing procedure that differs from normal operation of the equipment and monitors feedback received from a sensor of the building management system in response to exercising the equipment. The self-testing module uses the feedback from the sensor to evaluate a state transition condition of the state-based testing procedure and to transition between states of the state-based testing procedure using a result of the evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: J. Carlin Walser, Saman Beyhaghi, Matthew J. Asmus