Google Inc.

Kara Malhotra

Yoky Matsuoka

Mark Rajan Malhotra

Caitlin Q Donhowe

Joseph Adam Ruff

Mark Rose

Lauren Von Dehsen

Samuel Y Chang

Allen Joseph Minich

Liana Kong

Priya Kasirajan

Eric Michael Burger

Eric Burger

Various arrangements for monitoring and controlling operation of a HVAC system are provided. Battery-operated temperature monitoring devices may be situated within the structure and connected with a network. A user command may be received that includes a selection of at least one of the battery-operated temperature monitoring devices. An offset may be calculated based on an evaluation of a first temperature reading of the selected battery-operated temperature monitoring device relative to a second temperature reading of the thermostat. The offset may be overridden when an override condition is present.

Self-learning temperature monitor and control system and methods for making and using same

Techniques for determining and using a thermodynamic model that characterizes a thermodynamic response of an enclosure conditioned by an HVAC system are disclosed. To determine a thermodynamic model, temperature information when the HVAC system operates in a first state may first be received. A response interval may then be determined where the response interval indicates an estimated time between when the HVAC system begins operating in the first state and when the temperature within the enclosure begins to change in a direction associated with the first state. Weighting factors corresponding to basis functions may then be determined, where the weighted basis functions characterize the temperature trajectory of the enclosure in response to the HVAC system operating in the first state. The basis functions may include a first basis function that is evaluated from a time that the HVAC system begins operating in the first state until a time when the response interval ends, and a second basis function that is evaluated beginning at the time when the response interval ends.

Thermodynamic model generation and implementation using observed HVAC and/or enclosure characteristics

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