Classifications

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Definitions

• This application relates to the field of system management and more particularly a method for improved determination of motion in motion-based systems.
• Scheduling is one example to limit unintended operation of lighting system wherein the timer controls the energy flow to the lighting system during specified times.
• Another example is using a photo-electric sensor wherein the lights are turned on if photo-sensor detects insufficient light and lights are turned off if it detects too much light.
• Motion sensors also known as occupancy sensors
• Occupancy sensors are generally used in rooms to limit the use of the lighting system only when the room is occupied.
• Occupancy sensors may also be coupled with photo-sensors to limit the electrical energy flow. The photo-sensor may sense the ambient light level in the room and if the light level is above a threshold level, then the lighting system is preventing from being activated even if motion is sensed.
• While these systems are useful in controlling the lighting system, they do not consider other factors that may contribute to energy consumption. For example, if the window blinds or shades are drawn (closed), a photo-sense occupancy sensor may activate the lighting system when motion is detected and the ambient light level is too low. However, just opening the blinds or shades to increase the ambient level may not be practical as the opened blinds may allow sunlight to enter the room. Depending on the direction of the window and the angle of sun, the added sun light may cause discomfort to the occupant due to glare. To overcome the unintended consequence of only managing one aspect of energy consumption, integrated lighting and shading systems have been developed.
• Hybrid Integrated Lighting and Daylight Control (ILDC) system comprising of Philips sensors, lights, dimming ballasts, networking infrastructure incorporating motorized blinds have been developed.
• ILDC Hybrid Integrated Lighting and Daylight Control
• a key differentiator between a Hybrid ILDC and the other light management systems is the ability of the Hybrid ILDC system to
• a fundamental problem observed during ILDC operation is that the blind movement triggers occupancy sensors.
• the false positive occupancy detection due to blind movement turns lights ON and/or keeps lights ON thereby wasting significant amount of energy.
• the present invention has been made to provide for integrated control of a lighting system and a motorized window covering/window treatment system that reduces the false positive indication and, also, reduces energy consumption.
• window coverings or treatments may be well-known Venetian blinds, where the blinds may be raised to expose the enclosed area to the outside environment or lowered to prevent exposure of the enclosed area to the outside environment.
• the angle of the blinds may be set to allow discreet amount of light to enter the enclosed area.
• Other types of window coverings may be vertical blinds that operate similar to Venetian blinds moved in a horizontal direction and the angle of the blinds is with respect to a vertical axis.
• Roman window treatments operate to allow selected areas of the treatment to open or close.
• Roller shades are also used to cover the window for glare mitigation, solar heat gain reduction and daylight regulation.
• Other types of window treatments and coverings are known and considered in the scope of the invention claimed.
• a system for management of a response to motion detection in a motion-based system comprising, at least one occupancy sensor distributed about an enclosed area, said at least one occupancy sensor detecting motion within the enclosed area, a window treatment system having at least one means for controlling at least one of: a position and an orientation of the window treatment system, a processor in communication with a memory, the memory including code which when accessed by the processor causes the processor to determine a schedule of movement of each of the window treatment position and the window treatment orientation and providing the schedules of movement to selected ones of the at least occupancy sensors, wherein the selected occupancy sensors receiving the provided schedules negate detection of motion during periods associated with the provided schedules.
• Figure 1 illustrates a conventional integrated lighting and window covering system.
• Figure 2 illustrates a schematic of conventional integrated lighting and window covering system.
• Figures 3(a) and 3(b) illustrate an exemplary configuration illustrating factors used is determining lighting and blind settings.
• Figure 4 illustrates a graph of orientation cut-off angle with respect to the time of day according to the conventional integrated lighting and blind system.
• Figure 5 illustrates a graph of orientation cut-off angle with respect to the time of day in accordance with the principles of the present invention.
• Figure 6 illustrates a flow chart of a process in accordance with the principles of the invention.
• FIG. 7 illustrates an exemplary system for implementing the processing shown herein. It is to be understood that these drawings are solely for purposes of illustrating the concepts of the invention and are not intended as a definition of the limits of the invention. It will be appreciated that the same reference numerals, possibly
• FIG. 1 illustrates a conventional ILDC system 100 wherein, each user's workstation or area is associated with corresponding sensors, window blinds and fixtures to enable personalized integrated control.
• the system combines user preferences with sensor readings (occupancy and light level) to harvest natural light through integrated control of motorized blinds and electric light.
• Each workstation or area 1 10, 120 may incorporate motion sensors 130 and/or motorized blinds 140.
• light sensors 150 may be included, which monitor ambient light levels.
• the motion sensors 130 detect motion as previously described to activate the lights 160.
