PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15887887
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["236", "049300"]

Abstract:
Fan coil thermostats can provide energy savings by, for example, operating a fan coil system more efficiently. Fan coil systems employing such a fan coil thermostat may be more energy efficient. A fan coil system may include a fan coil that is configured for fluid communication with a source of heated fluid and/or a source of cooled fluid, a valve that controls fluid flow through the fan coil and a fan that blows air across the fan coil. The fan coil thermostat may include a controller that implements a control algorithm that calculates an error percentage value relating to a temperature difference between the current temperature and the temperature set point. The error percentage value may include a proportional term related to the temperature difference and an integral term related to the temperature difference. The controller may regulate the fan speed in accordance with the calculated error percentage.

Claim (Index 8):
The method of  claim 7 , wherein the PI control algorithm comprises a proportional term that is based at least in part on the temperature difference (T ERR ) and a gain factor (Kp), and further comprising an integral term that is based at least in part on the temperature difference (T ERR ), a time constant (Ti) and the gain factor (Kp).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.12162
- Patent Class: 236.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15491480', '14740789', '11833703', '11833670', '15376284']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7385861951804387
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5064432665746113
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7153719023198559
- Mean Citation Score: 238.858202
- Max Citation Score: 273.54144
- Similarity Product: 192.0641022973824

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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