Self-adjusting thermostat for floor warming control systems and other applications

摘要

A method of controlling the temperature of an environment, including the steps of providing a thermostat and receiving a signal from an occupancy sensor indicating whether an area has been occupied for each discrete time period of a 24 hour time period, assigning a first point value to each discrete time period where occupancy has been sensed, and repeating the steps for the next two 24 hour periods, and averaging the point values for each discrete time period in the first, second, and third 24 hour periods, to obtain an average point value, and sending a first signal to a heating device adapted for heating a second area to provide a temperature-related setting for a given discrete time period when the average point value for that discrete time period is above a threshold point value.

主权项

1. A method of controlling the temperature of an environment comprising the steps of:
providing a thermostat adapted to have values in the memory of a microprocessor assigned for discrete time periods in a 24 hour time period; receiving a signal from an occupancy sensor in an area indicating whether that area has been occupied for each discrete time period of the 24 hour time period; assigning a first point value to each discrete time period where occupancy has been sensed during that discrete time period in a first 24 hour time period; assigning a second point value to each discrete time period where occupancy has been sensed during that discrete time period in a second 24 hour time period that predates the first 24 hour time period; assigning a third point value to each discrete time period where occupancy has been sensed during that discrete time period in a third 24 hour time period that predates the second time period; averaging the point values for each discrete time period in the first, second, and third 24 hour periods, where occupancy was sensed in any of the first, second, or third 24 hour periods to obtain an average point value; sending a first signal to a heating device adapted for heating a location to provide a temperature-related setting for a given discrete time period when the average point value for that discrete time period is above a threshold point value K.