Patents by Inventor Nicholas Dalsin
Nicholas Dalsin 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).
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Predicting responses of resources to demand response signals and having comfortable demand responses
Patent number: 10948885Abstract: An approach where a utility/ISO may dispatch demand response (DR) resources in real time without notification of a DR event. DR dispatches may involve sending specific load level commands to power generators that can respond to such commands in a predictable fashion. DR resources do not necessarily have the same level of control or predictability in their load responses. Accuracy of predicting a DR resource's response to a DR signal may be improved by restricting the DR signal to predefined finite values and, for each predefined finite value, have the DR resource continuously report back what its load response will be if one of those signal values is sent as a DR signal. A DR performed against a home may result in discomfort. But there may be a sufficient recovery rate for regaining the setpoint of a thermostat to attain comfort of the home within a reasonable period of time.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Edward Koch, David J. McCurnin, Seth Rourke, Nicholas Dalsin -
Patent number: 10467639Abstract: A demand response management system having a participation predictor. There may be a storage device having information collected about past behavior, related to participation in a demand response program, about a customer. The information may incorporate determining a period of time since the customer last participated in a demand response program, a frequency of participation in demand response events by the customer, and a size of energy loads of the customer. A model of the customer may be developed from this and other information. A processor may be used to collect and process the information, develop a model, and to make a prediction of a customer's being selected to participate in an event based on the various operator selectable criteria.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: David J. McCurnin, Nicholas Dalsin, Seth Rourke, Edward Koch
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PREDICTING RESPONSES OF RESOURCES TO DEMAND RESPONSE SIGNALS AND HAVING COMFORTABLE DEMAND RESPONSES
Publication number: 20180321646Abstract: An approach where a utility/ISO may dispatch demand response (DR) resources in real time without notification of a DR event. DR dispatches may involve sending specific load level commands to power generators that can respond to such commands in a predictable fashion. DR resources do not necessarily have the same level of control or predictability in their load responses. Accuracy of predicting a DR resource's response to a DR signal may be improved by restricting the DR signal to predefined finite values and, for each predefined finite value, have the DR resource continuously report back what its load response will be if one of those signal values is sent as a DR signal. A DR performed against a home may result in discomfort. But there may be a sufficient recovery rate for regaining the setpoint of a thermostat to attain comfort of the home within a reasonable period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Edward Koch, David J. McCurnin, Seth Rourke, Nicholas Dalsin -
Predicting responses of resources to demand response signals and having comfortable demand responses
Patent number: 9989937Abstract: An approach where a utility/ISO may dispatch demand response (DR) resources in real time without notification of a DR event. DR dispatches may involve sending specific load level commands to power generators that can respond to such commands in a predictable fashion. DR resources do not necessarily have the same level of control or predictability in their load responses. Accuracy of predicting a DR resource's response to a DR signal may be improved by restricting the DR signal to predefined finite values and, for each predefined finite value, have the DR resource continuously report back what its load response will be if one of those signal values is sent as a DR signal. A DR performed against a home may result in discomfort. But there may be a sufficient recovery rate for regaining the setpoint of a thermostat to attain comfort of the home within a reasonable period of time.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2013Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Edward Koch, David J. McCurnin, Seth Rourke, Nicholas Dalsin -
Patent number: 9939824Abstract: A local thermostat for controlling an HVAC unit may include a controller programmed to execute a remote access function for remotely accessing and communicating with at least one remote thermostat over a communication channel. The remote access application may be configured to display at least one thermostat setting of at least one of the remote thermostats on the display of the user interface of the local thermostat. In some cases, the remote access application may allow a user to change one or more thermostat settings of at least one remote thermostat using the user interface of the local thermostat.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2011Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Jay Nelson, Nicholas Dalsin, Amy L. Anderson, Shilpa Anand
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Publication number: 20170293921Abstract: A demand response management system having a participation predictor. There may be a storage device having information collected about past behavior, related to participation in a demand response program, about a customer. The information may incorporate determining a period of time since the customer last participated in a demand response program, a frequency of participation in demand response events by the customer, and a size of energy loads of the customer. A model of the customer may be developed from this and other information. A processor may be used to collect and process the information, develop a model, and to make a prediction of a customer's being selected to participate in an event based on the various operator selectable criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: David J. McCurnin, Nicholas Dalsin, Seth Rourke, Edward Koch
