US 12,106,390 B2
Method and apparatus for measuring environmental conditions
Adam Wilbrecht, Minneapolis, MN (US); Philip Andrew Bussey, St Paul, MN (US); and Christopher Michael Savage, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/388,516.
Prior Publication US 2020/0334768 A1, Oct. 22, 2020
Int. Cl. G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G05B 19/048 (2006.01); G06Q 50/12 (2012.01); F24F 110/10 (2018.01); F24F 110/20 (2018.01); F24F 110/66 (2018.01); F24F 110/70 (2018.01); F24F 120/20 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 50/12 (2013.01) [G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G05B 19/048 (2013.01); F24F 2110/10 (2018.01); F24F 2110/20 (2018.01); F24F 2110/66 (2018.01); F24F 2110/70 (2018.01); F24F 2120/20 (2018.01); G05B 2219/2614 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method to determine an impact of environmental conditions in an indoor space on human wellness, comprising:
automatically obtaining a plurality of scientific measurements of respective environmental conditions in the indoor space from sensors of a room fitness instrument, wherein the plurality of scientific measurements includes a color temperature of lighting present in the indoor space collected by an illuminance sensor of the sensors, the color temperature indicating a blue light level for the indoor space;
automatically adjusting a reading of the blue light level based on bias of an adjacent surface detected by the sensors;
automatically referencing an electronic data repository containing electronic data specifying a correlation between a magnitude of a scientific measurement of an environmental condition of the plurality of scientific measurements of respective environmental conditions and human wellness, wherein the correlation specifies a range of magnitudes that are favorable to human wellness, a range of magnitudes that are not favorable to human wellness, and human readable indicia to be displayed in connection with a particular magnitude or range of magnitudes of a scientific measurement, the indicia concerning an impact of an environmental condition on human wellness;
displaying room wellness information in a graphical display, the graphical display including numerical information concerning the scientific measurements obtained by the sensors and human readable indicia associated with the particular magnitude or range of magnitudes of a scientific measurement as specified in the electronic data repository;
determining that a magnitude for at least the color temperature is outside a range of magnitude that is favorable to human wellness, based on the adjusted reading of the blue light level present in the indoor space;
selecting a mitigation action to restore the magnitude of the scientific measurement to be within the range of magnitude that is favorable to human wellness, wherein the mitigation action includes a suggested color temperature adjustment for the indoor space; and
transmitting the mitigation action to a lighting controller instrument to cause the lighting controller instrument to automatically adjust the color temperature of the indoor space to modify the blue light level of the indoor space.