Providing a diagnosis of a system of a building

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9430929-B2
Application number	US-201514706552-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 7, 2015
Priority date	Aug 20, 2012
Publication date	Aug 30, 2016
Grant date	Aug 30, 2016

Abstract

Devices, methods, and systems for providing a diagnosis of a system of a building are described herein. One method includes displaying a system of a building, wherein the display of the system includes an identification of a particular component of the system, identifying, within the display of the system, a number of components of the system related to the particular component, and identifying, within the display of the system, a relationship between the particular component and the number of components and a relative operational status of the particular component and the number of components.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A computer implemented method for providing a diagnosis of a system of a building, comprising:
displaying, by a computing device having a processor, a system of a building on a user interface of the computing device, wherein the display of the system includes an identification of a component of the system;
identifying, by the computing device within the display of the system on the user interface, a number of other components of the system related to the component;
identifying, by the computing device within the display of the system on the user interface:
a relationship between the component and the number of other components; and
a relative operational status of the component and the number of other components;

providing, by the computing device within the display of the system on the user interface, a number of suggested actions to take in response to a problem associated with the component, wherein providing the number of suggested actions includes:
determining a probability that respective suggested action will resolve the problem; and
providing the number of suggested actions in an order of the probability that each respective suggested action will resolve the problem; and

receiving, by the computing device from a user via the user interface, a selection of one of the number of suggested actions to take in response to the problem associated with the component.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method includes providing, within the display of the system, a result of the action selected to be taken in response to the problem associated with the component.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the relationship between the component and the number of other components includes a number of connections between the component and the number of other components.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the relative operational status of the component and the number of other components include operational conditions associated with the component and the number of other components.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the operational conditions associated with the component and the number of other components include at least one of:
temperature;
air flow;
humidity;
air pollutants;
liquid flow; and
energy consumption.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification of the component includes a highlighting of the component.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the number of other components includes highlighting the number of other components.

8. A computing device for providing a diagnosis of a system of a building, comprising:
a user interface;
a memory; and
a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to:
provide, on the user interface of the computing device, a display of a system of a building, wherein the display of the system includes an identification of a component of the system;
identify, within the display of the system on the user interface of the computing device, a number of other components of the system related to the component and a relationship between the component and the number of other components; and
provide, within the display of the system on the user interface of the computing device:
an operational condition associated with the component; and
a number of suggested actions to take in response to a problem associated with the component, wherein providing the number of suggested actions includes:
determining a probability that each respective suggested action will resolve the problem; and
providing the number of suggested actions in an order of the probability that each respective suggested action will resolve the problem;

receive, from a user via the user interface of the computing device, a selection of one of the number of suggested actions to take in response to the problem associated with the component; and
provide, within the display of the system on the user interface of the computing device, a result of the action selected to be taken in response to the problem associated with the component.

9. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the display of the system includes an identification of the problem associated with the component.

10. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the operational condition associated with the component includes a temperature of the component.

11. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein processor is configured to execute the executable instructions to provide the number of suggested actions to take in response to the problem associated with the component in a text box within the display of the system.

12. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein processor is configured to execute the executable instructions to provide the number of suggested actions to take in response to the problem associated with the component in a hands-free mode.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processor to:
provide, by a computing device having a processor, a display of a system of a building on a user interface of the computing device, wherein the display of the system includes an identification of a component of the system and a problem associated with the component;
identify, by the computing device within the display of the system on the user interface, a number of other components of the system related to the component and a relationship between the component and the number of other components;
suggest, by the computing device within the display of the system on the user interface, a number of actions to take in response to the problem associated with the component, wherein suggesting the number of actions includes:
determining a probability that each respective suggested action will resolve the problem; and
suggesting the number of actions in an order of the probability that each respective suggested action will resolve the problem; and

receive, by the computing device from a user via the user interface, a selection of one of the number of suggested actions to take in response to the problem associated with the component.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the computer readable instructions are executable by the processor to:
execute the selected action; and
provide, within the display of the system, a result of the executed action.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the relationship between the component and the number of other components includes a chain of equipment that connects the component and the number of other components.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the computer readable instructions are executable by the processor to:
determine a number of reasons the problem associated with the component is occurring; and
suggest the number of actions to take in response to the problem based on the determined number of reasons the problem is occurring.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the computer readable instructions are executable by the processor to suggest the number of actions to take in response to the problem associated with the component based on a number of previous operational conditions associated with the component.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the computer readable instructions are executable by the processor to suggest the number of actions to take in response to the problem associated with the component based on a num

Assignees

• Honeywell Int Inc

Inventors

• Beaulieu Conrad B
• Foslien Wendy
• Chen Henry
• Plocher Tom

Classifications

• H04L12/282

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• G06Q10/20

  Administration of product repair or maintenance · CPC title

• G06Q50/08

  Construction · CPC title

• G06Q10/10

  Office automation; Time management · CPC title

• H04L12/2803

  Home automation networks · CPC title