Dashboard for monitoring energy consumption and demand

• US 9,412,138 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2011
• Issued: 08/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Foslien, Wendy
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong, Hien
• Application Number:
  US13/220,895
• Publication Number:
  US 20130055132A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,806 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A system for presenting a utility consumption dashboard. The dashboard may have one or more panes for displaying energy or other utility consumption related information. A pane may indicate utility consumption and time periods of consumption. Data of utility consumption may be shown in terms of years, quarters or months, for different types of utility consumption such as electrical, gas, and so forth. Utility consumption may be noted in various contexts. Another pane may provide daily patterns related to utility consumption. Still another pane may provide a scatter plot of data points relating to utility consumption and temperature outside of the space. Dynamic interaction, including analysis, may involve utility consumption, time period, and temperature outside the space. A data or information point in any of the panes may be selected to reveal a tool tip that highlights details about the point.

Claims

1. A utility consumption dashboard system comprising:

a display;

a processor connected to the display; and

a utility consumption dashboard generated on the display by the processor; and

wherein;

the utility consumption dashboard comprises one or more panes;

a first pane of the one or more panes comprises a view of utility consumption by a space versus date time period; and

a second pane of the one or more panes comprises a view of a plot of utility consumption versus a context variable over one or more increments of the date time period, where the one or more increments of the date time period are selected in the first pane;

a third pane of the one or more panes, wherein the third pane comprises a calendar view of the utility consumption over the one or more increments of the date time period selected in the first pane and a selection of one or more data points in the view of the plot drives the calendar view;

the first pane, the second pane, and the third pane are displayed simultaneously on the utility consumption dashboard;

the context variable is selected from a group consisting of air temperature outside the space, sales volume, production rates, space population density and another context variable that impacts utility consumption.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the selection of the one or more data points in the view of the plot results in a dynamic interaction among utility consumption, the date time period and the context variable.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein:

a selection of a data point in the plot results in a tool tip providing details about the data point;

the details comprise at least one or more of occupancy context, date time period, utility consumption and the context variable.

4. A system having a utility consumption dashboard, comprising:

a processor;

a user interface connected to the processor; and

a display connected to the processor; and

wherein;

the display comprises a presentation of a dashboard;

the dashboard comprises two or more panes viewable simultaneously;

a first pane of the two or more panes comprises a graph indicating utility consumption of a space versus time;

a second pane of the two or more panes comprises a calendar view of the utility consumption versus time over a time period selected in the graph of the first pane;

a third pane of the two or more panes comprises a scatter plot of utility consumption versus a context variable and a selection of one or more data points from the scatter plot drives the calendar view;

the first pane, the second pane and the third pane of the two or more panes are displayed simultaneously on the dashboard; and

at least one pane comprises an integrated and interactive view of information related to energy.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein:

the context variable is selected from a group consisting of air temperature outside the space, sales volume, production rates, space population density and another context variable that impacts utility consumption; and

the scatter plot is derived at least in part from the utility consumption versus time.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein:

the graph indicating utility consumption of a space versus time reveals utility consumption according to context;

the context comprises a status of a space of utility consumption; and

the status of a space comprises a context variable;

the context variable is selected from group consisting of occupied, unoccupied, sales volume, production rates, space population density or another context variable that impacts utility consumption.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein:

the graph indicates utility consumption according to type; and

type comprises one or more of electrical, gas, water, and other type of utility consumption.

8. The system of claim 4, wherein information related to energy comprises energy consumption.

9. The system of claim 4, wherein the second pane zooms to a graph of data points for a single day of utility consumption.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the data points for the single day of utility consumption are shown in the scatter plot of the third pane.

11. The system of claim 4, wherein the second pane zooms to graphs of data points for two or more single days distinguished from one another according to one or more of type of utility consumption and time.

12. The system of claim 4, wherein the calendar view comprises days of the week in columns and weeks in rows.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein:

the columns intersect with the rows and at each intersection of a column with a row is a calendar day; and

in each calendar day, a minimum utility consumption for that day is displayed.

14. A method for presenting a utility consumption dashboard comprising:

generating a dashboard on a display with a processor;

generating one or more panes on the dashboard; and

wherein generating one or more panes on the dashboard includes generating;

a first pane of the one or more panes on the dashboard where the first pane comprises a graph of utility consumption versus a time period;

a second pane of the one or more panes where the second pane comprises a calendar view of utility consumption for a unit of the time period selected in the graph of the first pane;

a third pane of the one or more panes comprises a scatter plot of data points from utility consumption versus a context variable and a selection of one or more data points from the scatter plot drives the calendar view; and

the first pane, the second pane, and the third pane of the one or more panes are displayed on the dashboard simultaneously;

wherein at least one pane of the one or more panes comprises an interactive view of information related to energy.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein:

interaction with the interactive view of the information related to energy is effected with a user interface.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein:

the utility consumption of the graph of the first pane is in a context;

the context is selected from a group consisting of occupied, unoccupied, sales volume, production rates, space population density in a space where the utility consumption is effected, and another context that impacts utility consumption; and

a calendar view of a selected unit of the time period is zoomed to an incremental view of utility consumption within the selected unit of the time period.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein:

utility consumption of the graph in the first pane comprises a type; and

the type comprises one or more of electrical, gas, water and other types of utility consumption.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

generating a tool tip on a data point of the data points; and

wherein;

the tool tip provides detailed information about the data point;

detailed information comprises one or more of context, selected unit of the time period, type and other properties about the data point;

the context variable is a variable that impacts utility consumption; and

the variable may be selected from a group consisting of air temperature outside the space, sales volume, production rates and space population density.