In one embodiment, a method comprising: (a) receiving a set of physiological data associated with at least one health condition of an animal subject; (b) receiving a set of environmental data associated with one or more environment conditions to which the subject is or has been exposed; (c) determining a set of operating parameters for at least one environmental device based at least partially on at least a portion of the set of physiological data and at least a portion of the set of environmental data; and (d) transmitting the set of operating parameters to the at least one environmental device to at least partially control at least one controlled environmental condition to which the subject is exposed to thereby at partially control the at least one health condition.

The present invention relates to a method for calculating optimal control force of an active mass damper and controlling the active mass damper, which is used for vibration control of a structure, the method comprising: (a) sensing frequency and an acceleration response generated in a structure in real time by a sensor, wherein the frequency and the acceleration response are structural responses; (b) calculating velocity and displacement of the active mass damper by integrating the acceleration response by an integral calculation module; (c) calculating the optimal control force using a weighting function and a zero point calibration signal according to the calculated velocity, the calculated displacement, and the calculated displacement, by a control force calculation module; and (d) controlling driving of an actuator according to the calculated optimal control force. Accordingly, the method/system for calculating optimal control force of an active mass damper and controlling the active mass damper according to the present invention can control a flow phenomenon of a moving mass body by a weighting function and a zero point calibration signal, enable stable control at a zero point, and remove signals other than those in a control mode through a band pass filter, thereby accurately generating a control signal and achieving performance which can satisfy a control target for each mode.

A device for control and/or command of a visual or thermal comfort element or security element of a building includes a display screen, and an electronic control unit provided with a communication module arranged so as to receive data, according to a wireless communication protocol, originating from a complementary communication module of a central entity arranged so as to control and/or command the at least one visual or thermal comfort element or security element. The central entity is arranged to employ and transmit to the electronic control unit representative data relating to the visual or thermal comfort to electrical consumption or to the security of the building. The electronic control unit generates a display configuration based on at least one datum of content and at least one display descriptive datum defining the arrangement of a display of the at least one datum of content.

An area abnormality detecting system includes multiple apparatuses, multiple sensors and a detecting server. The system is adopted in a space, which is segmented into several blocks with same size. Multiple areas of the space are defined by the blocks separately. The apparatuses are respectively corresponding to each area for providing environmental improving services. The sensors are respectively corresponding to each area for sensing indoor environment of each area. After an abnormality occurs, the detecting server determines an abnormal area and an occurring time corresponding to the abnormality, and obtains apparatus parameters of apparatuses corresponding to the abnormal area that are recorded at the occurring time, so as to determine the occurring reason for the abnormality based on the apparatus parameters.

A method for operating a control device of a home automation installation of a building, the control device comprising a data input device and a display device, the control device being configured so as to control the operation of home automation equipment items and communicate with sensors, the method including automatic operation configuration steps of selecting an icon representing a first condition for implementation of an action relating to the installation out of a proposed set of condition icons, positioning the first selected condition in a matrix table accommodating the condition icons, selecting an icon representing a second condition for implementation of an action relating to the installation, and positioning the icon representing the second condition on a same row or a same column as the icon representing the first condition in the matrix table.

The present invention relates to a home appliance which can communicate with an outside of the home appliance, an online system including the same and a method for using an online system. According to embodiments of the present invention, a home appliance, an online system and a method for using an online system may be provided, each including a WiFi communication module mounted or connected to the home appliance for supporting a setting mode for making communication connection and a use mode for enabling communication, and a particular input unit provided to run the setting mode by user's selection, wherein the home appliance is changed to the use mode upon reception of SSID (Service Set Identifier; a name of a wireless LAN) information of an access point AP desired to access and user information required for registration of the home appliance through an external terminal after access to the setting mode through the external terminal provided separate from the home appliance.

Disclosed is a display apparatus including: a display configured to be swiveled; a stand configured to support the display; a driver configured to swivel the display with respect to the stand; a swiveling indicator provided within a predetermined swiveling range of the display and shaped to show a swiveling indication value corresponding to a swiveled angle of the display; a sensor configured to sense the swiveling indication value of the swiveling indicator corresponding to the swiveled angle of the display; and a controller configured to determine the swiveled angle of the display based on the swiveling indication value sensed by the sensor and to provide at least one function supported by the display apparatus in accordance with the determined swiveled angle.

Methods, devices, and systems for matching a building automation algorithm to a building automation system are described herein. One device includes a memory, and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to select a building automation algorithm from a pre-defined library of building automation algorithms, determine whether the selected building automation algorithm matches a building information model associated with the building automation system, and output, upon the selected building automation algorithm matching the building information model, the selected algorithm.

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for an environmental control system in which a genetic learning algorithm creates scenes and scene triggers and in which a fitness function scores the scenes through end-user interaction.

Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for harvesting water from precipitation while limiting loss due to evaporation and sublimation. In one implementation, precipitation is received on a collection surface through an opening during a precipitation event. The received precipitation is sealed on the collection surface from an outside atmosphere using at least one cover assembly in response to a triggering event concluding the receipt of the precipitation. The at least one cover assembly includes a take-up assembly adapted to extend a cover from a first cross bar to a second cross bar over at least a portion of the opening. Water harvested from the sealed precipitation is directed to a water storage device. Other implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for remote monitoring and management of water collection devices.