John E Seem

Address:

1800 W Woodbury Ln, Milwaukee, WI 53209

VIN:

WVWLU73C57E004610

Make:

VOLKSWAGEN

Model:

PASSAT

Year:

2007

US Patent:

6369716, Apr 9, 2002

Filed:

Dec 1, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/728232

Inventors:

Mustafa Abbas - Wauwatosa WI
John E. Seem - Glendale WI
Bernard Philippe Nicolas Clement - Bailleau le Pin, FR

Assignee:

Johnson Controls Technology Company - Plymouth MI

International Classification:

G08B 1710

US Classification:

340632, 340628, 340532, 340606

Abstract:

A system and method of controlling air quality within a room. The method includes determining a first discharge air temperature setpoint based upon a room temperature setpoint and a first value indicative of an air temperature within the room, and determining a first air flow control signal based upon the first discharge air temperature setpoint and a second value indicative of an air temperature of discharge air being provided into the room. The method further includes controlling an air flow device based upon the first air flow control signal, and maintaining a heating device employed to influence the air temperature of the discharge air at a maximum heating level. The method additionally includes monitoring a level of carbon dioxide within the room to determine whether the level is below a predetermined threshold.

US Patent:

6389331, May 14, 2002

Filed:

Mar 11, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/266667

Inventors:

Howard A. Jensen - Mequon WI
John E. Seem - Glendale WI

Assignee:

Johnson Controls Technology Company - Plymouth MI

International Classification:

G05B 2300

US Classification:

700275, 700 83, 700276, 700 79, 702182

Abstract:

A facilities management system is subdivided into a plurality of subsystems. The performance of the system is monitored by producing data which denotes a plurality of operational parameters for each of the subsystems. From that data, a global performance index is derived for each subsystem, thus providing an indication of each subsystems performance. The global performance indices are employed to produce a universal performance index for the entire facilities management system. This provides a hierarchy of data which enables an operator to quickly determine the overall performance of the facilities management system and each subsystem, and if warranted the operator can step through the data to identify malfunctioning components.

US Patent:

6408228, Jun 18, 2002

Filed:

Aug 13, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/374569

Inventors:

John E. Seem - Shorewood WI
Gaylon M. Decious - Shorewood WI
Carol Lomonaco - Wauwatosa WI
Alex Bernaden - Greenfield WI

Assignee:

Johnson Controls Technology Company - Plymouth MI

International Classification:

G05B 1300

US Classification:

700276, 700 41, 700 42, 700 83

Abstract:

The present invention provides a sequencing control strategy for environmental system controllers that takes better advantage of the capabilities of the system elements to enhance performance and reduce operating costs. Digital controller technology is included and operates in accordance with a state transition diagram clarifying conditions that must exist for the environmental controller to switch from one mode of operation to another (e. g. , from a cooling mode with dampers set at the minimum position to a cooling mode with the dampers modulating to reduce the energy used for mechanical cooling). Several a controllers, or a single controller operating on several sets of control parameters, sequentially operate in accordance with transition data and system performance characteristics for controlling system operation.

US Patent:

6415617, Jul 9, 2002

Filed:

Jan 10, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/757952

Inventors:

John E. Seem - Glendale WI

Assignee:

Johnson Controls Technology Company - Plymouth MI

International Classification:

F25D 1704

US Classification:

62186, 165205, 165208, 165209, 165212, 165222, 165249, 137 84, 62271

Abstract:

A strategy for controlling an air side economizer of an HVAC system uses a model of the airflow through the system to estimate the load in two modes when minimum and maximum amounts of outdoor air are being introduced into the building. Transitions between minimum outdoor air and maximum outdoor air usage occur based on those estimated loads, which in a preferred embodiment are cooling loads. The second embodiment of this economizer control strategy uses the model and a one-dimensional optimization routine to determine the fraction of outdoor air that minimizes the load on the HVAC system.

