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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2022
Johnson Controls Tyco Ip Holdings Llp, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Brookfield, WI (US);
Karl F. Reichenberger, Mequon, WI (US);
Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Abstract
An environmental control system for a building, the system including a vent. The vent includes one or more louvers configured to change position between an open position and a closed position to permit air from the air duct to enter a zone of the building or stop the air from entering the zone and a vent circuit configured to operate the one or more louvers based on one or more control commands. The system includes a controller device including a processing circuit configured to receive a selection of an operating profile from a plurality of predefined operating profiles for the vent, each of the plurality of predefined operating profiles indicating an intended use of the zone, determine, based on the operating profile, the one or more control commands, and cause the vent circuit to operate the one or more louvers based on the one or more control commands.