• blinds 140 are capable of receiving commands to control the height of the blind and the angle of the blind with respect to a horizontal axis.
• Each workstation or area further includes control units 170 that monitor the corresponding workstation and provide control signals to at least the motorized blinds.
• the control units 170 are in communication, via a network 175, to a centralized control system that maybe represented by a server 185 and a computer 190.
• the information obtained from the control units 170 may further be stored on permanent storage medium 195.
• FIG. 2 illustrates in further detail the integrated aspect of the ILDC system.
• occupational (occupancy) sensor 130 and glare control photo sensor 205 provide signals to integrated controller 210.
• the occupancy sensor 130 as discussed, provides a signal when motion is detected which is used to infer whether the space is occupied or not.
• the glare control photo sensor provides signals with regard to a level of glare or sunlight that is entering the workspace.
• Setpoint 220 provides a reference point against which the photo-sensor 230 output is compared. The deviation from setpoint 220 is deduced to derive the amount of artificial light from lighting system 160 that is needed, in combination with natural light, to satisfy the overall illumination needs of the user. That is artificial lights are regulated using occupancy sensor 130 and light sensors 150 and/or photosensor 230.
• the artificial lights are turned OFF when the space is vacant.
• blinds 140 are open to allow in daylight to an extent that the daylight does not cause discomfort (glare).
• the artificial light is dimmed so that the combination of artificial light and natural light meets the user's requirement.
• the integrated controller 210 receives inputs from the setpoint 220, the occupancy sensor 130, photosensor 230 and the glare control sensor 205 to determine settings for the amount of artificial light and amount of natural light by adjusting the window covering (e.g., slat cutoff angle, window covering height, etc.).
• the photo sensor 230 monitors the level of light in the workspace and provides this information, as a feedback, to the integrated controller 210.
• an open-loop blind height and slat angle control algorithm is implemented in ILDC system.
• the algorithm adapts blind height and slat angle periodically to avoid glare and enable daylight harvesting.
• a "cut-off angle” and “cut-off height” are calculated based factors such as latitude, longitude, orientation of window, date, local time, space geometry and slat geometry.
• An example of the algorithm for computing the cut-off angle (defined as the angle beyond which no direct radiation is being transmitted through the slats) for blind slats may be found in "The
• Figures 3(a) and 3(b) illustrate examples of the adjustment of the cut-off angle and cut-off height, wherein the cut-off angle and the cut-off height are based on factors such as sun angle ( ⁇ ), height of window from the ground (hi), distance of any overhang (di_), height of the window (h W ) and the distance of the user from the wall containing the window allowing the sun to enter.
• Table 1 presents exemplary values associated with information regarding the location of the blind being controlled.
• Table 1 A variable list of solar angles
• Table 2 presents additional information used in determining blind control:
• Table 2 A list of variables for the blind height control
• Figures 3(a) and 3(b) may represent an east facing window or a west facing window.
• the blinds may be adjusted based on a rising sun.
• the blinds may be adjusted based on a setting sum.
• the blind slat-angle 305 remains in a position which allows the sun light to enter the room and is directed toward the user, as indicated by the partial shading of the person sitting by the window.
• the blind slats are set to cut-off angle 315 to block the sun from causing discomfort to the user, as indicated by the full shading of the person sitting by the window.
• window orientation North 0 degree, East 90 degrees, South 180 degrees and West is 270 degrees.
• the cut-off angle is initially at zero degrees for a night time condition (i.e. slats are flat) and occupancy sensor is in unoccupied state.
• the cut-off angle is set to 90degrees at dawn t 0 to block direct sun on a south-east facing window. That is, based on the cut-off angle algorithm the cut-off angle for the slats is determined to be ninety (90) degrees based on the time of day, the direction of the window and other factors as previously described.
• the blind motion triggers the occupancy sensor to indicate motion in the room.
• the detected motion causes the room to be considered as being in an occupied state at t 0 .
• the triggering of the occupancy sensor further causes the lights to be turned-on.
• the cut-off angle decreases as the sun rises and the cut-off angle reaches zeros degrees at t n .
• the cut-off angle changes approximately every 4 minutes (a predetermined time for adjusting or causing movement). Since the occupancy sensor timeout interval is 10 minutes, the occupancy sensor remains in occupied state until t n +10 minutes. In this scenario, the occupancy sensor remains in false positive occupied state due to cut-off angle adaptations for about 3.5 hours during which lights are left ON. As the blind height and cut-off angle are adapted throughout the day to regulate daylight and avoid glare, the false triggering of occupancy sensors can persist during the whole time. At night, the blinds could be adjusted for privacy/security reasons and/or to minimize heat gain/loss. Therefore, the false triggering of occupancy sensors due to blind movement can lead to enormous lighting energy wastage.
