Ademco Inc.

Honeywell International Inc.

Jonathan Paul Frenz

Aaron J Klein

Kevin L Weirich

Joel Swanson

Steven C Nichols

Gabriel A Bergman

David Quam

Christopher Goh

Riley Gerszewski

Rudolph Gamberini

Cary Leen

Eric James Barton

Robert D Juntunen

Stan Zywicki

Peter Joseph Erickson

Devin Diedrich

A building temperature may be allowed to deviate from a comfort temperature set point to an energy saving temperature when a user is outside the geo-fence. Crossing information indicating when a user crosses into the geo-fence may be received. The crossing information may be stored over time to develop a history of when the user crosses into the geo-fence. A probability function that operates on at least part of the stored crossing information may be used to predict a time range of when the user is expected to next arrive at the building, the time range having a starting time and an ending time. The HVAC system may be instructed to drive the building temperature to an intermediate temperature at the starting time of the time range, wherein the intermediate temperature is between the energy saving temperature and the comfort temperature set point.

Geo-fencing with advanced intelligent recovery

A building automation server may include a memory that is configured to store a log of geo-fence crossing events including one or more parameters associated with a mobile device. A communications module may be configured to communicate with the mobile device and to receive the one or more parameters associated with the mobile device. A controller may be configured to process the log to diagnose the geo-fencing functionality and, in some cases, to identify one or more corrective actions. In some cases, the controller may be configured to provide the one or more corrective actions to the communications module for output to an external device. In some cases, an external device such as a mobile device may be configured to display messages pertaining to the one or more corrective actions.

Geo-fencing with diagnostic feature

A building automation system may adjust operation of a building system based upon information regarding the relative location of one or more users of the building automation system. In some embodiments, a mobile device having location services for determining a location of the mobile device may provide this information. A mobile device may include a user interface, a memory for storing two or more predetermined geo-fences each defining a different sized region about a home of a user of the mobile device and a controller operatively coupled to user interface and the memory, the controller configured to accept a selection of one of the two or more predetermined geo-fences via the user interface. The controller may report when the location of the mobile device crosses the selected one of the two or more predetermined geo-fences to a remote device. Other geofencing approaches are also described.

Building automation system with geo-fencing

Some methods can include a user device establishing a Bluetooth connection with a camera, the user device receiving a camera PIN from the camera via the Bluetooth connection, the user device generating and displaying a QR code including the camera PIN and a device PIN, the user device receiving a message from the camera via the Bluetooth connection, and the user device confirming that the message includes the device PIN. Some methods can include the camera establishing the Bluetooth connection with the user device, the camera transmitting the camera PIN to the user device via the Bluetooth connection, the camera capturing an image of the QR code including the camera PIN and the device PIN displayed on the user interface, the camera confirming that the QR code includes the camera PIN, and the camera transmitting a message including the device PIN to the user device via the Bluetooth connection.

Systems and methods for provisioning a camera with a dynamic QR code and a BLE connection

A mobile device having location services may store information pertaining to a geo-fence that is associated with a user of the mobile device and assigned to a location. The mobile device may identify a current location of the mobile device and store data pertaining to the location of the mobile device. The mobile device determines a current geo-fence state of the mobile device based on the location data in response to an internal stimuli or an external stimuli. The geo-fence state is selected from at least an inside geo-fence state in which the mobile device is deemed to be inside the geo-fence and an outside geo-fence state in which the mobile device is deemed to be outside of the geo-fence. The mobile device may notify a remote server of the current geo-fence state.

Geo-fencing in a building automation system

An HVAC controller is configured to log and record performance related data related to a performance of an HVAC system over a period of time in one or more performance logs stored in a memory of the HVAC controller. In some cases, the HVAC controller may be configured to retrieve at least some of the performance related data from the performance log that corresponds to a selected period of time that may be selected by a user, and display the retrieved performance related data on a display of the HVAC controller.

HVAC controller with performance log

This disclosure relates to a mobile device that is suitable for detect geofence crossing events. In some instances, the mobile device can detect geofence crossing events using a lower power algorithm or a higher power algorithm. The mobile device may allow a user of the mobile device to specify whether a lower power algorithm or a higher power algorithm is to be used when detecting geofence crossing events. In some instances, the mobile device may automatically change from a lower power algorithm to a higher power algorithm if a predetermined abnormality is found to be present in the detected geofence crossing events. In some instances, the user may be prompted to confirm automatically changing from a lower power algorithm to a higher power algorithm if a predetermined abnormality is found to be present in the detected geofence crossing events.

User or automated selection of enhanced geo-fencing

A power transformation system having a power stealing mode for powering a device indirectly through an electrical load connected to a power source and also has a characterization mode. The transfer of energy from the power source via the load may go undetected. The system may store energy from the load in an ultra or super capacitor. This energy may be used to power Wi-Fi and various thermostat applications, among other things, associated with HVAC and building automation and management systems. Energy from the load may be supplemented or substituted with energy from a battery and/or a buck converter. In the characterization mode, the system may obtain data relative to power usage of a load and determine a profile to identify one or more components and their operating conditions.

Power transformation system with characterization

A mobile device with a display and location services may store information pertaining to a geofence. With the aid of the location services of the mobile device, a geofence crossing may be detected when the mobile device crosses the stored geofence and, if a geofence crossing is detected, the mobile device may transmit a corresponding geofence crossing event to a remote location via a transmitter of the mobile device. The size of the geofence may be automatically adjusted when a predetermined abnormality is suspected in the detected geofence crossing events. In some cases, a query is provided to the user to verify the presence of the predetermined abnormality before the size of the geofence is automatically adjusted, or a user-initiated menu may be employed to verify the presence of the predetermined abnormality and/or to adjust the size of the geofence.

Methods and systems for automatic adjustment of a geofence size

A mobile device having location services stores information pertaining to a geo-fence assigned to a building and stores a geo-fence log including one or more mobile device parameters and one or more geo-fence crossing events. The mobile device may determine the location of the mobile device via the location services and may determine when a geo-fence crossing event has occurred. Each of the geo-fence crossing events may be recorded in the geo-fence log, which may be uploaded to a remote server from time to time.

Growing community of inventors

Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Jonathan Paul Frenz