Systems and methods for enhancing building management system interaction and visualization

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10278048-B2
Application number	US-201815872572-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 16, 2018
Priority date	Jan 18, 2017
Publication date	Apr 30, 2019
Grant date	Apr 30, 2019

Abstract

Implementations herein relate to visualization of interaction with a building management system (BMS). Such interaction may be facilitated with a smart headset that displays a three-dimensional model of an image with real-time data from the BMS to enable monitoring and control of the BMS. In one implementation, a system for locating a target in a building includes a server, a first wireless emitter, and an application on a mobile device. The first wireless emitter is associated with the target and configured to emit a first emitter identifier within a first range. The application is configured to detect the first emitter identifier when the mobile device is within the first range. The application is also configured to transmit the first emitter identifier to the server in response to detecting the first emitter identifier. The application is also configured to receive a first content from the server.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for locating a target in a building, the system comprising:
a server;
a first wireless emitter associated with the target and configured to emit a first emitter identifier within a first range;
a second wireless emitter not associated with the target and configured to emit a second emitter identifier within a second range; and
an application on a mobile device configured to:
detect the first emitter identifier when the mobile device is within the first range;
transmit the first emitter identifier to the server in response to detecting the first emitter identifier;
receive a first content from the server, the first content corresponding to the first emitter identifier;
display the first content on the mobile device;
detect the second emitter identifier when the mobile device is within the second range;
transmit the second emitter identifier to the server in response to detecting the second emitter identifier;
receive an input from a user, the input corresponding to the target; and
transmit the target to the server;

wherein the server is configured to not transmit a second content corresponding to the second emitter identifier to the mobile device in response to determining that the second emitter identifier does not correspond to the target.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the server is configured to push the first content to the application and the application is further configured to display the first content on the mobile device upon receiving the first content and without requiring input from the user.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless emitter is configured to continuously emit the first emitter identifier regardless of a presence of the mobile device within the first range and communicate with the mobile device only over Bluetooth; and
wherein the first wireless emitter comprises a battery.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
an identifier database communicable with the server, the identifier database comprising a library of emitter identifiers associated with targets in the building, the first emitter identifier contained within the library of emitter identifiers, the identifier database configured to:
receive the first emitter identifier from the server; and
determine the target based on a comparison between the first emitter identifier and the library of emitter identifiers; and

a content database communicable with the server, the content database comprising a library of content associated with the targets in the building, the first content contained within the library of content, the content database configured to:
receive the target from the server; and
determine the first content based on a comparison between the target and the library of content.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
an identifier database communicable with the server, the identifier database comprising a library of emitter identifiers associated with targets in the building, the first emitter identifier and the second emitter identifier contained within the library of emitter identifiers, the identifier database configured to:
receive the first emitter identifier and the second emitter identifier from the server; and
compare the first emitter identifier and the second emitter identifier to the library of emitter identifiers;
determine that the second emitter identifier does not correspond to the target; and
determine that the first emitter identifier corresponds to the target; and

a content database communicable with the server, the content database comprising a library of content associated with targets in the building, the first content and the second content contained within the library of content, the content database configured to:
receive the target from the server; and
determine the first content based on a comparison between the target and the library of content.

6. A system for displaying content to a user, the system comprising:
a marker associated with a target;
a gateway communicable with a building management system (BMS) controller;
a server;
a first wireless emitter associated with the target and configured to emit a first emitter identifier within a first range;
a second wireless emitter not associated with the target and configured to emit a second emitter identifier within a second range; and
an application on a visualization device worn by a user and communicable with the gateway, the application configured to:
automatically detect the marker when the user is proximate the marker;
read the marker to obtain a target identifier corresponding to the target; and
transmit the target identifier to the gateway;

wherein the gateway is configured to:
transmit the target identifier to the BMS controller; and
receive target content from the BMS controller, the target content corresponding to the target; and

wherein the application is further configured to:
receive the target content from the gateway;
display the target content to the user;
detect the first emitter identifier when the visualization device is within the first range;
transmit the first emitter identifier to the server in response to detecting the first emitter identifier;
receive a first content from the server, the first content corresponding to the first emitter identifier;
display the first content on the visualization device;
detect the second emitter identifier when the visualization device is within the second range;
transmit the second emitter identifier to the server in response to detecting the second emitter identifier;
receive an input from the user, the input corresponding to the target; and transmit the target to the server;

wherein the server is configured to not transmit a second content corresponding to the second emitter identifier to the visualization device in response to determining that the second emitter identifier does not correspond to the target.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the target content comprises a three-dimensional model of the target; and
wherein the application facilitates interaction by the user with the three-dimensional model of the target.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the application is configured to display the target content to the user automatically, without requiring input from the user, upon detection of the marker.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the application is further configured to determine a position of the user; and
wherein the first content comprises directions from the position of the user to the target.

10. The system of claim 6 , further comprising:
an identifier database communicable with the server, the identifier database comprising a library of emitter identifiers associated with targets in a building, the first emitter identifier and the second emitter identifier contained within the library of emitter identifiers, the identifier database configured to:
receive the first emitter identifier and the second emitter identifier from the server; and
compare the first emitter identifier and the second emitter identifier to the library of emitter identifiers;
determine that the second emitter identifier does not correspond to the target; and
determine that the first emitter identifier corresponds to the target; and

a content database communicable with the server, the content database comprising a library of content associated with targets in the building, the first content and the second content contained within the library of content, the content database configured to:
receive the target from the server; and
determine the first content based on a comparison between the target and the library of content.

Assignees

• Johnson Controls Tech Co

Inventors

• Sharma Vikas
• Dixit Sudhanshu
• Sridharan Ashok
• Roychoudhury Shubhankar S
• S Jeeva
• Brophy Christopher
• Seifi Justin J
• Freund Mark G
• Thareja Ankur

Classifications

• H04L67/18

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/125

  involving control of end-device applications over a network · CPC title

• G05B15/02

  electric · CPC title

• H04W88/16

  Gateway arrangements · CPC title

• H04L67/26

  Electricity · mapped topic