Building automation system monitoring
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsBen Coleman, Liana Maria Kiff, Christopher Goh, Mayur S. Salgar, Manu Taranath, Prabhat Ranjan, Aaron Francis D'Souza, Henrik Dibowski, Boon Toh
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Abstract
A system for monitoring a building automation system (BAS). The systems may include a device to report data, a memory having an application that requires that the data from the device be reported at least at a minimum frequency, and a controller to receive the data from the device at least at the minimum frequency and use the application and the data to determine an operational status of a component of the BAS.
Claims20
A system configured to monitor a building automation system (BAS) for a building, wherein the system comprises:
- a device with a controller, wherein the controller is communicatively coupled to the building automation system (BAS), and wherein the controller is configured to:
- receive, from at least one of a plurality of electronic components of the building, characteristic data at a first frequency, wherein the first frequency is indicative of a pre-configured frequency at which the at least one of the plurality of electronic components is configured to report the characteristic data to the device;
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- a cloud computing environment communicatively coupled to the device, wherein the cloud computing environment comprises a plurality of modules, and wherein the cloud computing environment is configured to:
- receive the characteristic data at the first frequency from the device;
- compare the first frequency with each of a plurality of minimum frequencies associated with each module of the plurality of modules, wherein the plurality of minimum frequencies are pre-defined based on a variable to be monitored in the building;
- in response to the comparison and determining that the first frequency is different from each of the plurality of minimum frequencies, evaluate a second frequency based on the characteristic data and the plurality of minimum frequencies, wherein the second frequency is different from the first frequency and corresponds to a frequency at which the plurality of modules in the cloud computing environment requires the characteristic data to generate one or more operational models for the plurality of electronic components;
- receive the characteristic data from the device at the second frequency;
- perform at least one of data tracking, data validation, data processing, and data recording with the characteristic data;
- generate the one or more operational models for the plurality of electronic components based on the characteristic data received at the second frequency and at least one of the data tracking, the data validation, the data processing, and the data recording with the characteristic data;
- generate one or more insights for the at least one of the plurality of electronic components by the one or more operational models;
- predict, based on the one or more insights, one or more operating and structural limitations causing the at least one of the plurality of electronic components to fail at a time frame;
- transmit the one or more insights including predicted one or more operating and structural limitations corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of electronic components as a report to the building automation system (BAS);
- automatically update the one or more operational models for the plurality of electronic components based on the transmitted one or more insights as the report;
- identify, based on the report, at least one corrective action associated with the at least one of the plurality of electronic components;
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- control, based on the at least one corrective action, display of a map indicating a list of agencies in vicinity of a location of the BAS;
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- transmit the at least one corrective action to at least one agency from the list of agencies.
A cloud computing network with a plurality of modules configured to monitor a building automation system (BAS), the cloud computing network comprises:
- at least one processor coupled to a memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
- receive characteristic data of at least one of a plurality of electronic components of the BAS at a first frequency, wherein the first frequency is indicative of a pre-configured frequency at which the at least one of the plurality of electronic components is configured to report the characteristic data to cloud computing network;
- compare the first frequency with each of a plurality of minimum frequencies associated with each module of the plurality of modules, wherein the plurality of minimum frequencies are pre-defined based on a variable to be monitored in the building;
- in response to the comparison and determining that the first frequency is different from each of the plurality of minimum frequencies, evaluate a second frequency based on the characteristic data and the plurality of minimum frequencies, wherein the second frequency is different from the first frequency and corresponds to a frequency at which the plurality of modules in the cloud computing network requires the characteristic data to generate one or more operational models for the plurality of electronic components;
- receive the characteristic data at the second frequency;
- perform at least one of data tracking, data validation, data processing, and data recording with the characteristic data;
- generate the one or more operational models for the plurality of electronic components based on the characteristic data received at the second frequency and at least one of the data tracking, the data validation, the data processing, and the data recording with the characteristic data;
- generate one or more insights for the at least one of the plurality of electronic components by the one or more operational models;
- predict, based on the one or more insights, one or more operating and structural limitations causing the at least one of the plurality of electronic components to fail at a time frame;
- transmit the one or more insights including predicted one or more operating and structural limitations corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of electronic components as a report to the building automation system (BAS);
- automatically update the one or more operational models for the plurality of electronic components based on the transmitted one or more insights as the report;
- identify, based on the report, at least one corrective action associated with the at least one of the plurality of electronic components;
- control, based on the at least one corrective action, display of a map indicating a list of agencies in vicinity of a location of the BAS;
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- transmit the at least one corrective action to at least one agency from the list of agencies.
A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed cause at least one processor to:
- send characteristic data of at least one of a plurality of electronic components of a building automation system (BAS) at a first frequency, wherein the first frequency is indicative of a pre-configured frequency at which the at least one of the plurality of electronic components is configured to report the characteristic data to a cloud computing network;
- receive an indication from the cloud computing network that the characteristic data of the at least one of the plurality of electronic components is to be sent at a second frequency different from the first frequency, wherein the second frequency is a frequency at which the cloud computing network requires the characteristic data to generate one or more operational models for the plurality of electronic components, wherein the second frequency is evaluated by the cloud computing network based on:
- comparing the first frequency with each of a plurality of minimum frequencies associated with each module of a plurality of modules in the cloud computing environment, wherein the plurality of minimum frequencies are pre-defined based on a variable to be monitored in the building;
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- in response to the comparison and determining that the first frequency is different from each of the plurality of minimum frequencies, evaluate the second frequency based on the characteristic data and the plurality of minimum frequencies, wherein the second frequency is different from the first frequency and corresponds to a frequency at which the plurality of modules in the cloud computing environment requires the characteristic data to generate one or more operational models for the plurality of electronic components;
- send the characteristic data at the second frequency to the cloud computing network, wherein the cloud computing network is configured to:
- perform at least one of data tracking, data validation, data processing, and data recording with the characteristic data;
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- generate the one or more operational models for the plurality of electronic components based on the characteristic data received at the second frequency and at least one of the data tracking, the data validation, the data processing, and the data recording with the characteristic data;
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- receive one or more insights as a report from the cloud computing network, wherein the one or more insights are related to a prediction of one or more operating and structural limitations causing the at least one of the plurality of electronic components to fail at a time frame, wherein the one or more insights are generated by the one or more operational models of the cloud computing network, wherein the one or more operational models for the plurality of electronic components are automatically updated based on the received one or more insights as the report, wherein at least one corrective action associated with the at least one of the plurality of electronic components is identified based on the report;
- wherein a map indicating a list of agencies in vicinity of a location of the BAS is displayed based on the at least one corrective action, and wherein at least one corrective action is transmitted to at least one agency from the list of agencies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.