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.
Claims28
A building control system of a building, the building control system comprising:
- a plurality of building control components;
- a user interface including one or more user input devices and a display;
- a controller operatively coupled to the plurality of building control components and the user interface, the controller configured to:
- receive dynamic operational data over time from the building control system;
- display a dashboard on the display, wherein the dashboard includes a user customizable two-dimensional array of three or more tiles arranged in a non-overlapping manner on the dashboard, wherein each of the three or more tiles is configured to:
- dynamically display summary content within an area of the respective tile that is based at least in part on the dynamic operational data;
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- dynamically display more detailed content related to the summary content that is based at least in part on the dynamic operational data in response to the respective tile being manually interacted with by a user via the user interface.
A method comprising:
- receiving dynamic operational data from a building control system over a network;
- generating a dashboard, wherein the dashboard includes a user customizable two-dimensional array of three or more tiles arranged on the dashboard, wherein each of the two or more tiles:
- dynamically displays summary content within an area of the respective tile that is based at least in part on the dynamic operational data;
- in response to the respective tile being manually interacted with by a user, dynamically displays additional content related to the summary content while the dashboard is being displayed, wherein the additional content is based at least in part on the dynamic operational data;
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- accepting user input to customize one or more of the summary content and the additional content of at least one of the three or more tiles.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to:
- receive dynamic operational data from a building control system over a network;
- generate a dashboard for display on a display, wherein the dashboard includes three or more interactive icons arranged in a user customizable two-dimensional array on the dashboard, wherein each of the three or more interactive icons is configured to:
- dynamically display summary content within an area of the respective interactive icon that is based at least in part on the dynamic operational data;
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- in response to the respective interactive icon being manually interacted with by a user, dynamically display additional content related to the summary content, wherein the additional content is based at least in part on the dynamic operational data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.