Building device cluster data display with thumbnail graphical display interface

• US 9,513,643 B2
• Filed: 04/22/2013
• Issued: 12/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Copeland Cold Chain LP
• Original Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies Retail Solutions Incorporated (Emerson Electric Company)
• Inventors: Day, Donald, Thompson, Paul, Coyle, Timothy, Wallace, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Ali, Mohammad
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lindsay, Bernard G
• Application Number:
  US13/867,719
• Publication Number:
  US 20130289774A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,324 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 23/1919 characterised by the type of controller
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/355 Class or cluster creation or modification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/358 Browsing; Visualisation therefor

Abstract

A system and method for display of multiple data sets related to building systems is provided. A first building system includes a first sensor that generates first operating data corresponding to the first building system. A second building system includes a second sensor that generates second operating data corresponding to the second building system. A data server stores the first operating data and the second operating data. A user terminal accesses the first operating data and the second operating data, receives user input selecting the first operating data and the second operating data for display, and displays the first operating data and the second operating data together in a graphical display.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a first building system including a first sensor that generates first operating data corresponding to the first building system, the first operating data including a plurality of first data values generated by the first sensor and corresponding time values associated with each of the first data values;

a second building system including a second sensor that generates second operating data corresponding to the second building system, the second operating data including a plurality of second data values generated by the second sensor and corresponding time values associated with each of the second data values;

a data server that receives and stores the first operating data and the second operating data over time;

a user terminal that accesses the first operating data and the second operating data, that receives user input selecting the first operating data and the second operating data for display, that receives user input selecting a first time period for display, that displays the first data values from the first operating data that have corresponding time values within the first time period and the second data values from the second operating data that have corresponding time values within the first time period together in a graphical display having a common time axis such that the first data values from the first operating data are displayed in the graphical display aligned with the second data values from the second operating data having common corresponding time values, the common corresponding time values being indicated on the common time axis, that displays a thumbnail image corresponding to each set of operating data available for display in the graphical display, each thumbnail image including a graph displaying actual data values represented in the corresponding set of operating data that have corresponding time values within the first time period, that receives user input selecting a second time period for display, and that updates the graph for each thumbnail image to display the actual data values represented in the corresponding set of operating data that have corresponding time values within the second time period;

wherein each thumbnail image can be selected to display the corresponding set of operating data in the graphical display.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first building system and the second building system comprise at least one of:

a refrigeration system, an HVAC system, a lighting system, and an alarm system.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first sensor and the second sensor comprise one of:

a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, and an electrical sensor.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the user terminal displays a log table of data values corresponding to a selected one of the first and second operating data.

5. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a processor for:

receiving a plurality of datasets, each dataset including operating data corresponding to at least one building system that is generated by at least one of a sensor and a controller of the corresponding building system, the operating data including a plurality of data values and corresponding time values and the computer readable storage medium including at least one preprogrammed selection option that includes a predetermined group of datasets from the plurality of datasets;

receiving a user input selection indicating a selected group of datasets for display in a graphical display, the selected group of datasets including at least one of the predetermined group of datasets of the preprogrammed selection option and a user-selected group of datasets from the plurality of datasets;

receiving user input selecting a first time period for display;

displaying the operating data for each of the selected group of datasets that has corresponding time values within the first time period in a graphical display having a common time axis such that data values from the operating data for each of the selected group of datasets are displayed in the graphical display aligned based on common corresponding time values, the common corresponding time values being indicated on the common time axis, including displaying the operating data for the predetermined group of datasets when the at least one preprogrammed selection option is selected;

displaying a thumbnail image corresponding to each dataset available for display in the graphical display, each thumbnail image including a graph displaying operating data from the corresponding dataset that has corresponding time values within the first time period;

receiving user input selecting a second time period for display; and

updating the graph for each thumbnail image to display operating data from the corresponding dataset that has corresponding time values within the second time period;

wherein each thumbnail image can be selected to display operating data from the corresponding dataset in the graphical display.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium recited by claim 5, wherein the at least one building system includes a refrigeration system and the predetermined group of datasets includes at least one of:

a suction pressure dataset;

a condenser pressure dataset;

