AUTOMATED BUILDING MONITORING SYSTEM

• US 20130066470A1
• Filed: 12/21/2011
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Pan, Ming-Hsien, Wang, I-Yu, Chang, Chin-Hsuan
• Granted Patent: US 8,831,784 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/275
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2818 from a device located outside both the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless eletrical link G08C17/00; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with remote control systems H04M11/007
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2825 Reporting to a device located outside the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with telemetering systems H04M11/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2834 Switching of information between an external network and a home network access arrangements H04L12/2856

Abstract

An automated building monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of apparatuses in a building, includes: a plurality of controllers for controlling the plurality of apparatuses; a controlling platform for providing control-setting information; and a controlling server connected to the controllers and the controlling platform for receiving and storing the control-setting information provided by the controlling platform, and obtaining real-time data of the controllers or real-time data of the apparatuses via the controllers, the controlling server controlling the controllers to control the apparatuses based on the control-setting information and the real-time data of the controllers or the apparatuses. When the controlling platform is abnormal or is abnormally connected to the controlling server, the controlling server continuously monitors the apparatuses in the building based on the stored real-time data of the controllers or the apparatuses.

Claims

1. An automated building monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of apparatuses in a building, comprising:

a plurality of controllers for controlling the plurality of apparatuses;

a controlling platform for providing control-setting information; and

a controlling server connected to the plurality of controllers and the controlling platform for receiving and storing the control-setting information provided by the controlling platform, and obtaining real-time data of the plurality of controllers or real-time data of the plurality of apparatuses via the plurality of controllers, the controlling server controlling the plurality of controllers to control the plurality of apparatuses based on the control-setting information and the real-time data of the plurality of controllers or the plurality of apparatuses,

wherein when the controlling platform is abnormal or is abnormally connected to the controlling server, the controlling server continuously monitors the plurality of apparatuses in the building based on the stored real-time data of the plurality of controllers or the plurality of apparatuses.

2. The automated building monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the controlling server includes:

a first communication interface for the controlling server to communicate with the plurality of controllers, the first communication interface obtaining the real-time data of the plurality of controllers or the real-time data of the plurality of apparatuses via the plurality of controllers; and

a second communication interface for the controlling server to communicate with the controlling platform, the second communication interface receiving the control-setting information.

3. The automated building monitoring system of claim 2, wherein the first communication interface is a Modbus or BACNet communication protocol, and the second communication interface is a HTTP/HTTPS and XML interface.

4. The automated building monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the control-setting information includes information of the plurality of apparatuses, information of the plurality of controllers, information of the controlling server, or the condition-control setting information.

5. The automated building monitoring system of claim 4, wherein the condition-control setting information includes scheduling control, process control, or required quantity control, and the information of the plurality of apparatuses includes physical addresses of the controllers to which the apparatuses are connected or the plurality of apparatuses.

6. The automated building monitoring system of claim 4, wherein the controlling server includes:

a real-time information storage for storing the real-time data of the plurality of controllers or the plurality of apparatuses;

an information storage for storing the information of the plurality of apparatuses, the information of the controllers, or the information of the controlling server; and

a setting-file storage for storing a condition-control setting file converted from the condition-control setting information by the controlling server.

7. The automated building monitoring system of claim 6, wherein the controlling server further includes a controlling module for comparing the real-time information of the plurality of controllers or the plurality of apparatuses with the condition-control setting file, and when the real-time information of the plurality of controllers or the plurality of apparatuses matches a setting condition in the condition-control setting file, a corresponding control process is actuated.

8. The automated building monitoring system of claim 6, wherein the controlling server further includes a controlling module and a warning-event storage, the controlling module compares the real-time information of the plurality of controllers or the plurality of apparatuses with the condition-control setting file, and when a warning event in which an real-time information of the plurality of controllers or the plurality of apparatuses matches the abnormal condition in the condition-control setting file occurs, the warning event is stored in the warning-event storage.

9. The automated building monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the controlling platform includes a user interface for the condition-control setting information to be input therein via a network.

10. The automated building monitoring system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the controllers includes an input/output module connected with the plurality of apparatuses and obtaining the real-time information of the plurality of apparatuses.

11. The automated building monitoring system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of controllers has controlling and memorizing functions, such that the plurality of controllers independently control the plurality of apparatuses when the controlling server is abnormal or the each of the plurality of controllers is abnormally connected to the controlling server.