ENVIRONMENTAL ADJUSTMENT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

1 . A method of environmental adjustment, the method comprising:

generating a virtual enclosure model for a physical enclosure using a virtual representation of the physical enclosure, a virtual grid of vertex points, and one or more material properties of the physical enclosure;

using the virtual enclosure model to generate a map of one or more environmental characteristics of the physical enclosure; and

using the map to control the one or more environmental characteristics of the physical enclosure.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a selection of a first vertex point from the virtual grid as a first point of interest.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising analyzing the one or more environmental characteristics at the first vertex point and at a second vertex point of the virtual grid, wherein a greater precision is used for the first vertex point relative to the second vertex point.

4 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising receiving a selection of a second point of interest that is not a vertex point of the virtual grid.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising performing alteration of the virtual grid in response to receiving the selection of the second point of interest, and/or migrating the second point of interest to a closest vertex point of the virtual grid.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a first vertex point from the virtual grid is identified as a first point of interest.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the one or more environmental characteristics are acquired at the first vertex point and at a second vertex point of the virtual grid, and wherein a greater precision is applied to the first vertex point relative to the second vertex point.

8 . (canceled)

9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein:

the physical enclosure includes one or more sensors,

the first point of interest has an analogous first location in the physical enclosure, and the first location includes a sensor.

10 . The method of claim 6 , wherein

the physical enclosure includes one or more sensors, and

the first point of interest is at a distance from the nearest sensor.

11 . (canceled)

12 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising inputting data into the virtual enclosure model from one or more sensors disposed at a physical location analogous to the virtual grid vertex points adjacent to the first point of interest, for extrapolating a sensed property at the first point of interest.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the virtual grid of vertex points is a non-homogeneous grid.

14 - 16 . (canceled)

17 . An apparatus for environmental adjustment, the apparatus comprising one or more controllers comprising at least one circuitry and configured to:

generate, or direct generation of, a virtual enclosure model for a physical enclosure using a virtual representation of the physical enclosure, a virtual grid of vertex points, and one or more material properties of the physical enclosure;

use, or direct utilization of, the virtual enclosure model to generate a map of one or more environmental characteristics of the physical enclosure; and

use, or direct utilization of, the map to control the one or more environmental characteristics of the physical enclosure.

18 . The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the virtual enclosure model comprises a consideration of one or more fixtures of the physical enclosure.

19 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the one or more controllers are configured for constructing the virtual enclosure model using one or more physical properties of the one or more fixtures of the physical enclosure and/or one or more material properties of the one or more fixtures of the physical enclosure.

20 . The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the physical enclosure includes one or more sensors,

the one or more controllers are configured for receiving baseline readings from the one or more sensors, and

the apparatus further comprises circuitry configured for constructing the physical enclosure model using the baseline readings.

21 . (canceled)

22 . The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the one or more controllers are configured for constructing the virtual enclosure model using a building information model.

23 . The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the building information model is a computer aided design paradigm that allows for intelligent, 3D and/or parametric object-based design.

24 . (canceled)

25 . The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the one or more controllers are configured for refining, or directing refinement of, the physical enclosure model using an artificial intelligence engine.

26 . The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the physical enclosure includes one or more sensors, and the artificial intelligence engine is configured for receiving readings from the one or more sensors.

27 . (canceled)

28 . The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the artificial intelligence engine is configured for modeling location of the one or more sensors, operation of the one or more sensors, spatial distribution of at least one property sensed by the one or more sensors, and/or evolution of at least one property sensed by the one or more sensors over time.

29 . (canceled)

30 . The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the artificial intelligence engine is configured for refining the modeling using predictive extrapolation.

31 - 50 . (canceled)