Systems and methods for navigating graphical displays of buildings

• US 20060277501A1
• Filed: 06/01/2005
• Published: 12/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Plocher, Thomas A., Rye, Jeffrey M., Sun, Xianghong
• Granted Patent: US 7,954,070 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/853
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2823 Reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network device-related reporting H04L43/065; arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators

Abstract

A display for identifying a floor of a building being monitored presents a plurality of groups of floors and a plurality of floors in a group. The groups can be of floors and selected plurality of floors automatically presented to identify one or more floors that are exhibiting a selected ambient condition being monitored. Alternately, a slide can be used to identify one of a plurality of floors. A zoom function can also be provided.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

software for presenting first and second pluralities of indicia the members of the first plurality each specify a group of entity characteristics, the members of the second plurality each specify a member of the group specified by a respective member of the first plurality.

2. An apparatus as in claim 1 where the first plurality comprises groups of levels of a building.

3. An apparatus as in claim 2 where the second plurality comprises the individual levels of a respective group of levels of the first plurality.

4. An apparatus as in claim 1 which includes second software to select a member of the first plurality and a member of the second plurality.

5. An apparatus as in claim 4 where the second software responds to at least one of a manual input, or an output from a transducer.

6. An apparatus as in claim 1, which includes a display upon which members of the first and second pluralities can be presented.

7. An apparatus, as in claim 6 which includes second software, to manually select a member of each plurality.

8. An apparatus as in claim 7 which includes additional software responsive to a plurality of indicium from condition detectors, to select a member of each plurality.

9. An apparatus as in claim 8 which includes further software to present a condition indicating indicium at least with a respective member of the first plurality.

10. An apparatus as in claim 9 where the further software also presents a condition indicating indicium with a respective member of the second plurality.

11. An apparatus as in claim 10 which includes a plurality of ambient condition detectors and control circuitry coupled thereto for implementing the software.

12. An apparatus as in claim 11 which includes added software that evaluates indicia received from the detectors.

13. An apparatus as in claim 5 where the entity characteristics of the first plurality comprise groups of floors in a structure being monitored.

14. An apparatus as in claim 13 where the members of the second plurality comprise individual floors of a selected group of floors.

15. An apparatus as in claim 14 which includes a moveable window for providing an enlargement of a portion of a display.

16. An apparatus comprising:

software for presenting one of a manually manipulatable, movable member for specifying a member of a group, or, first and second pluralities of indicia the members of the first plurality each specify a group of entity characteristics, the members of the second plurality each specify a member of the group specified by a respective member of the first plurality.

17. An apparatus as in claim 16 where the first plurality comprises groups of levels of a building.

18. An apparatus as in claim 17 where the second plurality comprises the individual levels of a respective group of levels of the first plurality.

19. An apparatus as in claim 16 where members of the group comprise floors of a building being monitored.

20. An apparatus as in claim 16 which includes a displayable window for providing an enlargement of a portion of a region within the window.

21. An apparatus as in claim 16 where the movable member is presented by the software in the form of a movable slide bar.

22. An apparatus as in claim 21 where the software presents the slide bar adjacent to an indicium that is being selected.

23. An apparatus as in claim 16 which includes enlargement software to provide a zoom function.

24. An apparatus as in claim 23 where the enlargement software provides a closed displayable member which defines a region being enlarged.

25. An apparatus as in claim 24 where the closed displayable member is movable thereby altering the region being enlarged.