JPWO2020075132A5

JPWO2020075132A5 -

Info

Publication number: JPWO2020075132A5
Application number: JP2021544964A
Authority: JP
Publication date: 2022-10-17

Claims

A method for controlling a sleep environment, the method comprising:
monitoring outdoor environmental conditions at an outdoor location by one or more suitable sensors, said outdoor environmental conditions including Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT);
monitoring indoor environmental conditions within said sleeping environment by one or more suitable sensors , said indoor environmental conditions including wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) ;
selecting, by a suitable processor, a particular inflection time that is substantially at or near the time at which the monitored outdoor WBGT reaches a nadir or inflection point;
A nadir or inflection point of the monitored indoor WBGT is substantially reached by the suitable processor at the selected particular inflection point at which the monitored outdoor WBGT reaches the nadir or inflection point. one or more for controlling one or more electrically actuatable devices to alter the monitored indoor WBGT within the sleep environment to occur at or near song time; A method comprising: generating a control signal;

The one or more operable devices include an air conditioning unit, a humidifier, and a combination air conditioning unit and humidifier configured to control or alter the wet bulb globe temperature of the sleeping environment. 2. The method of claim 1 , selected from the group.

directly or indirectly via a suitable device controller communicatively coupled to the one or more electrically actuatable devices. , to the one or more electrically actuatable devices.

The method includes
retrieving outdoor environmental condition data from an outdoor environmental condition data source, said outdoor environmental condition data indicative of said monitored environmental conditions at said outdoor location;
determining a variance value of the retrieved outdoor environmental condition data indicative of variations in the outdoor environmental condition;
The indoor within the sleeping environment by the determined variance value such that the one or more generated control signals mimic the variation of the monitored outdoor environmental conditions within the sleeping environment. 2. The method of claim 1 , controlling the one or more electrically actuatable devices to change environmental conditions.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the environmental condition data source is one or more of an external data store, a local data store, and one or more environmental condition sensors.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the variance value is calculated based on differences in received temporally separated outdoor environmental condition data.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the variance value is calculated as a rate of increase or decrease of the monitored outdoor environmental condition.

The method is operable to increase or decrease the indoor environmental conditions in the sleep environment by the calculated increase or decrease rate with respect to the one or more monitored outdoor environmental conditions. 8. The method of claim 7 , comprising generating one or more control signals for controlling the device.

5. The step of generating one or more control signals according to claim 4 , wherein said step of generating one or more control signals is performed in response to determining that said determined variance value is above, below or equal to a predetermined variance value threshold. Method.

for the method controlling the one or more electrically actuatable devices to alter the one or more desired indoor environmental conditions within the sleep environment by the determined variance value; 5. The method of claim 4 , comprising generating the one or more control signals.

A system for controlling a sleep environment, said system comprising:
a memory storage device configured to store data;
a processor communicatively coupled to the memory storage device, comprising:
monitoring outdoor environmental conditions at an outdoor location by one or more suitable sensors, said outdoor environmental conditions including Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT);
monitoring one or more indoor environmental conditions within said sleeping environment by one or more suitable sensors , said indoor environmental conditions including wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) ;
selecting a particular inflection time that is substantially at or near the time at which the monitored outdoor WBGT reaches a nadir or inflection point;
the nadir or inflection point of the monitored indoor WBGT is substantially at or near the selected particular inflection time at which the monitored outdoor WBGT reaches the nadir or inflection point generating one or more control signals for controlling one or more electrically actuatable devices to alter the monitored indoor WBGT within the sleep environment, such as occurs in A system comprising a processor and configured to perform and .

said nadir or inflection point at one or more lowest values of said monitored one or more indoor environmental conditions before being increased by said one or more electrically actuatable devices; 12. The system of claim 11 , wherein there is.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more sensors are WBGT sensors.

The one or more operable devices include an air conditioning unit, a humidifier, and a combination air conditioning unit and humidifier configured to control or alter the wet bulb globe temperature of the sleeping environment. 12. The system of claim 11 , selected from a group.

The processor
retrieving outdoor environmental condition data from an outdoor environmental condition data source, said outdoor environmental condition data indicative of said monitored one or more environmental conditions at said outdoor location;
determining a variance value of the retrieved outdoor environmental condition data indicative of variations in the one or more outdoor environmental conditions;
by the determined variance value such that the one or more control signals generated by the processor mimic the variation of the one or more monitored outdoor environmental conditions within the sleep environment. 12. The system of claim 11 , configured to control the one or more electrically actuatable devices to alter one or more indoor environmental conditions within a sleep environment.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to calculate the variance value based on differences in received temporally separated outdoor environmental condition data.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to calculate the variance value as a rate of increase or decrease of the one or more monitored outdoor environmental conditions.

for the processor to control the one or more electrically actuatable devices to alter the one or more desired indoor environmental conditions within the sleep environment by the determined variance value; 16. The system of Claim 15 , configured to generate said one or more control signals.

at least one heat exchanger;
at least one humidifier;
a memory storage device;
a processor communicatively coupled to the at least one heat exchanger, the at least one humidifier and the memory storage device;
receiving outdoor environmental condition data from an outdoor environmental condition data source, said outdoor environmental condition data indicative of a wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) at an outdoor location;
monitoring the received outdoor environmental condition data to determine a variance value of the received environmental condition data indicative of variations in the wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) at the outdoor location;
determining a WBGT nadir at the outdoor location based on the determined variance;
Indoors within the sleep environment by the determined variance value to mimic the variation of the outdoor wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) within the sleep environment and the determined nadir of the WBGT at the outdoor location. a processor configured to: generate one or more control signals for controlling the heat exchanger and the humidifier to change a wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT); ,Device.