Systems and methods for displaying HVAC information
First Claim
1. A method for displaying information in relation to a Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system, the method including;
- obtaining data indicative of a plurality of HVAC components of an HVAC system;
defining data indicative of a display object for rendering on a client display, the display object including a grid defined by a plurality of commonly-sized geometrically arranged indicator blocks, wherein each indicator block is associated with a respective unique HVAC component;
binding each indicator block with a respective source of comfort level data for its associated HVAC component; and
for each indicator block;
(i) identifying comfort level data obtained from the source with which that block is bound, wherein the comfort level data includes a measured temperature value;
(ii) comparing the obtained comfort level data with a predefined comfort setpoint for that block, wherein the comfort setpoint includes a predefined preferred temperature value;
(iii) setting a display attribute for the block based on the relationship between the obtained comfort level data and the predefined comfort setpoint; and
(iv) repeating steps (i) to (iii) thereby to, on an ongoing basis, modify the display attribute responsive to changes in the comfort level data.
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Abstract
Described herein are systems and methods for displaying HVAC information. One embodiment provides a method for displaying HVAC information including obtaining data indicative of a plurality of HVAC components of an HVAC system. For example, this data may be maintained by a building management system. The method further includes defining data indicative of a display object for rendering on a client display, the display object including a plurality of geometrically arranged indicator blocks, wherein each indicator block is associated with a respective HVAC component. For the purposes of this display object, each indicator block is bound with respective source of comfort level data for its associated HVAC component. Display characteristics are defined for each indicator block responsive to the comfort level data. The display characteristics are selectively modified responsive to changes in the comfort level data. The resulting display object is referred to as a “comfort map” for the present purposes.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for displaying information in relation to a Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system, the method including;
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obtaining data indicative of a plurality of HVAC components of an HVAC system; defining data indicative of a display object for rendering on a client display, the display object including a grid defined by a plurality of commonly-sized geometrically arranged indicator blocks, wherein each indicator block is associated with a respective unique HVAC component; binding each indicator block with a respective source of comfort level data for its associated HVAC component; and for each indicator block; (i) identifying comfort level data obtained from the source with which that block is bound, wherein the comfort level data includes a measured temperature value; (ii) comparing the obtained comfort level data with a predefined comfort setpoint for that block, wherein the comfort setpoint includes a predefined preferred temperature value; (iii) setting a display attribute for the block based on the relationship between the obtained comfort level data and the predefined comfort setpoint; and (iv) repeating steps (i) to (iii) thereby to, on an ongoing basis, modify the display attribute responsive to changes in the comfort level data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer system comprising:
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a memory for storing software instructions; a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to read and execute software instructions in the memory to; obtain data indicative of a plurality of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) components of an HVAC system; define data indicative of a display object for rendering on a client display, the display object including a plurality of geometrically arranged indicator blocks, wherein each indicator block is associated with a respective unique HVAC component; bind each indicator block with a respective source of comfort level data for its associated HVAC component; and for each indicator block, (i) identifying comfort level data obtained from the source with which that block is bound, wherein the comfort level data includes a measured value; (ii) comparing the obtained comfort level data with a predefined comfort setpoint for that block, wherein the comfort setpoint includes a predefined preferred value; (iii) setting a display attribute for the block based on the relationship between the obtained comfort level data and the predefined comfort setpoint; and (iv) repeating steps (i) to (iii) thereby to, on an ongoing basis, modify the display attribute responsive to changes in the comfort level data.
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