IP Library Granted Patent US 12,062,278
Granted Patent B2
US 12,062,278 · App. 17/091,731 · Granted Aug 13, 2024

Building security system with false alarm reduction recommendations and automated self-healing for false alarm reduction

Inventors: Gopi Subramanian (Boca Raton, FL); Christine Trainor (Boca Raton, FL); Jason Kapuschat (Churchville, NY)
Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
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Patent No.
US 12,062,278
App. No.
17/091,731
Granted
Aug 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for preventing a false alarm that occurs at a building, the system includes a processing circuit configured to receive, via a communications interface, building data including events for the building devices. The processing circuit is configured to determine, based on the events, whether a false alarm rule has triggered, where the false alarm rule indicates relationships between one or more of the events that is indicative of a situation at the building site that causes the false alarm, generate a parameter update for at least one of the plurality of building devices in response to determining that the false alarm rule has triggered, and implement the parameter update by providing, via the communications interface, the parameter update to the at least one of the building devices.

Claims (81)

1. A system for determining and presenting false alarm reduction information, the system comprising a processing circuit configured to:

determine one or more addressable false alarms by determining, based on events of building devices of a building and event sequences of one or more false alarm rules, whether the one or more false alarm rules are triggered, wherein the one or more false alarm rules each comprise at least one of the event sequences, wherein each of the event sequences indicates a relationship between at least a maintenance event that indicates a detection that maintenance should be performed on the building device based on a condition of a building device and a second non-alarm event following the maintenance event within an amount of time indicating that the condition of the building device causes the one or more addressable false alarms;

generate one or more recommendations based on one or more triggered false alarm rules, wherein the one or more recommendations include a recommendation to provide a user with training;

generate a user interface comprising an indication of the one or more addressable false alarms and the one or more recommendations; and

cause a display of a user device to display the user interface.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more addressable false alarms are caused by an action performed by the user;

wherein the training includes instructions to correct the action performed by the user to avoid creating false alarms.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more recommendations are a plurality of recommendations;

wherein the processing circuit is configured to:

generate a number of recommendations based on the plurality of recommendations;

generate a recommendation meter indicating the number of recommendations; and

cause the user interface to comprise the recommendation meter.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to:

record a number of the one or more addressable false alarms over a period of time by recording the number of the one or more addressable false alarms at a plurality of points in time over the period of time;

generate an addressable false alarm trend comprising an indication of the number of the one or more addressable false alarms at each of the plurality of points in time; and

cause the user interface to comprise the addressable false alarm trend.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to:

generate a progress window comprising indications of:

a first number of work orders for the one or more addressable false alarms, a first number of alarms, and a first number of police dispatches associated with a first time window; and

a second number of work orders for the one or more addressable false alarms, a second number of alarms, and a second number police dispatches associated with a second time window occurring after the first time window; and

cause the user interface to comprise the progress window.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to:

generate a forecast window indicating:

a first predicted number of work orders for the one or more addressable false alarms associated with a first future time period, a predicted first number of alarms associated with the first future time period, and a first number of police dispatches associated with the first future time period; and

a predicted second number of work orders for the one or more addressable false alarms associated with a second future time period following the first future time period, a predicted second number of alarms associated with the second future time period, and a predicted second number of police dispatches associated with the second future time period; and

cause the user interface to comprise the forecast window.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to:

generate a recommendations interface comprising:

an indication of a plurality of types of recommendations of the one or more recommendations; and

an indication of specific recommendations of the one or more recommendations for each of the plurality of types of recommendations; and

cause the display of the user device to display the recommendations interface.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to:

generate an alarm heat map interface comprising an indication of a number of alarms associated with a plurality of geographic regions, wherein the number of alarms comprise a number of alarms for a plurality of other buildings and a number of alarms for the building, wherein the building and the plurality of other buildings are associated with a particular entity; and

cause the display of the user device to display the alarm heat map interface.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to:

receive an interaction with one of the plurality of geographic regions of the alarm heat map interface from the user device; and

responsive to receiving the interaction, generate a scaled alarm map displaying a scaled view of locations of at least one of the plurality of other buildings and the building and a number of addressable alarms associated with the at least one of the plurality of other buildings and the building.

