BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH HEURISTICS FOR CONFIGURING BUILDING SPACES
First Claim
1. A building management system comprising:
- building equipment located within a building space;
a controller that receives input from the building equipment and provides a control signal to the building equipment;
a floorplan geolocator that receives a map providing geolocation data and overlays a building floorplan onto the map;
a space geolocator that receives a first input defining a location of the building space relative to the floorplan and determines a geolocation of the building space using the geolocation data;
an equipment geolocator that receives a second input defining a location of the building equipment relative to the floorplan and determines a geolocation of the building equipment using the geolocation data; and
a parent space detector that uses geometric heuristics and the geolocations of the building space and the building equipment to identify a spatial relationship between the building space and the building equipment;
wherein the controller uses the spatial relationship between the building space and the building equipment to generate the control signal provided to the building equipment.
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Abstract
A building management system (BMS) includes building equipment located within a building space and a controller that receives input from the building equipment and provides a control signal to the building equipment. A floorplan geolocator receives a map providing geolocation data and overlays a building floorplan onto the map. A space geolocator receives an input defining a location of the building space relative to the floorplan and determines a geolocation of the building space using the geolocation data. A equipment geolocator receives an input defining a location of the building equipment relative to the floorplan and determines a geolocation of the building equipment using the geolocation data. A parent space detector uses geometric heuristics and the geolocations of the building space and the building equipment to identify a spatial relationship between the building space and the building equipment. The controller uses the spatial relationship to generate the control signal.
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20 Claims
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1. A building management system comprising:
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building equipment located within a building space; a controller that receives input from the building equipment and provides a control signal to the building equipment; a floorplan geolocator that receives a map providing geolocation data and overlays a building floorplan onto the map; a space geolocator that receives a first input defining a location of the building space relative to the floorplan and determines a geolocation of the building space using the geolocation data; an equipment geolocator that receives a second input defining a location of the building equipment relative to the floorplan and determines a geolocation of the building equipment using the geolocation data; and a parent space detector that uses geometric heuristics and the geolocations of the building space and the building equipment to identify a spatial relationship between the building space and the building equipment; wherein the controller uses the spatial relationship between the building space and the building equipment to generate the control signal provided to the building equipment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for establishing relationships between building spaces and building equipment in a building management system, the method comprising:
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generating and providing a control signal from a controller of the building management system to building equipment located within a building space; overlaying a building floorplan onto a map providing geolocation data; receiving a first input defining a location of the building space relative to the floorplan and a second input defining a location of the building equipment relative to the floorplan; determining a geolocation of the building space and a geolocation of the building equipment using the geolocation data; and identifying a spatial relationship between the building space and the building equipment using geometric heuristics and the geolocations of the building space and the building equipment; wherein the controller uses the spatial relationship between the building space and the building equipment to generate the control signal provided to the building equipment. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A building management system comprising:
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building equipment located within a building space; a controller that receives input from the building equipment and provides a control signal to the building equipment; a space geolocator that receives a first input defining a location of the building space relative to a map and determines a geolocation of the building space using geolocation data provided by the map; an equipment geolocator that receives a second input defining a location of the building equipment relative to the map and determines a geolocation of the building equipment using the geolocation data provided by the map; and a parent space detector that uses geometric heuristics to identify the building space as a parent space that contains the building equipment; wherein the controller establishes a control relationship between the building space and the building equipment in response to identifying the building space as the parent space and uses the control relationship to generate the control signal provided to the building equipment. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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