17 December, 2004 ACADS Milestone 1

17 December, 2004 ACADS Milestone 1

Identifying Customer Needs

Product Specifications

Prototyping

Patents and Intellectual Property

Decision Analysis / Economics

Designer heuristic approach to reduce project complexity

Presentation Summary

17 December, 2004 ACADS Milestone 1

Identifying Customer Needs

Individual temperature control.

Automatic temperature control.

Air drafts control.

Fast process reaction.

Space thermal experience.

Ticket price sensibility (efficiency).

17 December, 2004 ACADS Milestone 1

Product Specifications

Need Description Un. Marginal

Value

Ideal

Value

P1 P2 P3

1 1-54 Process reaction s “Fast” “V.Fast” “Slow” “Slow” “Slow”

2 49-54 Power Input Ratio num “Econ.” “Cheap” “Exp.” “Exp.” “Exp.”

3 43-48 Fuel/Fuel design num “Econ.” “Cheap” “Exp.” “Exp.” “Exp.”

4 55-60 ADPI num > 90 100 61-96 61-96 61-96

load flow/design flow.

load energy/design energy.

% of locations of the occupied zone that meet specifications

Target Specifications Benchmarking

Test Prototype

17 December, 2004 ACADS Milestone 1

Product Specifications

(100 % occupancy)

(50 % occupancy)

(50 % occupancy – front half)

(unoccupied)

(25 % occupancy – back)

INE

Cinema RoomOccupancyStatistics

(Median Occupancy)

2003, 2nd Quarter13,5%

2004, 2nd Quarter11,9%

17 December, 2004 ACADS Milestone 1

Prototyping

Air Distribution System Prototype

Film Type

Application Screen Width (w)

Room width

Roomdepth

Roomheight

35 mm Commercial cinemas(100 to 350 seats)

7m 14m 21m 8 m

Scale Model/Prototype Similarity

Room width

Roomdepth

Roomheight

Partsdepth

20 Difficult but sufficient 70 cm 105 cm 40 cm 105/2

15 Medium 93 cm 140 cm 53 cm 140/2

10 Good 140 cm 210 cm 80 cm 210/2

6 Excellent

17 December, 2004 ACADS Milestone 1

Patents and Intellectual Property

Strategy and Plan (INPI,Gapi)

Gathering as much knowledge as possible about the invention/commercialization

Capture the most important elements of the invention

Fill a national patent pending application (international patent preserved for one year)

Public disclosure: publication of the invention details (magazine, journal, or my web site)

Whiting one year fill a national regular patent and/or foreing patent application

Or defer application indefinitely

Disclosure preparation and reflection

17 December, 2004 ACADS Milestone 1

Patents and Intellectual Property

Control & AutomationLevel Work

(HVAC)

Smart Sensor

Classic Sensor

FAGR Controller

FAGR Controller

FAGR Controller

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VAV Air Handling Unit

17 December, 2004 ACADS Milestone 1

Patents and Intellectual Property

Ticket OfficeClient

Client

Management Level Network

Control & AutomationLevel Work

(HVAC)

Control & AutomationLevel Work(Lighting)

Control & AutomationLevel Work

(Life Safety, Security, Fire Extinction)

Smart Sensor

Classic Sensor

FAGR Controller

FAGR Controller

FAGR Controller

17 December, 2004 ACADS Milestone 1