• Figure 5 illustrates a resulting cut-off angle variation graph after the
• the cut-off angle is set to zero degrees at night (i.e. slats are flat and this is the last position setting for the blinds) and the occupancy sensor indicates that the space is unoccupied.
• the blind cut-off angles remains in an initial state (e.g., 0 degrees) at time t 0 and remains in this state until time t.2, when motion is detected. That is, when someone enters the space.
• the occurrence of motion causes the blind cut-off angle to be adjusted based on the time of day and other factors (i.e., the latitude, longitude, and orientation of the window and geometric properties of the blinds and space, etc., as previously discussed). That is, if motion is detected by the occupancy or motion sensors during a period when blind position movement and/or orientation movement are not scheduled to take place then the occupancy sensor provides an indication of motion, which in turn causes the window treatment to be set to a desired position, and orientation based on the above factors.
• the slats are set to 45 degree cut-off angle based on the geographical orientation, geographical location, geometric properties of the blind and space, and time of day, as previously described.
• the position and the orientation of the window treatment is continually updated. In this case, only the orientation of the window treatment is illustrated and it would be recognized that both position and orientation could be adjusted during this period.
• the slat angle (orientation) remains at 20 degrees until the occupancy state again changes.
• the occupancy state again changes when the occupant walks into the space at t 5 .
• the cut-off angle is set to 6 degrees based on the time, geographic location and geometric properties etc., as previously described, and the indication of motion. The motion ends when the occupant walks out of the space at 1 ⁇ 4.
• the occupancy timer times out at time t 7 (which is t 6 plus the occupancy sensor time out period). Hence, the slat cut-off angle remains at 2 degrees as the slat cut-off angle is adjusted from 6 degrees to 2 degrees during this second period of occupancy.
• Figure 6 illustrates an exemplary process of motion detection management in accordance with the principles of the invention. As would be recognized, the process shown in Figure 6 is one associated with a Venetian blind window covering system.
• a predetermined adjustment interval is established.
• the adjustment interval is used as a basis for establishing a schedule of times when either position of the window treatment or orientation of the window treatment may occur.
• the height (i.e., position) and slat cut-off angle (i.e., an orientation) are set to minimum and maximum values respectively, blocks 631 , 632.
• the blind height and slat cut-off angle are set to maximum and minimum values, respectively, blocks 633, 634.
• the minimum height corresponds to a fully deployed (lowered) blind (window covering) and the maximum height corresponds to a fully retracted (raised) blind.
• the minimum slat angle corresponds to the fully open horizontal slats (zero degrees from the horizontal plane) and maximum slat angle corresponds to the fully closed vertical slats (ninety degrees from the horizontal plane).
• the blind height is determined at block 640 and the slat cut-off angle is determined at block 650. The details of the determination of the blind height and the cut-off angle are described in "The Impact of Venetian Blind Geometry and Tilt Angle on View, Direct Light Transmission and Interior Illuminance," the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.
• a blind cut-off height computed based on the next iteration time is less than the cut-off height computed based on the current iteration time, then the blind height is set to cut-off height based on the next iteration time. (642). Otherwise, the blind height is set to cut-off height based on the current iteration time. (641 ).
• the slat angle is set to cut-off angle based on the current iteration time (651 ).
• a schedule of blind height adjustments is determined at block 670.
• a schedule of blind cut-off angle adjustments is determined at block 675. The schedule of blind height adjustments and durations of adjustments are then provided to the
• the occupancy sensor at block 676, 677, respectively.
• the schedule of slat cut-off angle adjustments and durations of adjustments are provided to the occupancy sensor at blocks 678, 679.
• the blind height and the cut-off angle are then adjusted at the scheduled times in blocks 680, 681 , respectively.
• the occupancy sensor upon receiving the blind height adjustment schedule and duration, and the slat angle adjustment schedule and duration, at blocks 690-693, respectively, causes the occupancy sensor to freeze the occupancy sensor timeout countdown during the durations of height and angle adjustment at the appropriate schedule time at blocks 694, 695, respectively. That is, during the scheduled periods of movement the occupancy sensor time out is suspended
• the occupancy sensor having received the schedule of blind height movement (and duration) and/or the slat cut-off angle movement (and duration), may cause a blank pulse to occur which prevents the occupancy sensor from monitoring motion during the period (duration) of either blind height movement and/or slat angle movement.
• the occupancy sensor may continue to monitor movement in a conventional manner. However, the monitored movement may be negated during the scheduled durations of blind height movement and/or slat angle movement.
• the occupancy sensor continues to detect the motion during the period (duration) of either blind height movement and/or slat angle movement to learn whether it can sense (detect) either the blind height movement and/or slat angle movement.
