US 12,140,328 B2
Zone monitoring systems and methods for a zoning system
Theresa N. Gillette, Wichita, KS (US); Brian D. Rigg, Douglass, KS (US); Jonathan A. Burns, Derby, KS (US); and John W. Uerkvitz, Valley Center, KS (US)
Assigned to Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall (CH)
Filed by Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/991,617.
Application 17/991,617 is a continuation of application No. 16/596,472, filed on Oct. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,506,410.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/898,446, filed on Sep. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0204239 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. F24F 11/32 (2018.01); F24F 11/58 (2018.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); F24F 11/523 (2018.01); F24F 11/526 (2018.01); F24F 110/10 (2018.01); F24F 110/20 (2018.01); F24F 110/50 (2018.01)
CPC F24F 11/32 (2018.01) [F24F 11/58 (2018.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); F24F 11/523 (2018.01); F24F 11/526 (2018.01); F24F 2110/10 (2018.01); F24F 2110/20 (2018.01); F24F 2110/50 (2018.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, comprising:
a controller configured to:
receive a first input indicative of a set point for an environmental parameter of a zone of a plurality of zones;
determine an expected operating range of the environmental parameter of the zone, wherein the expected operating range defines an expected variance of the environmental parameter of the zone, and wherein the expected operating range is based on a user input indicative of the expected operating range;
control operation of the HVAC system to condition the zone upon receiving feedback indicating that a detected value of the environmental parameter deviates from a target operating range of the environmental parameter and indicates an existing call for conditioning of the zone; and
generate an alert in response to a determination that the detected value of the environmental parameter is outside of the expected operating range,
wherein the set point is nested within the target operating range, and the target operating range is nested within the expected operating range, such that an upper threshold value of the expected operating range is greater than the target operating range and a lower threshold value of the expected operating range is less than the target operating range.