Method and system of adaptive building layout/efficiency optimization

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9824554-B2
Application number	US-201514924143-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2015
Priority date	Oct 27, 2015
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

A system is provided that includes a tracking system including one or more processors that detect movement of people within a secured geographic area, a movement analysis system including one or more processors that correlate the detected movements of people within geographic locations of a building information model (BIM) of the secured area, and an optimization system including one or more processors that correlate the locations of people with a distance of each movement to provide reports that optimize a location of people or equipment within the secured area based upon the distances and frequencies of movement.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a tracking system that detects movements within a secured geographic area;
a movement analysis system that receives, from the tracking system, tracking data representing the movements within the secured geographic area and generates user behavior data based on repetitions of the movements in the tracking data; and
an optimization system that identifies inefficiencies in a layout of assets within the secured geographic area by comparing (1) data for an initial layout of the assets, (2) official standards for a deployment of the assets, and (3) a building information model of the secured geographic area with (1) usage statistics for the assets and (2) the user behavior data,
wherein the optimization system generates an optimized layout of the assets that corrects the inefficiencies in the layout of the assets,
wherein the tracking system includes a video analytics system that tracks a first user moving within the secured geographic area,
wherein the optimized layout of the assets includes an impaired movement report indicating that an assigned location of the first user should be moved closer to an exit from the secured geographic area,
wherein the impaired movement report is based on a speed of the first user detected by the video analytics system relative to a first predetermined threshold value, and
wherein the impaired movement report is displayed upon detecting that the speed exceeds the first predetermined threshold value.

2. The system as in claim 1 further comprising a security system that detects threats within the secured geographic area.

3. The system as in claim 1 further comprising an access control system that identifies an authorized user associated with an access request and correlates the access request with a current location within the secured geographic area, wherein the movement analysis system generates the user behavior data based on the access request and the current location.

4. The system as in claim 3 wherein the access control system includes at least one of a building access control system, a conference room access control system, and an equipment access control system.

5. The system as in claim 3 wherein the access control system determines a frequency of the access request and a distance between the current location and the assigned location for the authorized user within the secured geographic area.

6. The system as in claim 5 wherein the optimized layout of the assets includes an excess movement report indicating that the assigned location for the authorized user should be moved closer to the current location, and wherein the excess movement report is based on the frequency of the access request relative to a second predetermined threshold value and is displayed upon detecting that the frequency exceeds the second predetermined threshold value.

7. The system as in claim 1 wherein the optimized layout of the assets includes a personnel flow report that identifies congested areas of the secured geographic area where groups of users consistently gather together and suggests moving obstructions or obstacles away from the congested areas.

8. The system as in claim 1 wherein the optimization system identifies areas of the secured geographic area where natural light enters the secured geographic area and suggests, in the optimized layout, rotating screens to avoid the natural light.

9. A system comprising:
a security system that detects threats within a secured geographic area;
a personnel detection system that detects movement of people within the secured geographic area;
a use analysis system that receives, from the personnel detection system, tracking data representing the movements of the people within geographic locations of the secured geographic area and generates user behavior data based on repetitions of the movements in the tracking data; and
an optimization system that identifies inefficiencies in a layout of assets within the secured geographic area by comparing (1) data for an initial layout of the assets, (2) official standards for a deployment of the assets, and (3) a building information model of the secured geographic area with (1) usage statistics for the assets and (2) the user behavior data,
wherein the optimization system generates an optimized layout of the assets that corrects the inefficiencies in the layout of the assets,
wherein the personnel detection system includes a video analytics system that tracks a first user moving within the secured geographic area,
wherein the optimized layout of the assets includes an impaired movement report indicating that an assigned location of the first user should be moved closer to an exit from the secured geographic area,
wherein the impaired movement report is based on a speed of the first user detected by the video analytics system relative to a first predetermined threshold value, and
wherein the impaired movement report is displayed upon detecting that the speed exceeds the first predetermined threshold value.

10. The system as in claim 9 wherein the personnel detection system includes an access control system that identifies an authorized user associated with an access request and correlates the access request with a current location within the secured geographic area, and wherein the use analysis system generates the user behavior data based on the access request and the current location.

11. The system as in claim 10 wherein the access control system includes one of a building access control system, a conference room access control system, and an equipment access control system.

12. The system as in claim 10 wherein the access control system determines a frequency of the access request and a distance between the current location and the assigned location for the authorized user within the secured geographic area.

13. The system as in claim 12 wherein the optimized layout of the assets includes an excess movement report indicating that the assigned location for the authorized user should be moved closer to the current location, and wherein the excess movement report is based on the frequency of the access request relative to a second predetermined threshold value and is displayed upon detecting that the frequency exceeds the second predetermined threshold value.

14. The system as in claim 9 wherein the video analytics system includes a face recognition system that tracks an identity of the first user of the secured geographic area.

15. The system as in claim 9 wherein the optimized layout of the assets includes a personnel flow report indicating congested areas of the secured geographic area where groups of users consistently gather together and suggests moving obstructions or obstacles away from the congested areas.

Assignees

• Honeywell Int Inc

Inventors

• Latheef Rinas Abdul
• Joseph Vibgy
• Sivakumar Balaji Bhathey

Classifications

• G07C9/28

  the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence · CPC title

• G07C9/20

  involving the use of a pass · CPC title

• G06Q90/20

  Destination assistance within a business structure or complex · CPC title

• H04N7/18

  Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast · CPC title

• G06Q50/08

  Construction · CPC title