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.
Claims20
A building control system of a building, the building control system comprising:
- a set of components of the building control system located throughout the building and connected over a network;
- a memory connected to the network and configured to store historical data for the set of components;
- a user interface connected to the network and including a display to display a real-time dashboard having a first portion including an explorer tree and a second portion including a plurality of smart buttons arranged in a matrix configuration for viewing by a user;
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- a processor connected to the network and upon selection, by the user via the user interface, of a component of the set of components from the explorer tree, the processor is configured to:
- access real-time data from the component;
- access historical data for the component from the stored historical data in the memory;
- process the real-time data and the historical data;
- obtain an energy log for the component that includes dynamic real-time summary information detailing an overall health of the component;
- identify a category for each of the plurality of smart buttons;
- associate a set of the dynamic real-time summary information for each of the plurality of smart buttons according to the identified category;
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- generate on the display within an area of each of the plurality of smart buttons, the associated set of the dynamic real-time summary information for each of the plurality of smart buttons.
A processor of a building control system connected over a network, the processor configured to:
- receive a selection, by a user via a user interface connected to the network, of a component of the building control system from an explorer tree generated on a display of the user interface;
- access real-time data from the component;
- access historical data for the component from memory connected to the network;
- process the real-time data and the historical data;
- obtain an energy log for the component that includes dynamic real-time summary information detailing an overall health of the component;
- identify a category for each of a plurality of smart buttons generated and arranged in a matrix configuration on the display of the user interface for viewing by the user;
- associate a set of the dynamic real-time summary information for each of the plurality of smart buttons according to the identified category;
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- generate on the display within an area of each of the plurality of smart buttons, the associated set of the dynamic real-time summary information for each of the plurality of smart buttons.
A method of monitoring a building control system connected over a network, the method comprising:
- receiving a selection, by a user via a user interface connected to the network, of a component of the building control system from an explorer tree generated on a display of the user interface;
- accessing real-time data from the component;
- accessing historical data for the component from memory connected to the network;
- processing the real-time data and the historical data;
- obtaining an energy log for the component that includes dynamic real-time summary information detailing an overall health of the component;
- identifying a category for each of a plurality of smart buttons generated and arranged in a matrix configuration on the display of the user interface for viewing by the user;
- associating a set of the dynamic real-time summary information for each of the plurality of smart buttons according to the identified category;
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- generating on the display within an area of each of the plurality of smart buttons, the associated set of the dynamic real-time summary information for each of the plurality of smart buttons.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.