a defrost schedule dataset; and

a circuit temperature dataset.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium recited by claim 5, wherein the at least one building system includes a refrigeration system and the predetermined group of datasets includes an alarm dataset that includes data corresponding to at least one of an alarm and a fault condition of the refrigeration system.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium recited by claim 5, further comprising determining the predetermined group of datasets from the plurality of datasets for the preprogrammed selection option based on the received plurality of datasets.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a processor for:

receiving a plurality of datasets, each dataset including operating data corresponding to at least one building system that is generated by at least one of a sensor and a controller of the corresponding building system, the operating data including a plurality of data values and corresponding time values;

analyzing the plurality of datasets with the processor and determining at least one data pattern from the plurality of datasets;

determining a suggested dataset selection option based on the at least one data pattern from the plurality of datasets, the suggested dataset selection option including a preset group of datasets, each dataset of the preset group of datasets including data related to the determined at least one data pattern;

receiving a user input selection indicating a selected group of datasets for display in a graphical display, the selected group of datasets including at least one of the preset group of datasets of the suggested dataset selection option and a user-selected group of datasets from the plurality of datasets;

receiving user input selecting a first time period for display;

displaying the operating data for each of the selected group of datasets that has corresponding time values within the first time period in a graphical display having a common time axis such that data values from the operating data for each of the selected group of datasets are displayed in the graphical display aligned based on common corresponding time values, the common corresponding time values being indicated on the common time axis, including displaying the operating data for the preset group of datasets when the suggested dataset selection option is selected;

displaying a thumbnail image corresponding to each dataset available for display in the graphical display, each thumbnail image including a graph displaying operating data from the corresponding dataset that has corresponding time values within the first time period;

receiving user input selecting a second time period for display; and

updating the graph for each thumbnail image to display operating data from the corresponding dataset that has corresponding time values within the second time period;

wherein each thumbnail image can be selected to display operating data from the corresponding dataset in the graphical display.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium recited by claim 9, wherein the at least one building system includes a refrigeration system and the preset group of datasets includes at least one of:

a suction pressure dataset;

a condenser pressure dataset;

a defrost schedule dataset;

a circuit temperature dataset.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium recited by claim 9, wherein the user input selection indicates selected thumbnail images corresponding to the selected group of datasets for display.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium recited by claim 9, further comprising instructions executable by the processor for updating the graphical display to display data values falling within the second time period.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a processor for:

receiving a plurality of datasets, each dataset including operating data corresponding to at least one building system that is generated by at least one of a sensor and a controller of the corresponding building system, the operating data including a plurality of data values and corresponding time values;

receiving a user input selection indicating at least one of an event and a fault condition of the at least one building system;

determining a related dataset selection option based on at least one of the event and the fault condition, the related dataset selection option including a related group of datasets, each dataset of the related group of datasets including data related to at least one of the event and the fault condition;

receiving a user input selection indicating a selected group of datasets for display in a graphical display, the selected group of datasets including at least one of the related group of datasets of the related dataset selection option and a user-selected group of datasets from the plurality of datasets;

receiving user input selecting a first time period for display;

displaying the operating data for each of the selected group of datasets that has corresponding time values within the first time period in a graphical display having a common time axis such that data values from the operating data for each of the selected group of datasets are displayed in the graphical display aligned based on common corresponding time values, the common corresponding time values being indicated on the common time axis, including displaying the operating data for the related group of datasets when the related dataset selection option is selected;

displaying a thumbnail image corresponding to each dataset available for display in the graphical display, each thumbnail image including a graph displaying operating data from the corresponding dataset that has corresponding time values within the first time period;

receiving user input selecting a second time period for display; and

updating the graph for each thumbnail image to display operating data from the corresponding dataset that has corresponding time values within the second time period;

wherein each thumbnail image can be selected to display operating data from the corresponding dataset in the graphical display.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium recited by claim 13, wherein the at least one building system includes a refrigeration system and the related group of datasets includes at least one of:

a suction pressure dataset;

a condenser pressure dataset;

a defrost schedule dataset;

a circuit temperature dataset.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium recited by claim 13, wherein the user input selection indicates selected thumbnail images corresponding to the selected group of datasets for display.