Building risk analysis system with global risk dashboard

• US 10,565,844 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2018
• Issued: 02/18/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Original Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Pourmohammad, Sajjad, Moore, Jacinta
• Primary Examiner(s): Girma, Fekadeselassie
• Application Number:
  US16/143,276
• Publication Number:
  US 20190096217A1
• Time in Patent Office: 510 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/30 Semantic analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/20 Ensemble learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/022 Knowledge engineering; Knowledge acquisition
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 7/01 Probabilistic graphical models, e.g. probabilistic networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0635 Risk analysis of enterprise or organisation activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/067 Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/163 Real estate management
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 19/00 Alarms responsive to two or more different undesired or abnormal conditions, e.g. burglary and fire, abnormal temperature and abnormal rate of flow
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/10 responsive to calamitous events, e.g. tornados or earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/18 Status alarms G08B21/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/182 Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 23/00 Alarms responsive to unspecified undesired or abnormal conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 31/00 Predictive alarm systems characterised by extrapolation or other computation using updated historic data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

A building management system includes one or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a plurality of threat events, the received threat events associated with a plurality of threat categories, the plurality of assets associated with a plurality of locations. The instructions cause the one or more processors to generate a location-specific aggregated risk score, generate a category-specific risk metric indicating, and for each of at least two or more of the plurality of threat categories, generate a number of threat events associated with the threat categories, generate user interface data including, within a single interface, visual representations of both the location-specific aggregated risk scores for the two or more locations and the category-specific risk metrics for the two or more threat categories.

Claims

1. A building management system comprising:

one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

receive a plurality of threat events indicating a potential threat to one or more of a plurality of assets, the plurality of assets comprising at least one of buildings, building equipment, people, or spaces within a building, the received threat events associated with a plurality of threat categories, the plurality of assets associated with a plurality of locations;

for each of the plurality of assets;

determine one or more of the threat events affecting the asset; and

generate a risk score for the asset based on the threat events determined to affect the asset;

generate a location-specific aggregated risk score for two or more of the plurality of locations based on a combination of the risk scores for the assets associated with the locations;

generate a category-specific risk metric indicating, for each of at least two or more of the plurality of threat categories, a number of threat events associated with the threat categories;

generate user interface data including, within a single interface, visual representations of both the location-specific aggregated risk scores for the two or more locations and the category-specific risk metrics for the two or more threat categories; and

cause the user interface data to be displayed on a device.

2. The building management system of claim 1, wherein the user interface data further includes, within the single interface, a total number of active alarms across the plurality of locations and the plurality of threat categories.

3. The building management system of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to determine, for each of a plurality of timeframes, a timeframe-specific aggregated risk score based on a combination of the risk scores for the plurality of assets within the timeframe, the user interface data further including, within the single interface, a risk score time chart illustrating the timeframe-specific aggregated risk scores for at least two of the plurality of timeframes.

4. The building management system of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to determine two or more of the plurality of assets using the risk scores of the assets, the user interface data further including a detailed asset interface including an identification of the two or more assets, the risk score for the assets, and an identification of one or more risk events affecting the assets.

5. The building management system of claim 1, wherein the user interface data includes a mapping portion showing the two or more locations, and wherein the visual representations of the location-specific aggregated risk scores are provided within the mapping portion.

6. The building management system of claim 5, wherein at least one of a size or a color of the visual representations of the location-specific aggregated risk scores is determined based on values of the location-specific aggregated risk scores.

7. The building management system of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to determine two or more of the plurality of threat events associated with highest risk scores among the plurality of threat events and across the locations, the user interface data further including a detailed threat interface including the risk score, threat category, and a description for each of the two or more threat events.

