US 12,422,159 B2
Systems and methods for reconfiguring rooms in an area in a building
Leif Roger Torbjörn Nilsson, Södra Sandby (SE); Lars-Eric Ragnar Assarsson, Klagshamn (SE); and Andreas Karl Fredrik Håkansson, Södra Sandby (SE)
Assigned to Schneider Electric Buildings Americas, Inc., Carrollton, TX (US)
Filed by Schneider Electric Buildings Americas, Inc., Carrollton, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/100,720.
Application 18/100,720 is a division of application No. 17/116,764, filed on Dec. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,598,547.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/946,428, filed on Dec. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0160594 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. G05B 19/042 (2006.01); F24F 11/63 (2018.01)
CPC F24F 11/63 (2018.01) [G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2614 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of rezoning segments based on a zoning preset in building automation comprising:
creating the zoning preset that comprises a set of segments within an area in a building;
creating a plurality of predefined configurations, each of the plurality of predefined configurations defining one or more zones in the area, each of the one or more zones including two or more segments from the set of segments, each of the two or more segments including environmental control equipment, the plurality of predefined configurations including at least one configuration including two or more zones;
assigning a unique index to the each of the plurality of predefined configurations;
detecting by a sensor activation of the unique index, or detecting the activation of the unique index according to activation of a motor;
in response to detecting the activation of the unique index, selecting a predefined configuration corresponding to the unique index from the plurality of predefined configurations; and
executing the selected predefined configuration corresponding to the unique index to create the one or more zones and implement control of environmental control equipment in the one or more zones and segments thereof according to the selected predefined configuration.