SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALLY INDICATING VALUE CHANGES IN A BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20180067635A1
• Filed: 09/07/2016
• Published: 03/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2016
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Original Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Zummo, Michael J.
• Application Number:
  US15/258,854
• Publication Number:
  US 20180067635A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/62 characterised by the type of control or by internal processing, e.g. using fuzzy logic, adaptive control or estimation of values
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• 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

Abstract

A building management system monitoring device include a processing circuit. The processing circuit includes a processor and a memory and is configured to receive data from the building management system. The device further includes a data evaluation module stored in the memory and configured to evaluate the received data. The monitoring device further including a user interface. The user interface is in communication with the processing circuit, and configured to display a plurality of real-time data values received by the processing circuit. The user interface is further configured to display a visual indication in response to the data evaluation module determining a data value variation exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Claims

1. A building management system (BMS) monitoring device, the device comprising:

a processing circuit comprising a processor and a memory, and configured to receive data from the building management system;

a data evaluation module stored in the memory, and configured to evaluate the received data; and

a user interface in communication with the processing circuit, and configured to display a plurality of real-time data values received by the processing circuit, the user interface further configured to display a visual indication in response to the data evaluation module determining a data value variation exceeds a predetermined threshold.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the user interface is a mobile device;

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the visual indication is a colored transparent digital object positioned over each displayed data value on the user interface.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein an intensity of the colored transparent digital object fades over a defined time period.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the processing circuit is configured to instruct the user interface to display a primary visual indication when at least one of the displayed real-time data values is determined to exceed the predetermined threshold.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the processing circuit is configured to instruct the user interface to display a secondary visual indication when at least one of the displayed real-time data values is determined to exceed the predetermined threshold a second time within a first predetermined time of the primary visual indication being displayed.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the processing circuit is configured to instruct the user interface to provide a tertiary indication when at least one of the displayed real-time data values is determined to exceed the predetermined threshold a third time within a second predetermined time of the secondary indication being provided.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the predetermined threshold is automatically determined by the processing circuit.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to display a plurality of historical received data values simultaneously with the displayed real-time data values.

10. A method of providing a visual indication on a user interface indicating a change in a building management system (BMS) data point, comprising:

monitoring a plurality of data points of the BMS using a monitoring device;

detecting a value change of one or more of the data points;

determining if the value change exceeds a predetermined threshold; and

displaying a primary visual indication to a user on the user interface indicating the value change of the changed data points in response to the value change exceeding the predetermined threshold.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

detecting a second value change of the changed data points within a first predetermined amount of time after the primary visual indication is displayed;

determining if the second value change exceeds the predetermined threshold; and

displaying a secondary visual indication to the user on the user interface indicating the value change of the changed data points in response to the second value change exceeding the predetermined threshold.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

detecting a third value change of the changed data points within a second predetermined amount of time after the secondary visual indication is displayed;

determining if the third value change exceeds the predetermined threshold; and

displaying a tertiary visual indication to the user on the user interface indicating the value change of the changed data points in response to the third value change exceeding the predetermined threshold.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the primary visual indication is a first colored transparent digital object, the secondary visual indication is a second colored transparent digital object, and the tertiary visual indication is a third colored transparent digital object.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the primary visual indication, the secondary visual indication, and the tertiary visual indication are displayed separately.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the predetermined threshold is a predefined percentage variation of the data value.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising displaying the plurality of data points in real time on the user interface.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising storing the displayed plurality of data points for a defined period of time.

18. A building management system (BMS) monitoring system, the system comprising:

a monitoring tool configured to communicate with the BMS, comprising;

a processing circuit comprising a processor and a memory, and configured to receive data from the building management system; and

a data evaluation module stored in the memory, and configured to evaluate the received data; and

a user interface in communication with the monitoring tool, and configured to display a plurality of real-time data values received by the processing circuit, the user interface further configured to perform the steps of;

displaying a primary visual indication in response to the data evaluation module determining a data value variation exceeds a predetermined threshold;

displaying a secondary visual indication in response to the data evaluation module determining the data value variation exceeds the predetermined threshold within a first predetermined time after the primary visual indication is displayed; and

displaying a tertiary visual indication in response to the data evaluation module determining the data value variation exceeds the predetermined threshold within a second predetermined time after the secondary visual indication is displayed.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the user interface communicates with the monitoring tool via a wireless interface.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the primary visual indication is a first colored transparent digital object, the secondary visual indication is a second colored transparent digital object, and the tertiary visual indication is a third colored transparent digital object.