US Patent:

6477439, Nov 5, 2002

Filed:

Jul 9, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/112620

Inventors:

Alex Bernaden, III - Greenfield WI
Gaylon M. Decious - Shorewood WI
John E. Seem - Shorewood WI
Kirk H. Drees - Cedarburg WI
Jonathan D. West - Shorewood WI
William R. Kuckuk - Hubertus WI

Assignee:

Johnson Controls Technology Corporation - Plymouth MI

International Classification:

G06F 1900

US Classification:

700103, 707103 R, 7071041

Abstract:

A method is disclosed for programming and executing a state machine control program represented as a diagram in an HVAC controller. The diagram is converted to tabular data which is entered into one or more spreadsheet pages. The tabular data includes the defined output states, the defined input states and defined transition states, whereby a given output state and a given set of inputs will cause transition to a next output state. The tabular data is translated, through execution of a routine in a macro-instruction language, into a plurality of data structures for downloading into a finite state machine object data structure in the controller, where it will be acted upon by an object-oriented execution module, referred to as a class execute method, which is also present in the controller.

US Patent:

6594554, Jul 15, 2003

Filed:

Jul 11, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/613844

Inventors:

John E Seem - Glendale WI
Jonathan D West - Brown Deer WI
Willem Huisman - Veenwouden, NL

Assignee:

Johnson Controls Technology Company - Plymouth MI

International Classification:

G01M 138

US Classification:

700276, 62181

Abstract:

A refrigeration system ( ) has a compressor ( ) that forces a refrigerant to flow in a loop between an evaporator ( ) and a condenser ( ). The present method controls the speed of a condenser fan ( ) in response to the condenser temperature. In a first control state, the speed of the fan ( ) is varied in response to the condenser temperature. In a second state, the fan ( ) is turned on and off by a pulse width modulated signal that has a duty cycle which varies in response to the condenser temperature. A transition occurs from the first state to the second state when the fan ( ) operates at the slowest possible speed for a predetermined period while the condenser temperature is below a desired value. A transition occurs from the second state to the first state when the duty cycle is at 100% for a given period and the condenser temperature is above the desired value.

US Patent:

6816811, Nov 9, 2004

Filed:

Jul 20, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/910371

Inventors:

John E. Seem - Glendale WI

Assignee:

Johnson Controls Technology Company - Plymouth MI

International Classification:

G08B 2100

US Classification:

702179, 702 57, 702 60

Abstract:

Outlier identification is employed to detect abnormally high or low energy use in a building. The utility use is measured periodically throughout each day and the measurements are grouped according to days that have similar average utility consumption levels. The data in each group is statistically analyzed using the Generalized Extreme Studentized Deviate (GESD) method. That method identifies outliers which are data samples that vary significantly from the majority of the data. The degree to which each outlier deviates from the remainder of the data indicates the severity of the abnormal utility consumption denoted by that outlier. The resultant outlier information is readily discernable by the building operators in accessing whether the cause of a particular occurrence of abnormal utility usage requires further investigation.

US Patent:

6862540, Mar 1, 2005

Filed:

Mar 25, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/396953

Inventors:

Henry L. Welch - Grafton WI, US
John E. Seem - Glendale WI, US

Assignee:

Johnson Controls Technology Company - Plymouth MI

International Classification:

G01L001/00
G01M001/38
G08B023/02

US Classification:

702 44, 702 61, 700276, 34087002

Abstract:

A method and apparatus are provided for filling a gap of missing data using source specified data. The method includes analyzing a first set of data representative of utility consumption for a plurality of days to determine clusters of days of the week having similar utility consumption. The method further includes generating an individual profile of utility consumption for each cluster, and copying data from at least one individual profile into the gap to form a second set of data without any gaps. A system for filling a gap of missing data using source specified data includes a microprocessor programmed to copy data from at least one individual profile into the gap, and to adjust the copied data up or down to account for local trend information adjacent to the gap.