System and method for an electrical insulating shutter system
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G05B-015/02
H05K-013/00
출원번호
US-0491607
(2009-06-25)
등록번호
US-8165719
(2012-04-24)
발명자
/ 주소
Kinney, Laurence F.
Cler, Gerald L.
Bergeson, Todd Eric
Lindberg, Derek Christopher
출원인 / 주소
Kinney, Laurence F.
대리인 / 주소
Marinakis, Yorgos
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11인용 특허 :
10
초록▼
A system, and a method for manufacturing that system, for electrically and automatically opening, closing and otherwise controlling window shutters on a building, for the purposes of limiting radiant, conductive, and convective thermal losses from the inside of the building to the outside during the
A system, and a method for manufacturing that system, for electrically and automatically opening, closing and otherwise controlling window shutters on a building, for the purposes of limiting radiant, conductive, and convective thermal losses from the inside of the building to the outside during the heating season, and limiting radiant, conductive, and convective thermal gains from the outside of the building to the inside during the cooling season. The system further comprises an interface to accommodate connection to other sensors not used to control the thermal environment of the building, such as motion detectors, burglar alarms, CO sensors and the like.
대표청구항▼
1. An electrical insulating shutter system for use on a local operating network comprising: A. at least one shutter or pair of shutters for covering a window or windows or other opening or openings of a building, the shutter or pair of shutters moveably situated over the window or windows or other o
1. An electrical insulating shutter system for use on a local operating network comprising: A. at least one shutter or pair of shutters for covering a window or windows or other opening or openings of a building, the shutter or pair of shutters moveably situated over the window or windows or other opening or openings;B. a means deployed on each shutter for opening and dosing each shutter or pair of shutters;C. a decision-making logic means deployed on each shutter or pair of shutters, said logic means having the ability to: execute one or more logic tasks; receive information over the local operating network from a plurality of indoor and outdoor remote sensor devices and from other decision-making logic means that are remote; transmit information over the local operating network to other decision-making logic means; wherein the decision-making logic means is not located within the same housing as the plurality of sensors;D. a means for both directly and remotely programming the decision-making logic means;E. a communications transceiver for transmitting and receiving data between the decision-making logic means and the local operating network, at least one transceiver deployed on each shutter;F. a means deployed on each shutter or pair of shutters for powering each decision-making logic means and each transceiver and each means for opening and closing each shutter or pair of shutters; andG. the plurality of indoor and outdoor remote sensor devices, each sensor device adapted to measure a physical phenomenon, each sensor device producing an output signal, each sensor device providing input to the decision-making logic means, the sensor devices not all placed together within a single housing, the sensor devices situated both inside of and outside of the building, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise winter application logic for operating in winter, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise summer application logic for operating in summer, wherein when net loss of the electrical insulating shutter system with the shutter or shutters dosed is greater than net loss with the shutter open for the length of a variable specifiable delay period, the winter application logic issues a command to open the shutter or shutters, and when net loss of the electrical insulating shutter system with the shutter or shutters open is greater for the length of a variable specifiable delay period than would be the case if the shutter or shutters were dosed, the winter application logic issues a command to dose the shutter, wherein when outside air temperature exceeds a specified temperature and insolation failing on the electrical insulating shutter system exceeds a specified threshold for a variable specifiable delay period, the summer application logic issues a command to dose the shutter or shutters, and when shutter open net loss minus shutter dosed net loss becomes less than insolation summer threshold for a variable specifiable delay period, the summer application logic issues a command to open the shutter. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the means deployed on each shutter or pair of shutters for opening and closing each shutter or pair of shutters comprises a direct current electric gear motor that acts on a jack screw fastened via a drive nut or nuts to the shutter or pair of shutters. 3. The system of claim 2, wherein the electric gear motor is remotely controllable through the communications transceiver. 4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of shutters or plurality of pairs of shutters or combinations thereof. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the transceiver further comprises a repeater. 6. The system of claim 1, wherein the transceiver further comprises a circuit for utilizing unique codes. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the transceiver can select from different channels. 8. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for powering the transceiver is selected from the group consisting of a remote power supply, a battery or batteries, or both. 9. The system of claim 1, wherein the local operating network comprises twisted pair wiring. 10. The system of claim 1, wherein the local operating network comprises radio frequency communications. 11. The system of claim 1, wherein the local operating network comprises infrared communications. 12. The system of claim 1, wherein the local operating network comprises optical communication over optical fiber. 13. The system of claim 1, wherein the local operating network comprises power line carrier communications. 14. The system of claim 1, wherein the local operating network comprises coaxial communications. 15. The system of claim 1, wherein the local operating network utilizes a standard protocol such as LonWorks, CEBus, X10, BACNet and CAN or any other proprietary or non-proprietary protocol. 16. The system of claim 1, wherein the communications transceiver comprises a twisted pair wiring transceiver. 17. The system of claim 1, wherein the communications transceiver comprises a radio frequency transceiver. 18. The system of claim 1, wherein the communications transceiver comprises a power line carrier transceiver. 19. The system of claim 1, wherein the communications transceiver comprises an infrared transceiver. 20. The system of claim 1, wherein the communications transceiver comprises an optical fiber transceiver. 21. The system of claim 1, wherein the communications transceiver comprises a coaxial cable transceiver. 22. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor device comprises a motion sensor. 23. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor device comprises an ambient light sensor. 24. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor device comprises an indoor temperature sensor. 25. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor device comprises an outdoor temperature sensor. 26. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor device comprises a visual light sensor. 27. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor device comprises a pyranometer. 28. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor device comprises an ultraviolet sensor, the ultraviolet sensor having a zone of sensitivity. 29. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor device comprises an infrared sensor, the infrared sensor having a zone of sensitivity. 30. The system of claim 28, wherein the ultraviolet sensor further comprises signal processing circuitry that optimizes sensor sensitivity while minimizing false alarms. 31. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor device comprises an auditory sensor. 32. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor device comprises a visual sensor. 33. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor device comprises a carbon monoxide sensor. 34. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor device comprises a fire sensor. 35. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor device comprises a smoke sensor. 36. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor device comprises an alarm system, the alarm system sending alarm signals to the controller through the local operating network. 37. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor device comprises an occupancy sensor. 38. The system of claim 1, wherein the shutter or pair of shutters is neither a master nor a slave to any other shutter in the system. 39. The system of claim 1, wherein the shutter or pair of shutters is moveably situated over a pet door. 40. The system of claim 1, wherein the shutter or pair of shutters is moveably situated over an air inlet or outlet. 41. The system of claim 1, wherein the shutter or pair of shutters is insulating. 42. The system of claim 1, wherein the shutter or pair of shutters is equipped with fire-proof facades. 43. The system of claim 1, further comprising electronics that provide a soft start for the gear motor that opens and closes the shutter using pulse-width modulation. 44. The system of claim 43, wherein the processor monitors the instantaneous current flow to the motor. 45. The system of claim 1, wherein electronics for sensing fires are mounted in the shutter or pair of shutters. 46. The system of claim 1, wherein the decision-making logic means produces an “all closed signal” or an “all open signal” which is transmitted and retransmitted via the transceivers to all shutters or pairs of shutters in the network. 47. The system of claim 1, wherein electronics for sensing and signaling high winds are mounted in an end cap of the upper extrusion of one or more shutters or pairs of shutters on a building. 48. The system of claim 1, further comprising a set of light-emitting diodes which signal the status of the mode of operation of the system, need for maintenance, and alarm. 49. The system of claim 48, wherein the set of light-emitting diodes are co-located along with an infrared sensor in a small package just outside at the top of existing windows. 50. The system of claim 1, further comprising electronics for sensing and signaling high winds, the electronics mounted together in an housing for outdoor mounting. 51. The system of claim 1, wherein the decision-making logic means is a decision-making logic means selected from the group consisting of a programmable controller, a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD), a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FGPA), and transistors on a PCB. 52. