System and method for inferring or prompting HVAC actions based on large data standard deviation based metric
First Claim
1. A computer based monitoring system for collecting, analyzing and presenting temperature information from sensors associated with an HVAC system, the system comprising:
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a wireless gateway in communication with the network, the wireless gateway receiving electrical signals from a plurality of sensors being used to sense temperature information;
a processor in communication with the network for communicating with the plurality of sensors via the wireless gateway and obtaining temperature data in the form of electrical signals being reported by each of the sensors;
a graphical user interface (GUI) module embodied in a non-transient processor readable medium and configured to run on a computing device having a display screen, the GUI module configured to generate in real time a graphic on the display screen pertaining to data obtained from the sensors by the processor, the graphic including;
a first component having a first indicia indicating a first subportion of the plurality of sensors that are indicating a temperature which is within a predetermined temperature range;
a second component having a second indicia indicating a second subportion of the plurality of sensors that are indicating a temperature which is below a predetermined lower limit;
a third component having a third indicia indicating a third subportion of the plurality of sensors that are indicating a temperature which is above a predetermined upper limit; and
wherein the first component, the second component and the third component are all integrated for simultaneous display into at least one of;
a bar graph;
ora circular dial graph; and
wherein the GUI module of the system uses information supplied by the processor to determine and present different types of numerical information at different locations around the first, second and third components, such that the different types of numerical information are located adjacent associated ones of the first, second and third components, depending on the dimensions of the first, second and third components, and moved in accordance with changing dimensions of the first, second and third components, to help control operation of the HVAC system.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a computer based system for collecting, analyzing and presenting temperature information from sensors associated with an HVAC system. The system makes use of a processor for communicating with the plurality of sensors and obtaining temperature data reported by each of the sensors. A graphical user interface (GUI) module is provided which is embodied in a non-transient medium and configured to run on a computing device having a display screen. The user GUI module uses the temperature data, in real time, to generate a graph on the display screen. The graph includes a plurality of components each having different indicia to indicate groups of sensors that are below a predetermined lower temperature limit, above a predetermined upper temperature limit, and within a predetermined temperature range. Standard deviation information may be supplied with the graph which relates to the maximum standard deviation of those groups of sensors that are reporting temperatures above and below the predetermined temperature range.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer based monitoring system for collecting, analyzing and presenting temperature information from sensors associated with an HVAC system, the system comprising:
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a network; a wireless gateway in communication with the network, the wireless gateway receiving electrical signals from a plurality of sensors being used to sense temperature information; a processor in communication with the network for communicating with the plurality of sensors via the wireless gateway and obtaining temperature data in the form of electrical signals being reported by each of the sensors; a graphical user interface (GUI) module embodied in a non-transient processor readable medium and configured to run on a computing device having a display screen, the GUI module configured to generate in real time a graphic on the display screen pertaining to data obtained from the sensors by the processor, the graphic including; a first component having a first indicia indicating a first subportion of the plurality of sensors that are indicating a temperature which is within a predetermined temperature range; a second component having a second indicia indicating a second subportion of the plurality of sensors that are indicating a temperature which is below a predetermined lower limit; a third component having a third indicia indicating a third subportion of the plurality of sensors that are indicating a temperature which is above a predetermined upper limit; and wherein the first component, the second component and the third component are all integrated for simultaneous display into at least one of; a bar graph;
ora circular dial graph; and wherein the GUI module of the system uses information supplied by the processor to determine and present different types of numerical information at different locations around the first, second and third components, such that the different types of numerical information are located adjacent associated ones of the first, second and third components, depending on the dimensions of the first, second and third components, and moved in accordance with changing dimensions of the first, second and third components, to help control operation of the HVAC system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer based monitoring system for collecting, analyzing and presenting temperature information from sensors associated with an HVAC system, the system comprising:
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a network; a wireless gateway in communication with the network, the wireless gateway receiving electrical signals from a plurality of sensors being used to sense temperature information; a processor for communicating with the plurality of sensors via the wireless gateway and obtaining temperature data represented by electrical signals being reported by each of the sensors; a graphical user interface (GUI) module embodied in a non-transient computer readable medium and configured to run on a computing device having a display screen, the GUI module configured to receive information from the processor concerning temperature data being reported by the sensors; the GUI module configured to generate in real time a graph on the display screen, using the temperature data reported by the sensors, the graph including; a first component having a first indicia indicating a first subplurality of the plurality of sensors that are indicating a temperature which is within a predetermined temperature range; a second component having a second indicia indicating a second subplurality of the plurality of sensors that are indicating a temperature which is below a predetermined lower temperature limit, along with a standard deviation number associated with the temperature data from with the second subplurality of the sensors; a third component having a third indicia indicating a third subplurality of the plurality of sensors that are indicating a temperature which is above a predetermined upper temperature range, along with a standard deviation number associated with the temperature data from with the third subplurality of the sensors; and the first, second and third components being presented adjacent one another on the graph together with the standard deviation number associated with each of the first, second and third components; and wherein the GUI module uses information supplied by the processor to determine and present additional first, second and third numerical data for each of the first, second and third indicia, together with the standard deviation number associated with each of the first, second and third indicia, such that the additional first, second and third numerical data, together with the standard deviation number associated with each, is located adjacent associated ones of the first, second and third components, and is re-positioned depending on changing dimensions of the first, second and third components, to help control operation of the HVAC system. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer based monitoring method for collecting, analyzing and presenting temperature information from sensors associated with an HVAC system, the method comprising:
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providing a network; using a wireless gateway to communicate with the network to receive electrical signals from a plurality of sensors being used to sense temperature information; using a processor for communicating with the plurality of sensors via the wireless gateway and to obtain temperature data in the form of electrical signals being reported by each of the sensors; using a graphical user interface (GUI) module embodied in a non-transient, computer readable medium and configured to run on a computing device having a display screen, the GUI module generating in real time a graph on the display screen, the graph forming at least one of a bar graph and a circular dial graph, and the graph including; a first component having a first indicia indicating a first subportion of the plurality of sensors that are indicating a temperature which is within a predetermined temperature range; a second component having a second indicia indicating a second subportion of the plurality of sensors that are indicating a temperature which is below a predetermined lower temperature limit, along with a standard deviation number associated with the second subportion of the plurality of sensors; a third component having a third indicia indicating a third subportion of the plurality of sensors that are indicating a temperature which is above a predetermined upper temperature limit, along with a standard deviation number associated with the third subportion of the plurality of sensors; and the first, second and third components being presented adjacent one another on the graph together with the standard deviation number associated with each of the first, second and third components; and wherein the GUI module uses information supplied by the processor to determine where to locate standard deviation data associated with each of the first, second and third components, to maintain the standard deviation data associated with each said component grouped together regardless of changing dimensions of the first, second and third components, to help control operation of the HVAC system. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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