IP Library Granted Patent US 10,890,350
Granted Patent B2
US 10,890,350 · App. 16/403,861 · Granted Jan 12, 2021

Networked air quality monitoring

Inventor: David Martin (Chagrin Falls, OH)
Assignee: INTWINE CONNECT, LLC
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Patent No.
US 10,890,350
App. No.
16/403,861
Granted
Jan 12, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for continuously monitoring residential air quality and providing a trend based analysis regarding various air pollutants are presented herein. The system comprises an air quality monitor located in a residential house, wherein the air quality monitor is configured to measure the level of an air pollutant. The system also includes a server that is communicatively coupled to the air quality monitor, wherein the server is configured to generate a unique environmental fingerprint associated with the residential house.

Claims (30)

1. A device, comprising:

a memory to store machine instructions; and

a processor, coupled to the memory, that executes the machine instructions to perform operations, comprising:

receiving an ambient value of ambient values from a sensor device of a group of sensor devices, wherein the sensor device is located in a habitable structure;

as a function of the ambient value, establishing a baseline threshold value for the habitable structure; and

based on the baseline threshold value, adjusting a parameter value associated with the sensor device.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise, establishing the base line threshold value as a function of a historical baseline threshold value of historical baseline threshold values associated with the habitable structure.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise, facilitating a change in operation of the sensor device in response to an adjustment of the parameter value.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise in response to a change in the parameter value, the sensor device facilitates a change in operating state associated with a climate control device.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise, adjusting the parameter value in response to determining that a benefit associated with adjusting the parameter value is greater that a cost associated with adjusting the parameter value.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the ambient value is a first ambient value and the sensor device is a first sensor device, and wherein the operations further comprise, establishing the baseline threshold value as a function of a second ambient value associated with a second sensor device of the group of sensor devices.

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the first sensor device is in wireless communication with the second sensor device.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the ambient value is a first ambient value and the group of sensor devices is a first group of sensor devices, and wherein the operations further comprise establishing the baseline threshold value as a function of a second ambient value associated with a second sensor device of a second group of sensor devices.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the sensor device is a first sensor device, and wherein the operations further comprise establishing a wireless communication via the first sensor device of the first group of sensor devices to the second sensor device of the second group of sensor devices.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the first sensor device is a relative humidity sensor device.

11. The device of claim 9 , wherein the second sensor device is a carbon monoxide sensor device.

12. A store and forward device, comprising:

a processor that executes instructions to perform operations comprising:

receiving ambient value data of a group of ambient values, wherein the ambient value data is associated with a group of sensor devices situated within a residential structure;

compressing the ambient value data to form aggregation data representing an aggregation of values associated the group of sensor devices; and initiating transmission of the aggregation data to a server device.

13. The store and forward device of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise facilitating the server device to generate, based on the aggregation data, an environmental finger print associated with a defined area within the residential structure.

14. The store and forward device of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise facilitating the server device to return the environmental finger print data to a sensor device of the group of sensor devices.

15. The store and forward device of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise facilitating the sensor device to change, based on the environmental finger print data, a state associated with a climate control device from a first state to a second state.

16. The store and forward device of claim 12 , wherein the group of devices comprises a digital camera.

17. The store and forward device of claim 12 , wherein the group of devices comprises a motion sensor device.

18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a processor to perform operations, comprising:

in response to receiving a group of ambient value data associated with a sensor device of a group of sensor devices, generating a baseline value for a first defined area associated with a habitation; and

as a function of a change from the baseline value, changing a state of operation of an activated device from a first state to a second state, wherein the activated device is located in a second defined area associated with the habitation.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the activated device is a digital video camera.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the sensor device is a motion sensor.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 15879552 · Jan 25, 2018
Continuation 14533305 · Nov 5, 2014
Continuation 13737102 · Jan 9, 2013
Provisional Application 61584432 · Jan 9, 2012
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