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for powering the decision-making logic means is selected from the group consisting of a remote power supply, a battery or batteries, or both. 53. The system of claim 1, wherein the decision-making logic means can respond to signals directly from an electrical device. 54. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for both directly and remotely programming the decision-making logic means comprises an electrical device selected from the group consisting of infrared transceiver, a radio transceiver, a wired switch, a wired controller, and a computer. 55. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic task or tasks are stored in a memory means for storing information. 56. The system of claim 55, wherein the memory means comprises random access memory. 57. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise opening and closing application logic for opening and closing each shutter. 58. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise ambient light level application logic for maintaining a particular light level within an area. 59. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise reset application logic for placing the device in an initialization state. 60. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise go unconfigured application logic for placing the device in an unconfigured state. 61. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise communication input/output application logic for receiving data from and/or transmitting data to the local operating network. 62. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise inhibit application logic for inhibiting and overriding the normal operating mode of the device. 63. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise indoor air temperature application logic for measuring and processing the indoor temperature of the indoor area surrounding an electrical air temperature measuring sensor. 64. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise outdoor air temperature application logic for measuring and processing the outdoor temperature of the outdoor area surrounding an electrical air temperature measuring sensor. 65. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise temperature and insolation application logic for providing open, close, and partially opening operating signals to the shutters. 66. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise fast change application logic for detecting rapid increases in sensor data and in response thereto sending a warning message over the local operating network. 67. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic application task or tasks comprise alarm response application logic for detecting alarm signals and in response thereto sending a warning message over the local operating network to open or close the shutter. 68. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic application task or tasks comprise ultraviolet sensor application logic for optimizing sensitivity to flames in the zone of sensitivity of the ultraviolet sensor while minimizing false alarms from the sun and other non-threatening sources. 69. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic application task or tasks comprise infrared sensor application logic for optimizing sensitivity to flames in the zone of sensitivity of the infrared sensor while minimizing false alarms from the sun and other non-threatening sources. 70. A method for manufacturing an electrical insulating shutter system for use on a local operating network comprising: A. providing at least one shutter or pair of shutters for covering a window or windows or other opening or openings of a building, the shutter or pair of shutters moveably situated over the window or windows or other opening or openings;B. providing a means deployed on each shutter for opening and dosing each shutter or pair of shutters;C. providing a decision-making logic means deployed on each shutter or pair of shutters, said logic means having the ability to: execute one or more logic tasks; receive information over the local operating network from a plurality of indoor and outdoor remote sensor devices and from other decision-making logic means that are remote; transmit information over the local operating network to other decision-making logic means; wherein the decision-making logic means is not located within the same housing as the plurality of sensors;D. providing a means for both directly and remotely programming the decision-making logic means;E. providing a communications transceiver for transmitting and receiving data between the decision-making logic means and the local operating network, at least one transceiver deployed on each shutter;F. providing a means deployed on each shutter or pair of shutters for powering each decision-making logic means and each transceiver and each means for opening and closing each shutter or pair of shutters; andG. providing the plurality of indoor and outdoor remote sensor devices, each sensor device adapted to measure a physical phenomenon, each sensor device producing an output signal, each sensor device providing input to the decision-making logic means, the sensor devices not all placed together within a single housing, the sensor devices situated both inside of and outside of the building, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise winter application logic for operating in winter, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise summer application