Patents by Inventor Tyler A. Smith

Tyler A. Smith 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).

  • Publication number: 20250052734
    Abstract: A system can include one or more memory devices that can store instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to retrieve first information to indicate one or more aspects of a building, generate a plurality of constraints for a model, provide the plurality of constraints to the model to cause the model to simulate a performance of a plurality of sensors in collecting first indoor air quality data for the building, identify one or more first sensors to position at one or more first locations of the building and one or more second sensors to position at one or more second locations of the building, and generate a recommendation to indicate a placement of the one or more first sensors and a placement of the one or more second sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Douglas, Bernard P. Clement, Brennan H. Fentzlaff, Tyler A. Smith
  • Publication number: 20240401834
    Abstract: One implementation of the present disclosure is a method of operating HVAC equipment for a healthcare facility. The method includes determining an air quality service to be provided to a space of the healthcare facility based on a patient record associated with the space, controlling the HVAC equipment to provide the air quality service, tracking an amount of the air quality service provided to the space, and updating the patient record to indicate the amount of the air quality service provided to the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Simriti Chaddha Ranajee, JoAnne Catherine Scalise, Julie Joanne Brown, Suzanne Rahall, Jonathan D. Douglas, Tyler A Smith
  • Patent number: 12044424
    Abstract: A variable air volume (VAV) box includes a fan operable to induce airflow from a building space through the VAV box and discharge the airflow back to the building space, an air cleaning device positioned to clean the airflow through the VAV box before discharging the airflow back to the building space and configured to affect an air quality of the airflow, and a controller configured to operate the fan to modulate the airflow through the VAV box to achieve a target air quality for at least one of the airflow discharged from the VAV box or air within the building space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
    Inventors: Bernard P. Clement, Jonathan D. Douglas, Kirk H. Drees, Clay G. Nesler, Tyler A. Smith, Juliet A. Pagliaro Herman
  • Publication number: 20240207468
    Abstract: A disinfection device system of a building comprising: a controller comprising at least one processor and at least one memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, are configured to cause the at least one processor to: monitor one or more conditions of a space in the building; and selectively activate and deactivate at least one Far UV-C disinfection device installed in the space using the conditions of the space and one or more of an energy budget, a target total operating cost, or a net emissions target, wherein the Far UV-C disinfection device comprises at least one Far UV-C light source structured to output disinfecting light at a wavelength between 200 nm and 230 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Douglas, Brennan H. Fentzlaff, Bernard P. Clement, Christopher C. Duncan, Charles Gans, Matthew J. Deloge, Tyler A. Smith
  • Publication number: 20240135302
    Abstract: A building system including one or more storage devices storing instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to ingest information associated with a physical asset of a building, the physical asset being an indoor air quality device. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to cause a graphical model of the building to include a heat map of one of infection risk or particulate concentration overlaid onto a floor of the graphical model based on the information. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to generate a building layout recommendation based on the heat map of the one of the infection risk or the particulate concentration. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to cause a display device of a user device to display the graphical model including the heat map and the building layout recommendation within a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jason Pelski, Jonathan D. Douglas, Tyler A. Smith, Shawn D. Schubert, Dominick J. O'Dierno, Evan O'Gorman, Himanshu Gupta, Kristian Koivisto-Kokko, Ashteya Biharisingh
  • Publication number: 20230324069
    Abstract: A building system for a building. The building system can include one or more memory devices. The one or more memory device can store instructions. The instructions, when executed by one or more processors, can cause the one or more processors to receive, from one or more sensors, air quality measurements associated with one or more spaces of the building, and generate, using the air quality measurements, a productivity score for at least one of the building or at least one space of the one or more spaces of the building. The productivity score can be based on a predicted productivity or effect on productivity of one or more occupants of the building in view of the air quality measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Kirk H. Drees, Tyler A. Smith, Jonathan D. Douglas, Bernard P. Clement
  • Publication number: 20230272933
    Abstract: Systems and methods for particulate sensing of a building. Some embodiments relate to an air handling unit of an HVAC system of a building. The air handling unit includes ducting, one or more air dampers coupled to the ducting, and an integrated sampling system including piping coupled to at least one of the ducting or the one or more air dampers and configured to collect a plurality of air stream samples, a plurality of integrated sensors configured to measure the air stream sample, wherein a first integrated sensor is configured to measure a first species of the air stream sample, and wherein a second integrated sensor is configured to measure a second species of the air stream sample, and a processing circuit configured to estimate one or more air quality indicators of the air handling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Douglas, Tyler A. Smith, Kirk H. Drees
  • Publication number: 20230273576
    Abstract: Systems and methods for particulate sensing of a building. Some embodiments relate to an air handling unit of an HVAC system of a building. The air handling unit includes a zone sensor configured to sample a first zone and measure a first particle disturbance of the first zone, an integrated sampling system includes one or more integrated sensors configured to measure a second particle disturbance of an outdoor air stream and a third particle disturbance of an indoor air stream. The air handling unit further includes an air handling unit controller configured to control operation of the air handling unit, responsive to comparing the second particle disturbance with at least one of the first particle disturbance or and the third particle disturbance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Douglas, Tyler A. Smith, Kirk H. Drees
  • Publication number: 20230177422
    Abstract: A building system for a school building, the building system including one or more memory devices storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive attendance data indicating whether occupants of the school building are present or absent from the school building, determine, based on the attendance data, an infection risk level of at least one of the school building, a space of the school building, or one or more of the occupants to being infected with an infectious disease present in a population, and perform one or more operations for causing the infection risk level to be reduced in the school building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Douglas, Kirk H. Drees, Tyler A. Smith
  • Publication number: 20230139152
    Abstract: A system can operate to receive building data for a plurality of buildings from one or more data sources. At least one building of the buildings can include building equipment. The system can operate to generate scores based on the building data for the buildings, the scores can indicate a level of potential building improvements for the buildings. The system can operate to select the building of the buildings based at least in part on the scores. The system can operate to perform an operation based at least in part on the score to generate data to improve control of the environmental condition of the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Tyler A. Smith, Jonathan D. Douglas, Kirk H. Drees, Neuman Leverett, Brian Estill
  • Publication number: 20220057099
    Abstract: A variable air volume (VAV) box includes a fan operable to induce airflow from a building space through the VAV box and discharge the airflow back to the building space, an air cleaning device positioned to clean the airflow through the VAV box before discharging the airflow back to the building space and configured to affect an air quality of the airflow, and a controller configured to operate the fan to modulate the airflow through the VAV box to achieve a target air quality for at least one of the airflow discharged from the VAV box or air within the building space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Bernard P. Clement, Jonathan D. Douglas, Kirk H. Drees, Clay G. Nesler, Tyler A. Smith, Juliet A. Pagliaro Herman