Patent ID: 8744630

Claim:
A system for providing a measurement of an atmospheric parameter in an enclosed space to a building management system controlling atmospheric conditions within the enclosed space, the system comprising: a plurality of instrumented objects, each of which includes a measurement device, an atmospheric sensor for detecting the measurement of the atmospheric parameter, a communication interface for transmitting the measurement of the atmospheric parameter, and a propulsion system for moving the instrumented object at varying heights in a volume of the enclosed space, wherein each of the instrumented objects operates autonomously without real time intervention from a user; a controller circuit including: a communication terminal for receiving a set of position measurements and a plurality of measurements of an atmospheric parameter from each of a corresponding communication interface of the plurality of measurement devices, a processor electronically connected to the communication terminal, the processor being programmed to determine a plurality of locations based on the received position measurements and to associate respective ones of the determined locations with the corresponding received measurement of the atmospheric parameter, wherein the plurality of locations include different and varying heights within a volume of the enclosed space, and a memory for storing the received measurements of the atmospheric parameter and the associated locations, the memory electronically connected to the processor; a data link between the controller circuit and the building management system configured for sending the received measurements of the atmospheric parameter and the associated locations to the building management system, the building management system configured to adjust a control of a building according to a function including the received measurements of the atmospheric parameter and the associated locations; and a position sensor for tracking the locations of the instrumented objects within the volume of the enclosed space and creating the set of position measurements indicative of the tracked locations.