US Patent Issued to Johnson Controls Technology on July 8 for "Systems and methods for cascaded model predictive control" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,174, issued on July 8, was assigned to Johnson Controls Technology Co. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Systems and methods for cascaded model predictive control" was invented by Robert D. Turney (Watertown, Wis.) and Michael J. Wenzel (Oak Creek, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling HVAC equipment includes using a dynamic thermal model that describes heat transfer characteristics of a building to predict a temperature of the building as a function of control inputs to HVAC equipment that operate to affect the temperature of the building. The method includes obtaining time-varying utility prices and a predicted heating ...