Building automation and building information system

• US 9,729,341 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2010
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Diehl AKO Stiftung & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Diehl AKO Stiftung & Company KG, Viessmann Hausautomation GmbH (Viessmann Climate Solutions SE)
• Inventors: Kaps, Werner, Simon, Helmut, Leonhardt, Armin, Roth, Christian, Petersohn, Jens
• Primary Examiner(s): Ali, Mohammad
• Assistant Examiner(s): Booker, Kelvin
• Application Number:
  US13/501,411
• Publication Number:
  US 20120296451A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,483 Days
• Field of Search: 700 83, 709223
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/56 Remote control
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/58 using Internet communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/18 Network protocols supporting networked applications, e.g. including control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

A building automation and building information system has a central unit, at least one control unit and first components. The central unit is connected to the at least one control unit via a bidirectional data line, as means for reception of data from the at least one control unit, and means for open-loop and/or closed-loop control of the at least one control unit. Each control unit is associated with at least one first component, to which the control unit is connected by radio. The control unit has means for open-loop and/or closed-loop radio control of the associated first components. The first components associated with each control unit can be connected to one another by radio. The central unit, the at least one control unit and the first components each have a plug-and-play capability.

Claims

1. A building automation and building information system having a system architecture with different hierarchy levels, the system comprises a central unit arranged at a higher hierarchy level in the system architecture, at least one control unit and first system components arranged at a lower hierarchy level in the system architecture,

wherein the central unit comprises a central database, the central database being configured to store (i) state data and consumption data, (ii) a data history of said state data and consumption data, (iii) store state changes with a time stamp, and (iv) parameters of control profiles for the building automation and building information system, and to call up the data history and an instantaneous state of the building automation and information system;

wherein the central unit is connected to the at least one control unit via a bidirectional data line, is configured to receive data from the at least one control unit, and is configured to provide open-loop and/or closed-loop control of the at least one control unit;

wherein each control unit is associated with at least one first system component, to which the control unit is connected by a radio, and the control unit comprises means for open-loop and/or closed-loop radio control of the associated at least one first system component;

wherein the control unit adaptively matches events linked to predefined consequences associated with consumption activity, wherein the system analyzes user behavior corresponding to the system components;

assigns or updates a user control profile in the central database, stores instantaneous and variable control parameters based on at least time, consumption data and one or more functional hierarchical groups corresponding with one or more jointly operative system components; and

utilizes the stored instantaneous and variable control parameters to operate the one or more jointly operative system components of the one or more functional hierarchical groups, wherein the central unit is configured to adaptively match, by a degree of adaptive matching freely settable to any value between 0 and 100%, control of the building automation and building information system to user data comprising the consumption data and state data recorded over a time period representing behavior of the user, wherein, for a 0% adaptation degree, the control profiles are not changed, and are not matched to the behavior of the user, and, for a 100% adaptation degree, the control profiles are matched to the behavior of the user, wherein intermediate values result in a continuously variable change in the adaptation degree between 0% and 100%,

wherein the first system components which are associated with each control unit are connectable to one another by radio; and

wherein the central unit, the at least one control unit and the first system components each have a plug-and-play capability.

2. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the central unit comprises at least one dwelling central unit and one building central unit, which are connected to one another via a bidirectional data line.

3. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plug-and-play capability is in accordance with the UPnP Standard.

4. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data line is a power supply line.

5. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the power supply line supplies power to the central unit and the control unit.

6. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data line comprises a radio link.

7. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first components are equipped with energy harvesters.

8. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one further component is connected to the central unit and/or the control unit.

9. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the connection of at least the further component to the central unit and/or the control unit is via the data line.

10. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 8, wherein connection of the at least the further component to the central unit is via the control unit.

11. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the control units has a first user interface.

12. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first user interface is a touch-sensitive display.

13. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 12, wherein a second user interface is connected to the central unit.

14. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the second user interface is connected to the central unit via a wire-based or wireless local computer network.

15. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the second user interface is a PC.

16. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the second user interface is a web server for providing a graphics user interface.

17. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the central unit comprises means for reception of data from external devices.

18. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the central unit comprises means for transmission of data to external devices.

19. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 18, wherein the transmitted data is consumption data for consumption cost billing.

20. The building automation and building information system as claimed claim 1, further comprising incompatible components integrated in the system via a universal interface and a central computer.

21. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 20, wherein the universal interface and the central computer are integrated in the central unit and/or in the control unit.

22. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a universal interface by means of which the building automation and building information system can be coupled as a subsystem to at least one of another subsystem, another appliance, another component, another network or another building automation and building information system.

23. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the degree of the adaptive matching can be chosen freely by the user.

24. The building automation and building information system as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the central unit is further configured to update the control profiles based on data that is newly stored in the data base.