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 plurality of components of the building control system located throughout the building and connected over a network, the plurality of components including at least one data sensor, at least one control component, and one or more pieces of equipment;
- a memory connected to the network;
- a user interface connected to the network and including a display configured to display a real-time dashboard having a first portion including a menu displaying a list of the one or more pieces of equipment in the building and a second portion including a plurality of smart buttons for viewing by a user, wherein each of the plurality of smart buttons comprises one or more visual states comprising at least one of a normal state, a hover state, a pressed state, and a disabled state;
- a processor connected to the network and upon selection, by the user via the user interface, of a piece of equipment from the one more pieces of equipment from the menu, the processor is configured to:
- access real-time data from the selected piece of equipment;
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- generate on the display within an area of each of the plurality of smart buttons, an associated set of dynamic real-time summary information from the real-time data for each of the plurality of smart buttons for the selected piece of equipment.
A method for operating a dashboard of a building control system of a building, the method comprising:
- selecting via a first portion of a real-time dashboard of a display of a user interface coupled to a processor and a memory, a component of the building control system of the building from a menu displaying a list of one or more components in the building;
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- upon selection of the component, the processor configured to:
- access real-time data from the selected component;
- generate on a second portion of the real-time dashboard of the display of the user interface within an area of each of a plurality of smart buttons, an associated set of dynamic real-time summary information from the real-time data for each of the plurality of smart buttons, wherein each of the smart button comprise one or more visual states comprising at least one of a normal state, a hover state, a pressed state, and a disabled state;
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- selecting via the second portion of the user interface a smart button from the plurality of smart buttons, upon selection, the processor is further configured to generate on the second portion of the user interface within an area of each of a second plurality of smart buttons, a more detailed description of the set of dynamic real-time summary information associated with the selected smart button selected.
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 piece of equipment of the building control system from a menu generated on a first portion of a real-time dashboard of a display of the user interface;
- access real-time data from the selected piece of equipment;
- associate a set of dynamic real-time summary information from the real-time data for each of a plurality of smart buttons according to an identified category, wherein each of the smart button comprise one or more visual states comprising at least one of a normal state, a hover state, a pressed state, and a disabled state;
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- generate on a second portion of the real-time dashboard of the display within an area of each of the plurality of smart buttons, the associated set of dynamic real-time summary information for each of the plurality of smart buttons.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.