Building management system with framework agnostic user interface description

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10055206-B2
Application number	US-201615182579-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 14, 2016
Priority date	Jun 14, 2016
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

A building management system (BMS) includes building equipment configured to provide raw data samples of a data point and a data collector configured to collect the raw data samples from the building equipment and generate a raw data timeseries including a plurality of the raw data samples. The BMS includes a timeseries service configured to generate one or more optimized data timeseries from the raw data timeseries and a timeseries database configured to store the raw data timeseries and the one or more optimized data timeseries. The BMS includes a dashboard layout generator configured to identify each timeseries associated with the data point and to generate a framework-agnostic dashboard layout description capable of being rendered by multiple different rendering frameworks to visualize each of the identified timeseries.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A building management system comprising:
building equipment configured to provide raw data samples of a data point;
a data collector configured to collect the raw data samples from the building equipment and generate a raw data timeseries comprising a plurality of the raw data samples;
a timeseries service configured to generate one or more optimized data timeseries from the raw data timeseries;
a timeseries database configured to store a plurality of timeseries associated with the data point, the plurality of timeseries comprising the raw data timeseries and the one or more optimized data timeseries; and
a dashboard layout generator configured to identify each of the timeseries associated with the data point and to generate a framework-agnostic dashboard layout description capable of being rendered by multiple different rendering frameworks to visualize each of the identified timeseries;
wherein the timeseries service comprises a virtual point calculator configured to:
create a virtual data point representing a non-measured variable;
calculate data values for a plurality of samples of the virtual data point as a function of the raw data samples;
generate a virtual point timeseries comprising the plurality of samples of the virtual data point; and
store the virtual point timeseries in the timeseries database as one of the optimized data timeseries.

2. The building management system of claim 1 , wherein the timeseries service comprises a sample aggregator configured to:
automatically generate a data rollup timeseries comprising a plurality of aggregated data samples by aggregating the raw data samples as the raw data samples are collected from the building equipment; and
store the data rollup timeseries in the timeseries database as one of the optimized data timeseries.

3. The building management system of claim 1 , wherein the timeseries service comprises a scalable rules engine configured to:
detect faults by applying fault detection rules to at least one of the raw data timeseries and the optimized data timeseries;
generate a fault detection timeseries comprising a plurality of fault detection data samples, each of the fault detection data samples having a timestamp and a data value indicating whether a fault is detected at the timestamp; and
store the fault detection timeseries in the timeseries database as one of the optimized data timeseries.

4. The building management system of claim 1 , wherein the dashboard layout generator is configured to generate the framework-agnostic dashboard layout description by:
defining a dashboard layout as a grid comprising multiple intersecting rows and columns;
identifying an intersection of the multiple rows and columns as a widget location; and
generating widget properties that define a widget at the identified widget location, the widget properties identifying one or more of the plurality of timeseries.

5. The building management system of claim 1 , wherein the dashboard layout generator is configured to generate the framework-agnostic dashboard layout description by:
defining a dashboard layout as an array of objects comprising one or more row objects and one or more column objects;
specifying a location of a widget object within the array; and
storing widget properties within the widget object, the widget properties identifying one or more of the plurality of timeseries.

6. The building management system of claim 5 , wherein:
the one or more column objects are nested within the one or more row objects; and
each of the column objects comprises a widget object nested within the column object.

7. The building management system of claim 5 , wherein:
the one or more row objects are nested within the one or more column objects; and
each of the row objects comprises a widget object nested within the row object.

8. The building management system of claim 5 , wherein the widget properties identify an application program interface that drives the widget object.

9. The building management system of claim 5 , wherein the widget properties identify a location of each of the plurality of timeseries in the timeseries database.

10. The building management system of claim 1 , wherein the dashboard layout description comprises a plurality of top level properties that apply to an entirety of a dashboard layout, the top level properties comprising at least one of:
a name of the dashboard layout;
an indication of whether the dashboard layout is collapsible;
an indication of whether the dashboard layout is maximizable; and
an indication of whether the dashboard layout is editable.

11. A building management system comprising:
a timeseries database configured to store multiple timeseries associated with a data point, each of the timeseries comprising a plurality of data samples; and
a dashboard layout generator configured to access the timeseries database to identify each of the timeseries associated with the data point and to generate a framework-agnostic dashboard layout description capable of being rendered by multiple different rendering frameworks to visualize each of the identified timeseries;
wherein the multiple timeseries stored in the timeseries database comprise a raw data timeseries comprising a plurality of raw data samples and one or more optimized data timeseries generated by processing the raw data timeseries;
further comprising a virtual point calculator configured to:
create a virtual data point representing a non-measured variable;
calculate data values for a plurality of samples of the virtual data point as a function of the raw data samples;
generate a virtual point timeseries comprising the plurality of samples of the virtual data point; and
store the virtual point timeseries in the timeseries database as one of the optimized data timeseries.

12. The building management system of claim 11 , further comprising a sample aggregator configured to: automatically generate a data rollup timeseries comprising a plurality of aggregated data samples by aggregating the raw data samples as the raw data samples are collected; and store the data rollup timeseries in the timeseries database as one of the optimized data timeseries.

13. The building management system of claim 11 , further comprising a scalable rules engine configured to: detect faults by applying fault detection rules to at least one of the raw data timeseries and the optimized data timeseries; generate a fault detection timeseries comprising a plurality of fault detection data samples, each of the fault detection data samples having a timestamp and a data value indicating whether a fault is detected at the timestamp; and store the fault detection timeseries in the timeseries database as one of the optimized data timeseries.

14. The building management system of claim 11 , wherein the dashboard layout generator is configured to generate the framework-agnostic dashboard layout description by:
defining a dashboard layout as an array of objects comprising one or more row objects and one or more column objects;
specifying a location of a widget object within the array; and
storing widget properties within the widget object, the widget properties identifying one or more of the multiple timeseries.

15. The building management system of claim 14 , wherein:
the one or more column objects are nested within the one or more row objects; and
each of the column objects comprises a widget object nested within the column object.

16. The building management system of claim 14 , wherein:
the one or more row objects are nested within

Assignees

• Johnson Controls Tech Co

Inventors

• Park Youngchoon
• Chennupati Vijaya S
• Asp Gerald A
• Craig Peter A

Classifications

• G06F8/38 Primary

  for implementing user interfaces · CPC title

• G06F3/04847

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• G05B15/02 Primary

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• G05B2219/2642

  Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house · CPC title