8. The building management system of claim 7, wherein the detailed threat interface including category filters configured to permit a user to select one or more threat categories, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to limit the threat events displayed within the detailed threat interface based on the selected threat categories;

wherein the detailed threat interface including severity filters configured to permit a user to select one or more severity ranges, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to limit the threat events displayed within the detailed threat interface based on the selected severity range;

wherein the detailed threat interface including geographic region filters configured to permit a user to select one or more geographic regions, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to limit the threat events displayed within the detailed threat interface based on the selected geographic region;

wherein the detailed threat interface includes forecasted threat values for an asset, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to generate the forecasted threat values based on historical threat values.

9. A method for risk analysis, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of threat events indicating a potential threat to one or more of a plurality of assets, the plurality of assets comprising at least one of buildings, building equipment, people, or spaces within a building, the received threat events associated with a plurality of threat categories, the plurality of assets associated with a plurality of locations;

for each of the plurality of assets;

determining one or more of the threat events affecting the asset; and

generating a risk score for the asset based on the threat events determined to affect the asset;

generating a location-specific aggregated risk score for two or more of the plurality of locations based on a combination of the risk scores for the assets associated with the locations;

generating a category-specific risk metric indicating, for each of at least two or more of the plurality of threat categories, a number of threat events associated with the threat categories;

generating user interface data including, within a single interface, visual representations of both the location-specific aggregated risk scores for the two or more locations and the category-specific risk metrics for the two or more threat categories; and

causing the user interface data to be displayed on a device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the user interface data further includes, within the single interface, a total number of active alarms across the plurality of locations and the plurality of threat categories.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising determining, for each of a plurality of timeframes, a timeframe-specific aggregated risk score based on a combination of the risk scores for the plurality of assets within the timeframe, the user interface data further including, within the single interface, a risk score time chart illustrating the timeframe-specific aggregated risk scores for at least two of the plurality of timeframes.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising determining two or more of the plurality of assets using the risk scores of the assets, the user interface data further including a detailed asset interface including an identification of the two or more assets, the risk score for the assets, and an identification of one or more risk events affecting the assets.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the user interface data includes a mapping portion showing the two or more locations, and wherein the visual representations of the location-specific aggregated risk scores are provided within the mapping portion.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein at least one of a size or a color of the visual representations of the location-specific aggregated risk scores is determined based on values of the location-specific aggregated risk scores.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising determining two or more of the plurality of threat events associated with highest risk scores among the plurality of threat events and across the locations, the user interface data further including a detailed threat interface including the risk score, threat category, and a description for each of the two or more threat events.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the detailed threat interface including category filters configured to permit a user to select one or more threat categories, wherein the method further comprises limiting the threat events displayed within the detailed threat interface based on the selected threat categories.

17. A risk analysis system comprising:

one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon; and

one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to;

receive a plurality of threat events indicating a potential threat to one or more of a plurality of assets, the plurality of assets comprising at least one of buildings, building equipment, people, or spaces within a building, the received threat events associated with a plurality of threat categories, the plurality of assets associated with a plurality of locations;

for each of the plurality of assets;

determine one or more of the threat events affecting the asset; and

generate a risk score for the asset based on the threat events determined to affect the asset;

generate a location-specific aggregated risk score for two or more of the plurality of locations based on a combination of the risk scores for the assets associated with the locations;

generate a category-specific risk metric indicating, for each of at least two or more of the plurality of threat categories, a number of threat events associated with the threat categories;

generate user interface data including, within a single interface, visual representations of both the location-specific aggregated risk scores for the two or more locations and the category-specific risk metrics for the two or more threat categories; and

cause the user interface data to be displayed on a device.

18. The risk analysis system of claim 17, wherein the user interface data further includes, within the single interface, a total number of active alarms across the plurality of locations and the plurality of threat categories.

19. The risk analysis system of claim 17, wherein the user interface data includes a mapping portion showing the two or more locations, and wherein the visual representations of the location-specific aggregated risk scores are provided within the mapping portion.

20. The risk analysis system of claim 19, wherein at least one of a size or a color of the visual representations of the location-specific aggregated risk scores is determined based on values of the location-specific aggregated risk scores.