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US 8,572,502 B2Granted
Building control system user interface with docking feature
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsPallavi Dharwada, SankaTandav Krishna
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Abstract
Building control systems that include a user interface that is configured to help manage relatively large amounts of building control data in an efficient and intuitive manner. In some cases, subsets of building control information can be associated with display elements such as windows or tabs, which can then be docked to provide a convenient way to selectively display only certain subsets of the building control information.
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A method of displaying building control information on a display under the control of a building control program, the method comprising:
- the building control program receiving building control information from two or more remotely located building control sites, each building control site located remotely from one another, wherein the building control information received from each of the two or more building control sites is associated with at least one of an HVAC system, a refrigeration system and a security system of the corresponding building control site;
- associating at least some of the building control information from a first remotely located building control site with a first display element, the first display element having a first tab;
- associating at least some of the building control information from a second remotely located building control site with a second display element, the second display element having a second tab;
- simultaneously displaying each of the first tab and the second tab on the display, with each of the first tab and the second tab available for selection by a user;
- displaying on the display at least some of the building control information associated with the first building control site when the first tab of the first display element is selected by the user for display;
- displaying on the display at least some of the building control information associated with the second building control site when the second tab of the second display element is selected by the user for display;
- docking one or more of the first display element and the second display element in a docking display element, and once docked, no longer displaying the corresponding tab on the display;
- the docking display element is displayed on the display when one or more of the first display element and second display element are docked in the docking display element;
- and
- automatically docking one or more of the first tab and the second tab when the number of simultaneously displayed tabs exceeds a predetermined number.
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A method of displaying building control information on a display, comprising:
- receiving building control information from two or more remotely located building control sites each remotely located from one another, wherein the building control information is associated with at least one of an HVAC system, a refrigeration system and a security system of the corresponding building control site;
- selecting one or more subsets of the building control information, each of the one or more subsets of building control information associated with a different building control site;
- displaying one or more tabs within a display window on the display, each of the one or more tabs corresponding to one of the subsets of building control information;
- selecting a first tab to display the corresponding subset of building control information in the display window;
- sequentially selecting additional tabs to sequentially display their correspond subset of building control information in the display window;
- simultaneously displaying each of the first tab and the additional tabs;
- and
- automatically docking one or more of the first tab and the additional tabs when the number of simultaneously displayed tabs exceeds a predetermined number.
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A building control system comprising:
- an input and output block for communicating with two or more remotely located building control sites via a network, wherein each of the two or more remotely located building control sites are remotely located from one another;
- a data processing system executing a building control program, the building control program configured to receive building control information from the two or more remotely located building control sites, wherein the building control information from each of the two or more building control sites is associated with at least one of an HVAC system, a refrigeration system and a security system of the corresponding building control site, the building control program further configured to:
- associate at least some of the building control information received from a first building control site with a first display element, the first display element having a first tab;
- associate at least some of the building control information received from a second building control site with a second display element, the second display element having a second tab;
- simultaneously displaying each of the first tab and the second tab on the display, with each of the first tab and the second tab available for selection by a user;
- display at least some of the building control information received from the first building control site when the first tab of the first display element is selected for display;
- display at least some of the building control information received from the second building control site when the second tab of the second display element is selected for display;
- receive selection of additional tabs of additional display elements for display that correspond to building control information associate with additional building control sites;
- automatically dock one or more of the first display element and the second display element in a docking display element when the number of displayed tabs of display elements exceeds a predetermined number such that, once docked, the corresponding tab is no longer displayed;
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- the docking display element is displayed when one or more of the first display element and second display element are docked in the docking display element.
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