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Thermostat set point identification

US9727063B1 · kind B1 · utility

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84References

21Claims

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Assignee

OPower, Inc. · US

Inventors

Erik Shilts · San Francisco, US
Yoni Ben-Meshulam · Mountain View, US
Ben Packer · Palo Alto, US
Richard Tyler Curtis · Washington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 1, 2014
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 21, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF24F2140/60
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A thermostat set point estimation method and system that selects a plurality of candidate thermostat set points, determines for each of the plurality of candidate thermostat set points a predicted energy usage amount corresponding to the candidate thermostat set point, determines for each of the plurality of candidate thermostat set points an error value corresponding to the candidate thermostat set point using an actual energy usage amount and the predicted energy usage amount corresponding to the candidate thermostat set point, and identifies an estimated thermostat set point by selecting the candidate thermostat set point having the error value that is lowest from the plurality of candidate thermostat set points.

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