logic for operating in summer, wherein when net loss of the electrical insulating shutter system with the shutter or shutters dosed is greater than net loss with the shutter open for the length of a variable specifiable delay period, the winter application logic issues a command to open the shutter or shutters, and when net loss of the electrical insulating shutter system with the shutter or shutters open is greater for the length of a variable specifiable delay period than would be the case if the shutter or shutters were dosed, the winter application logic issues a command to dose the shutter, wherein when outside air temperature exceeds a specified temperature and insolation falling on the electrical insulating shutter system exceeds a specified threshold for a variable specifiable delay period, the summer application logic issues a command to dose the shutter or shutters, and when shutter open net loss minus shutter dosed net loss becomes less than insolation summer threshold for a variable specifiable delay period, the summer application logic issues a command to open the shutter. 71. The method of claim 70, wherein the means deployed on each shutter or pair of shutters for opening and closing each shutter or pair of shutters comprises a direct current electric gear motor that acts on a jack screw fastened via a drive nut or nuts to the shutter or pair of shutters. 72. The method of claim 71, wherein the electric gear motor is remotely controllable through the communications transceiver. 73. The method of claim 70, further comprising the step of providing plurality of shutters or plurality of pairs of shutters or combinations thereof. 74. The method of claim 70, wherein the transceiver further comprises a repeater. 75. The method of claim 70, wherein the transceiver further comprises a circuit for utilizing unique codes. 76. The method of claim 70, wherein the transceiver can select from different channels. 77. The method of claim 70, wherein the means for powering the transceiver is selected from the group consisting of a remote power supply, a battery or batteries, or both. 78. The method of claim 70, wherein the local operating network comprises twisted pair wiring. 79. The method of claim 70, wherein the local operating network comprises radio frequency communications. 80. The method of claim 70, wherein the local operating network comprises infrared communications. 81. The method of claim 70, wherein the local operating network comprises optical communication over optical fiber. 82. The method of claim 70, wherein the local operating network comprises power line carrier communications. 83. The method of claim 70, wherein the local operating network comprises coaxial communications. 84. The method of claim 70, wherein the local operating network utilizes a standard protocol such as LonWorks, CEBus, X10, BACNet and CAN or any other proprietary or non-proprietary protocol. 85. The method of claim 70, wherein the communications transceiver comprises a twisted pair wiring transceiver. 86. The method of claim 70, wherein the communications transceiver comprises a radio frequency transceiver. 87. The method of claim 70, wherein the communications transceiver comprises a power line carrier transceiver. 88. The method of claim 70, wherein the communications transceiver comprises an infrared transceiver. 89. The method of claim 70, wherein the communications transceiver comprises an optical fiber transceiver. 90. The method of claim 70, wherein the communications transceiver comprises a coaxial cable transceiver. 91. The method of claim 70, wherein the sensor device comprises a motion sensor. 92. The method of claim 70, wherein the sensor device comprises an ambient light sensor. 93. The method of claim 70, wherein the sensor device comprises an indoor temperature sensor. 94. The method of claim 70, wherein the sensor device comprises an outdoor temperature sensor. 95. The method of claim 70, wherein the sensor device comprises a visual light sensor. 96. The method of claim 70, wherein the sensor device comprises a pyranometer. 97. The method of claim 70, wherein the sensor device comprises an ultraviolet sensor, the ultraviolet sensor having a zone of sensitivity. 98. The method of claim 70, wherein the sensor device comprises an infrared sensor, the infrared sensor having a zone of sensitivity. 99. The method of claim 97, wherein the ultraviolet sensor further comprises signal processing circuitry that optimizes sensor sensitivity while minimizing false alarms. 100. The method of claim 70, wherein the sensor device comprises an auditory sensor. 101. The method of claim 70, wherein the sensor device comprises a visual sensor. 102. The method of claim 70, wherein the sensor device comprises a carbon monoxide sensor. 103. The method of claim 70, wherein the sensor device comprises a fire sensor. 104. The method of claim 71, wherein the sensor device comprises a smoke sensor. 105. The method of claim 72, wherein the sensor device comprises an alarm system, the alarm system sending alarm signals to the controller through the local operating network. 106. The method of claim 70, wherein the sensor device comprises an occupancy sensor. 107. The method of claim 70, wherein the shutter or pair of shutters is neither a master nor a slave to any other shutter in the system. 108. The method of claim 70, wherein the shutter or pair of shutters is moveably situated over a pet door. 109. The method of claim 70, wherein the shutter or pair of shutters is moveably situated over an air inlet or outlet. 