• the sensor may conclude that it is sensitive to the blind height movement and/or slat angle movement (i.e. suffering from false positive occupancy detection). If an occupancy sensor is unable to (sense) detect either the blind height movement and/or slat angle movement during the scheduled times then the sensor may conclude that it is not sensitive to (i.e. not affected by) the blind height movement and/or slat angle movement.
• an occupancy sensor determines that it is sensitive to either the blind height movement and/or slat angle movement (i.e. it is suffering from false positive occupancy detection) then it may lower its sensitivity to motion to prevent detection of the blind height movement and slat angle movement.
• the schedule and duration information may be available to a central processing controller in which the central processing controller may utilize the schedule and duration information to manage the motion detecting signals of the occupancy sensor.
• a space can be covered by multiple occupancy sensors.
• a user occupying a space can be linked to multiple occupancy sensors to improve the fidelity of detection.
• the occupancy sensors close to the window suffer from false positive triggers due to blind movements whereas those which are away from the window do not suffer from false positive triggers (due to blind motion).
• the occupancy sensors which are triggered by blind movement can receive the schedule notifications from blinds and disable the occupancy detection whereas the occupancy sensors which are not affected by blind movements do not need to disable the occupancy detection. This mitigates false negative issue caused by disabling occupancy detection for the duration of the blind adaptation.
• the occupancy sensor countdown timer could be frozen for the duration of blind adaptation. Hence, the occupancy detection fidelity will not be compromised.
• Figure 7 illustrates a system 700 for implementing the principles of the invention as depicted in the exemplary processing shown herein.
• input data is received from sources 705 over network 750 and is processed in accordance with one or more programs, either software or firmware, executed by processing system 710.
• the results of processing system 710 may then be transmitted over network 770 for viewing on display 780, reporting device 790 and/or a second processing system 795.
• Processing system 710 includes one or more input/output devices 740 that receive data from the illustrated sources or devices 705 over network 750. The received data is then applied to processor 720, which is in communication with input/output device 740 and memory 730. Input/output devices 740, processor 720 and memory 730 may communicate over a communication medium 725. Communication medium 725 may represent a communication network, e.g., ISA, PCI, PCMCIA bus, USB (universal serial bus) or one or more internal connections of a circuit, circuit card or other device, as well as portions and combinations of these and other communication media.
• ISA ISA
• PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
• Processing system 710 and/or processor 720 may be representative of a handheld calculator, special purpose or general purpose processing system, desktop computer, laptop computer, palm computer, or personal digital assistant (PDA) device, smartphone, etc., as well as portions or combinations of these and other devices that can perform the operations illustrated.
• PDA personal digital assistant
• Processor 720 may be a central processing unit (CPU) or dedicated
• processor 720 may include code which, when executed by the processor, performs the operations illustrated herein.
• the code may be contained in memory 730, may be read or downloaded from a tangible memory medium such as a CD-ROM or floppy disk, represented as 783, may be provided by a manual input device 785, such as a keyboard or a keypad entry, or may be read from a magnetic or optical medium (not shown) or via a second i/o device 787 when needed.
• Information items provided by devices 783, 785, 787 may be accessible to processor 720 through input/output device 740, as shown. Further, the data received by input/output device 740 may be immediately accessible by processor 720 or may be stored in memory 730.
• Processor 720 may further provide the results of the processing to display 780, recording device 790 or a second processing unit 795.
• processor processing system
• computer computer or computer system
• processor may represent one or more processing units in
• the devices illustrated may be electronically connected to the one or more processing units via internal busses, e.g., serial, parallel, ISA bus, MICROCHANNEL bus, PCI bus, PCMCIA bus, USB, etc., or one or more internal connections of a circuit, circuit card or other device, as well as portions and combinations of these and other communication media, or an external network, e.g., the internet and intranet.
• internal busses e.g., serial, parallel, ISA bus, MICROCHANNEL bus, PCI bus, PCMCIA bus, USB, etc.
• hardware circuitry may be used in place of, or in combination with, software instructions to implement the invention.
• the elements illustrated herein may also be implemented as discrete hardware elements or may be integrated into a single unit.
• Processing system 710 may also be in two-way communication with each of the sources 705. Processing system 710 may further receive or transmit data over one or more network connections from a server or servers over, e.g., a global computer communications network such as the internet, intranet, a wide area network (wan), a metropolitan area network (man), a local area network (LAN), a terrestrial broadcast system, a cable network, a satellite network, a wireless network, or a telephone network (POTS), as well as portions or combinations of these and other types of networks.
• networks 750 and 770 may also be internal networks or one or more internal connections of a circuit, circuit card or other device, as well as portions and combinations of these and other communication media or an external network, e.g., the internet and intranet.

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