Building system with automatic incident identification

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11657465-B2
Application number	US-202016884792-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2020
Priority date	May 27, 2019
Publication date	May 23, 2023
Grant date	May 23, 2023

Abstract

A method for identifying and managing incidents in a building management system (BMS) of a building. The method includes identifying at least one or more entities, one or more intents, or one or more keywords from a text segment; extracting one or more parameters from at least one of the identified one or more entities, the identified one or more intents, or the identified one or more keywords, the one or more parameters comprising a piece of building equipment of the building and a characteristic of the piece of building equipment; determining a satisfied incident of a plurality of incidents based on the extracted one or more parameters, the satisfied incident identifying an issue with the piece of building equipment and associated with a second entity; and transmitting an indication of the satisfied incident to a computing device of the second entity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for identifying and managing incidents in a building management system (BMS) of a building, the method comprising:
separating, by a processing circuit, a text segment into one or more chunks based on parts of speech of words of the text segment;
identifying, by a processing circuit, at least one or more entities, one or more intents, or one or more keywords from the one or more chunks;
extracting, by the processing circuit, one or more parameters from at least one of the identified one or more entities, the identified one or more intents, or the identified one or more keywords, the one or more parameters comprising a piece of building equipment of the building and a characteristic of the piece of building equipment;
determining, by the processing circuit, a satisfied incident of a plurality of incidents based on the extracted one or more parameters, the satisfied incident identifying an issue with the piece of building equipment and associated with a second entity; and
transmitting, by the processing circuit, an indication of the satisfied incident to a computing device of the second entity.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein extracting the one or more parameters comprises:
comparing the one or more keywords, the one or more entities, or the one or more intents to a database, the database storing incident data comprising data associated with previous incidents in the BMS;
identifying a matching keyword, a matching entity, or a matching intent based on the comparison; and
extracting the one or more parameters based on the identified matching keyword, the identified matching entity, or the identified matching intent.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more entities comprise a piece of building equipment, a space within the building, or a building identifier of the building.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the satisfied incident comprises:
comparing the extracted parameters to one or more templates;
determining that the extracted parameters satisfy a template of the one or more templates; and
determining the satisfied incident based on the extracted parameters satisfying the template of the one or more templates.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the characteristic comprises a condition of the piece of building equipment or a type of the piece of building equipment.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the text segment is a first segment, the method further comprising:
displaying, by the processing circuit, a graphical user interface to a user, the graphical user interface comprising a field for receiving a text input comprising a building equipment issue description; and
receiving, by the processing circuit and via the graphical user interface, a second text segment as an input into the field for receiving a text input,
wherein determining the satisfied incident is further based on the second text segment.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising receiving the first text segment from a transcription service.

8. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
receiving, by the processing circuit, an image of the piece of building equipment; and
determining, by the processing circuit, image features based on the image, the image features identifying the piece of building equipment and characteristics of the piece of building equipment,
wherein determining the satisfied incident is further based on the determined image features of the piece of building equipment.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the processing circuit, an incident priority based on the extracted one or more parameters; and
determining, by the processing circuit, the second entity based on the determined incident priority.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the satisfied incident is associated with a plurality of second entities, the method further comprising:
storing, by the processing circuit for a template of the satisfied incident, a counter for each of the plurality of second entities, each counter having a count identifying the number of times the respective second entity has resolved the an incident having the same incident type as the satisfied incident associated with the template;
comparing, by the processing circuit, the counts associated with each of the second entities; and
selecting, by the processing circuit, the second entity responsive to the second entity being associated with the highest count of the plurality of second entities.

11. A building system for identifying and managing incidents in a building management system (BMS) of a building, the building system comprising one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
identify at least one or more entities, one or more intents, or one or more keywords from a text segment;
compare the one or more identified keywords, the one or more identified entities, or the one or more identified intents to a database, the database storing incident data including data associated with previous incidents in the BMS;
identify a matching keyword, a matching entity, or a matching intent based on the comparison;
extract one or more parameters from at least one of the identified matching keyword, the identified matching entity, or the identified matching intent, the one or more parameters comprising a piece of building equipment of the building and a characteristic of the piece of building equipment;
determine a satisfied incident of a plurality of incidents based on the extracted one or more parameters, the satisfied incident identifying an issue with the piece of building equipment and associated with a second entity; and
transmit an indication of the satisfied incident to a computing device of the second entity.

12. The building system of claim 11 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to identify the at least one or more entities, the one or more intents, or the one or more keywords from the text segment by:
separating the text segment into one or more chunks based on parts of speech of words of the text segment; and
identifying one or more entities or one or more intents from the one or more chunks.

13. The building system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more entities comprise a piece of building equipment, a space within the building, or a building identifier of the building.

14. The building system of claim 11 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to determine the satisfied incident by:
comparing the extracted parameters to one or more templates;
determining that the extracted parameters satisfy a template of the one or more templates; and
determining the satisfied incident based on the extracted parameters satisfying the template of the one or more templates.

15. The building system of claim 11 , wherein the characteristic comprises a condition of the piece of building equipment or a type of the piece of building equipment.

16. A method for identifying and managing incidents in a building management system (BMS) of a building, the method comprising:
identifying, by a processing circuit, at least one or more entities, one or more intents, or one or more keywords from a text segment;
identifying, by the processing circuit, at least one feature from an image of a piece of building equipment of the building;
extracting, by the processing circuit, one or more parameters from at least one of the identified one or more entities, the identified one or more intents, or the identified one or more keywords, the one

Assignees

• Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP

Inventors

• Ranjan Ravi
• Sharma Vikas
• Sarkar Srijata
• Lohiya Sagar Ganesh
• Roy Sannidhya
• Jain Abhishek
• Pate Sachin Yashwant
• Paul Debashree
• Ganguly Saunak
• Patil Vijay Sopanrao
• Raut Saurabh Gunvantrao

Classifications

• G06Q50/163 Primary

  Real estate management · CPC title

• G05B15/02

  electric · CPC title