110. The method of claim 70, wherein the shutter or pair of shutters is insulating. 111. The method of claim 70, wherein the shutter or pair of shutters is equipped with fire-proof facades. 112. The method of claim 70, further comprising the step of providing electronics that provide a soft start for the gear motor that opens and closes the shutter using pulse-width modulation. 113. The method of claim 112, wherein the processor monitors the instantaneous current flow to the motor. 114. The method of claim 70, wherein electronics for sensing fires are mounted in the shutter or pair of shutters. 115. The method of claim 70, wherein the decision-making logic means produces an “all closed signal” or an “all open signal” which is transmitted and retransmitted via the transceivers to all shutters or pairs of shutters in the network. 116. The method of claim 70, wherein electronics for sensing and signaling high winds are mounted in an end cap of the upper extrusion of one or more shutters or pairs of shutters on a building. 117. The method of claim 70, further comprising the step of providing a set of light-emitting diodes which signal the status of the mode of operation of the system, need for maintenance, and alarm. 118. The method of claim 117, wherein the set of light-emitting diodes are co-located along with an infrared sensor in a small package just outside at the top of existing windows. 119. The method of claim 70, further comprising the step of providing electronics for sensing and signaling high winds, the electronics mounted together in an housing for outdoor mounting. 120. The method of claim 70, wherein the decision-making logic means is a decision-making logic means selected from the group consisting of a programmable controller, a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD), a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FGPA), and transistors on a PCB. 121. The method of claim 70, wherein the means for powering the decision-making logic means is selected from the group consisting of a remote power supply, a battery or batteries, or both. 122. The method of claim 70, wherein the decision-making logic means can respond to signals directly from an electrical device. 123. The method of claim 70, wherein the means for both directly and remotely programming the decision-making logic means comprises an electrical device selected from the group consisting of infrared transceiver, a radio transceiver, a wired switch, a wired controller, and a computer. 124. The method of claim 70, wherein the logic task or tasks are stored in a memory means for storing information. 125. The method of claim 124, wherein the memory means comprises random access memory. 126. The method of claim 70, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise opening and closing application logic for opening and closing each shutter. 127. The method of claim 70, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise ambient light level application logic for maintaining a particular light level within an area. 128. The method of claim 70, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise reset application logic for placing the device in an initialization state. 129. The method of claim 70, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise go unconfigured application logic for placing the device in an unconfigured state. 130. The method of claim 70, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise communication input/output application logic for receiving data from and/or transmitting data to the local operating network. 131. The method of claim 70, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise inhibit application logic for inhibiting and overriding the normal operating mode of the device. 132. The method of claim 70, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise indoor air temperature application logic for measuring and processing the indoor temperature of the indoor area surrounding an electrical air temperature measuring sensor. 133. The method of claim 70, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise outdoor air temperature application logic for measuring and processing the outdoor temperature of the outdoor area surrounding an electrical air temperature measuring sensor. 134. The method of claim 70, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise temperature and insolation application logic for providing open, close, and partially opening operating signals to the shutters. 135. The method of claim 70, wherein the logic task or tasks comprise fast change application logic for detecting rapid increases in sensor data and in response thereto sending a warning message over the local operating network. 136. The method of claim 70, wherein the logic application task or tasks comprise alarm response application logic for detecting alarm signals and in response thereto sending a warning message over the local operating network to open or close the shutter. 137. The method of claim 70, wherein the logic application task or tasks comprise ultraviolet sensor application logic for optimizing sensitivity to flames in the zone of sensitivity of the ultraviolet sensor while minimizing false alarms from the sun and other non-threatening sources. 138. The method of claim 70, wherein the logic application task or tasks comprise infrared sensor application logic for optimizing sensitivity to flames in the zone of sensitivity of the infrared sensor while minimizing false alarms from the sun and other non-threatening sources.
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