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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2015
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Michael A. Hughes, Pasco, WA (US);
James R. Skorpik, Kennewick, WA (US);
Michael R. Brambley, Richland, WA (US);
Eric G. Gonzalez, Richland, WA (US);
Yunzhi Huang, Richland, WA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
Building environment data collection systems and methods are described. According to one aspect, a system includes a plurality of sensor devices which store different types of environment data, a base system comprising a plurality of interface devices configured to receive the environment data from the sensor devices, storage circuitry configured to store the environment data, and communications circuitry configured to implement communications, and a user interface apparatus comprising communications circuitry configured to communicate with the communications circuitry of the base system, a user interface configured to receive user inputs during installation of the sensor devices, and processing circuitry configured to control the user interface to generate the displayed information and to process the user inputs received via the user interface, and wherein different ones of the sensor devices are configured to generate the different types of environment data as a result of the user inputs.