ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,239, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Machine learning device, demand control system and air-conditioner control system" was invented by Tadafumi Nishimura (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine learning device learns a set temperature, in a target space, in order to achieve a demand target value that is an upper-limit value of a power consumption of an air conditioner, installed in the target space, in a predetermined period. The machine learning device includes a learning unit, first and second acquisition units, and an updating unit. The first acquisition unit acquires a fi...