Traveling Comfort Information

Abstract

Personal comfort information for individuals (such as characteristics such as height and weight, and preferences such as preferred temperature, etc) can be gathered and stored in a controller that controls a controlled space. The location of these individuals can be tracked as they move around the controlled space. The personal comfort information of the individuals can be used to modify the state of the current space the individual is in.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented state control system, in a controlled space comprising: a processor, a memory in operational communication with the processor;
 a comfort module at least partially stored in memory, operationally able to record comfort goals associated with individuals;   a location module operationally able to determine when an individual is in a zone in the controlled space;   an association module operationally able to associate an individual with individual comfort goals;   a grouping module operationally able to group individuals into the zone creating a zone group;   an aggregation module operationally able to determine an aggregated comfort goal of the zone group; and   a state change module operationally able to run a state change system associated with the zone group to meet comfort goals of the zone group.   
     
     
         2 . The computer-implemented state control system of  claim 1 , further comprising a comfort input module operationally able to accept comfort information from an individual. 
     
     
         3 . The computer-implemented state control system of  claim 2 , wherein the location module is operationally able to associate the individual with an individual personal electronic device. 
     
     
         4 . The computer-implemented state control system of  claim 3 , wherein the location module is operationally able to determine that an individual has entered the controlled space. 
     
     
         5 . The computer-implemented state control system of  claim 4 , wherein the comfort input module is operationally able to determine that an individual has entered the controlled space comprises being operationally able to determine that an individual badge was read, being operationally able to determine that an individual computer account has been logged onto, or being operationally able to determine that a signature of the individual personal computing device has been noticed. 
     
     
         6 . The computer-implemented state control system of  claim 3 , wherein the comfort input module is operationally able to determine individual current metabolic rate by accessing information from an individual wearable fitness device. 
     
     
         7 . The computer-implemented state control system of  claim 3 , wherein the comfort input module is operationally able to use the individual personal computing device to allow an individual to declare current clothing being worn. 
     
     
         8 . The computer-implemented state control system of  claim 1 , further comprising a scheduler module that determines number of individuals expected to be in the controlled space at a future time and instructs the state change module to run the state change system to meet a future time comfort goal based on the number of individuals or an aggregated comfort goal. 
     
     
         9 . The computer-implemented state control system of  claim 1 , wherein individual comfort goals comprise personal height, personal weight, preferences for location, preferences for temperature, preferences for humidity, preferences for lighting, preferences for security, preferences for entertainment, preferences for personal services, preferences for grounds control behavior, personal height, or personal weight. 
     
     
         10 . The computer-implemented state control system of  claim 1 , wherein the state change system is an HVAC system, a security system, an entertainment system, a lighting system, or an irrigation system. 
     
     
         11 . A computer-implemented method for creating and using individual moving comfort goals in a controlled space, comprising:
 recording individual comfort goals;   determining when an individual is in the controlled space;   associating an individual with their individual comfort goals;   detecting when at least one individuals is in a zone creating a zone group; and   determining an aggregated comfort goal of the zone group based on comfort goals of individuals within the zone group.   
     
     
         12 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 11 , further comprising running a state change system associated with the controlled space to meet the aggregated comfort goal. 
     
     
         13 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 12 , further comprising the controlled space determining an aggregate comfort goal by a time schedule, by zone occupancy, outside change, or by change in number of people in a zone. 
     
     
         14 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 12 , wherein individual comfort goals comprise: height, weight, preferred clothing, preferred temperature, preferred lighting, preferred security, preferred location, preferred entertainment, or preferred grounds control behavior. 
     
     
         15 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 14 , wherein individual comfort goals further comprise activity level derived from a wearable device. 
     
     
         16 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 15 , wherein an individual can modify their individual comfort goals using the wearable device. 
     
     
         17 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 11 , further comprising determining number of individuals expected to be in the controlled space at a future time and instructing the state change system to meet a future time comfort goal based on the number of individuals or the comfort goals associated with individuals expected to be in the controlled space. 
     
     
         18 . A computer-readable storage medium configured with data and instructions which upon execution by a processor perform a method for using moveable comfort goals in a controlled space, the method comprising:
 recording individual comfort goals;   determining when an individual is in the controlled space;   associating an individual with their individual comfort goals;   detecting when at least one individuals is in a zone creating a zone group;   determining an aggregated comfort goal of the zone group based on comfort goal of individuals within the zone group; and   running a state change system associated with the controlled space to meet the aggregated comfort goal.   
     
     
         19 . The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 18 , wherein a heterogenous neural network is used to determine control sequences using the aggregated comfort goal to run the state change system. 
     
     
         20 . The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 19 , wherein the heterogenous neural network uses automatic differentiation for backpropagation.