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Patent number: 9691076Abstract: A demand response management system having a participation predictor. There may be a storage device having information collected about past behavior, related to participation in a demand response program, about a customer. The information may incorporate determining a period of time since the customer last participated in a demand response program, a frequency of participation in demand response events by the customer, and a size of energy loads of the customer. A model of the customer may be developed from this and other information. A processor may be used to collect and process the information, develop a model, and to make a prediction of a customer's being selected to participate in an event based on the various operator selectable criteria.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: David J. McCurnin, Nicholas Dalsin, Seth Rourke, Edward Koch
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Patent number: 9157646Abstract: Methods and apparatus for automatically changing between heating and cooling in an HVAC system. In one example, an HVAC controller may monitor the temperature of an inside space of a building, and may switch the HVAC system to cooling when the temperature of the inside space rises above a high switch-point temperature, and may cool the inside space to at least below the high switch-point temperature. The HVAC controller may also switch the HVAC system to heating when the temperature of the inside space falls below a low switch-point temperature and may heat the inside space to at least above the low switch-point temperature. In some cases, after switching to heating or cooling, the HVAC controller may cause the HVAC system to heat or cool the inside space, respectively, to substantially the set-point temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2010Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Amy L. Anderson, Gary Yang, Camel Zhang, Angela Zhao, Paul Wacker, Nicholas Dalsin
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Publication number: 20150170171Abstract: A demand response management system having a participation predictor. There may be a storage device having information collected about past behavior, related to participation in a demand response program, about a customer. The information may incorporate determining a period of time since the customer last participated in a demand response program, a frequency of participation in demand response events by the customer, and a size of energy loads of the customer. A model of the customer may be developed from this and other information. A processor may be used to collect and process the information, develop a model, and to make a prediction of a customer's being selected to participate in an event based on the various operator selectable criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2015Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: David J. McCurnin, Nicholas Dalsin, Seth Rourke, Edward Koch
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PREDICTING RESPONSES OF RESOURCES TO DEMAND RESPONSE SIGNALS AND HAVING COMFORTABLE DEMAND RESPONSES
Publication number: 20150018985Abstract: An approach where a utility/ISO may dispatch demand response (DR) resources in real time without notification of a DR event. DR dispatches may involve sending specific load level commands to power generators that can respond to such commands in a predictable fashion. DR resources do not necessarily have the same level of control or predictability in their load responses. Accuracy of predicting a DR resource's response to a DR signal may be improved by restricting the DR signal to predefined finite values and, for each predefined finite value, have the DR resource continuously report back what its load response will be if one of those signal values is sent as a DR signal. A DR performed against a home may result in discomfort. But there may be a sufficient recovery rate for regaining the setpoint of a thermostat to attain comfort of the home within a reasonable period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Edward Koch, David J. McCurnin, Seth Rourke, Nicholas Dalsin -
Publication number: 20130087628Abstract: A local thermostat for controlling an HVAC unit may include a controller programmed to execute a remote access function for remotely accessing and communicating with at least one remote thermostat over a communication channel. The remote access application may be configured to display at least one thermostat setting of at least one of the remote thermostats on the display of the user interface of the local thermostat. In some cases, the remote access application may allow a user to change one or more thermostat settings of at least one remote thermostat using the user interface of the local thermostat.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Jay Nelson, Nicholas Dalsin, Amy L. Anderson, Shilpa Anand
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Publication number: 20120061068Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and apparatus for automatically changing between heating and cooling modes of an HVAC system, sometimes using a single or common set point in both modes. In an illustrative but not limiting example, an HVAC controller may monitor the temperature of an inside space of a building, and may switch the HVAC system to a cooling mode when the temperature of the inside space rises above a high switch-point temperature, and may cool the inside space to at least below the high switch-point temperature. The HVAC controller may also switch the HVAC system to the heating mode when the temperature of the inside space falls below a low switch-point temperature and may heat the inside space to at least above the low switch-point temperature. In some cases, after switching to the heating mode, the HVAC controller may cause the HVAC system to heat the inside space to substantially the set-point temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2010Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Amy L. Anderson, Gary Yang, Camel Zhang, Angela Zhao, Paul Wacker, Nicholas Dalsin
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Patent number: D678084Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2012Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Stephane Joseph Pierre Beland, Vincent Boutin, Patrick Tessier, Nicholas Dalsin, David Mulhouse, Steven McPherson