Dashboard and button/tile system for an interface
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorAlbert Holaso
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Abstract
A system and approach having a display that shows a dashboard of smart buttons or tiles. The smart buttons or tiles may be situated in a matrix-like or other arrangement on the dashboard. The display may be customized. A smart button or tile may be operated like a standard button but conveniently pull summary information about a particular area of, for instance, a building controls system, for a user. The arrangement may permit the user to view the health of the whole system at a glance and permit the user a shortcut to see details of the particular area of the system quickly.
Claims19
A real-time dashboard system configured to monitor a building control system for a building, the real-time dashboard system comprising:
- a plurality of devices operatively connected over a network and located throughout the building;
- a processor operatively connected to the plurality of devices over the network;
- a memory operatively connected to the processor and configured to store historical data for two or more of the plurality of devices and at least a relationship between the two or more of the plurality of devices;
- and
- a user interface including a display, the user interface operatively connected to the processor and the memory and configured to display a real-time dashboard having a plurality of smart buttons arranged in a matrix configuration
- for viewing by a user;
- and
- wherein:
- the processor is configured to continuously receive real-time data over the network from the two or more of the plurality of devices and process the real-time data and the historical data of the two or more of the plurality devices in combination with the relationship between the two or more of the plurality of devices to obtain an energy log that includes dynamic real-time summary information detailing an overall health of the building control system, wherein activating, via the user-interface, a smart button of the plurality of smart buttons from the real-time dashboard triggers the processor to pull up a portion of the dynamic real-time summary information and use the display to display within an area of the smart button of the real-time dashboard, a continuously changing summary of information and data based on the portion of the dynamic real-time summary information for at least one of the two or more of the plurality of devices.
A method for operating a real-time dashboard configured to monitor a building control system for a building, the method comprising:
- providing a processor;
- providing a memory connected to the processor;
- providing a user-interface including a display connected to the processor;
- obtaining a dashboard comprising a matrix configuration of smart buttons on the display for viewing;
- receiving real-time data from two or more devices of the building control system at the processor;
- receiving historical data and a relationship between the two or more devices from the memory at the processor;
- processing the real-time data, the historical data, and the relationship between the two or more devices;
- obtaining, in response to the processing, an energy log that includes dynamic real-time summary information detailing an overall health of the building control system;
- receiving activation, via the user interface, of a smart button from the smart buttons of the dashboard;
- accessing a portion of the dynamic real-time summary information in response to the activation;
- and
- displaying on the display, within an area of the smart button, a continuously changing summary of information and data based on the portion of the dynamic real-time summary information for at least one of the two or more devices.
A real-time dashboard mechanism configured to monitor a building control system including a plurality of devices located throughout a building, the real-time dashboard mechanism comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory connected to the processor and configured to store historical data for two or more of the plurality of devices and at least a relationship between the two or more of the plurality of devices;
- a user-interface including a display connected to the processor and the memory and configured to display a real-time
- dashboard having a plurality of smart buttons arranged in a matrix configuration for viewing by a user;
- and
- wherein the processor is configured to continuously receive real-time data from the two or more of the plurality of devices and process the real-time data and the historical data of the two or more of the plurality devices in combination with the relationship between the two or more of the plurality of devices to obtain an energy log that includes dynamic real-time summary information detailing an overall health of the building control system, wherein activating, via the user-interface, a smart button of the plurality of smart buttons from the real-time dashboard triggers the processor to access a portion of the dynamic real-time summary information and use the display to display within an area of the smart button of the real-time dashboard, a continuously changing summary of information and data based on the portion of the dynamic real-time summary information for at least one of the two or more of the plurality of devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.