10. A method for determining and presenting false alarm reduction information comprising:

determining, by a processing circuit, one or more addressable false alarms by determining, based on events of building devices of a building and event sequences of one or more false alarm rules, whether the one or more false alarm rules are triggered, wherein the one or more false alarm rules each comprise at least one of the event sequences, wherein each of the event sequences indicates a relationship between at least a first non-alarm event that indicates a detection that maintenance should be performed on the building device based on a condition of a building device and a second non-alarm event following the maintenance event within an amount of time indicating that the condition of the building device causes the one or more addressable false alarms;

generating, by the processing circuit, one or more recommendations based on one or more triggered false alarm rules, wherein the one or more recommendations include a recommendation to provide a user with training;

generating, by the processing circuit, a user interface comprising an indication of the one or more addressable false alarms and the one or more recommendations; and

causing, by the processing circuit, a display of a user device to display the user interface.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the one or more addressable false alarms are caused by an action performed by the user;

wherein the training includes instructions to correct the action performed by the user to avoid creating false alarms.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the one or more recommendations are a plurality of recommendations;

wherein the method further comprises:

generating, by the processing circuit, a number of recommendations based on the plurality of recommendations;

generating, by the processing circuit, a recommendation meter indicating the number of recommendations; and

causing, by the processing circuit, the user interface to comprise the recommendation meter.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

recording, by the processing circuit, a number of the one or more addressable false alarms over a period of time by recording the number of the one or more addressable false alarms at a plurality of points in time over the period of time;

generating, by the processing circuit, an addressable false alarm trend comprising an indication of the number of the one or more addressable false alarms at each of the plurality of points in time; and

causing, by the processing circuit, the user interface to comprise the addressable false alarm trend.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

generating, by the processing circuit, a progress window comprising indications of:

a first number of work orders for the one or more addressable false alarms, a first number of alarms, and a first number of police dispatches associated with a first time window; and

a second number of work orders for the one or more addressable false alarms, a second number of alarms, and a second number police dispatches associated with a second time window occurring after the first time window; and

causing, by the processing circuit, the user interface to comprise the progress window.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

generating, by the processing circuit, a forecast window indicating:

a first predicted number of work orders for the one or more addressable false alarms associated with a first future time period, a predicted first number of alarms associated with the first future time period, and a first number of police dispatches associated with the first future time period; and

a predicted second number of work orders for the one or more addressable false alarms associated with a second future time period following the first future time period, a predicted second number of alarms associated with the second future time period, and a predicted second number of police dispatches associated with the second future time period; and

causing, by the processing circuit, the user interface to comprise the forecast window.

16. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

generating, by the processing circuit, a recommendations interface comprising:

an indication of a plurality of types of recommendations of the one or more recommendations; and

an indication of specific recommendations of the one or more recommendations for each of the plurality of types of recommendations; and

causing, by the processing circuit, the display of the user device to display the recommendations interface.

17. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

generating, by the processing circuit, an alarm heat map interface comprising an indication of a number of alarms associated with a plurality of geographic regions, wherein the number of alarms comprise a number of alarms for a plurality of other buildings and a number of alarms for the building, wherein the building and the plurality of other buildings are associated with a particular entity; and

causing, by the processing circuit, the display of the user device to display the alarm heat map interface.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

receiving, by the processing circuit, an interaction with one of the plurality of geographic regions of the alarm heat map interface from the user device; and

responsive to receiving the interaction, generating, by the processing circuit, a scaled alarm map displaying a scaled view of locations of at least one of the plurality of other buildings and the building and a number of addressable alarms associated with the at least one of the plurality of other buildings and the building.

19. A system comprising one or more memory devices storing instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

determine one or more addressable false alarms by determining, based on events of building devices of a building and event sequences of one or more false alarm rules, whether the one or more false alarm rules are triggered, wherein the one or more false alarm rules each comprise at least one of the event sequences, wherein each of the event sequences indicates a relationship between at least a maintenance event that indicates a detection that maintenance should be performed on the building device based on a condition of a building device and a second non-alarm event following the maintenance event within an amount of time indicating that the condition of the building device causes the one or more addressable false alarms;

generate one or more recommendations based on one or more triggered false alarm rules, wherein the one or more recommendations include a recommendation to provide a user with training;

generate a user interface comprising an indication of the one or more addressable false alarms and the one or more recommendations; and

cause a display of a user device to display the user interface.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the one or more addressable false alarms are caused by an action performed by the user;

wherein the training includes instructions to correct the action performed by the user to avoid creating false alarms.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2024
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
To: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
Reel/Frame 067056/0552 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 4, 2022
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
Reel/Frame 058959/0764 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2020
From: SUBRAMANIAN, GOPI
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 054302/0872 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2020
From: TRAINOR, CHRISTINE; KAPUSCHAT, JASON
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 054302/0983 →
Priority Claims (1)
IN 201741047029 · Dec 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15947722 · Apr 6, 2018
Provisional Application 62627169 · Feb 6, 2018
Provisional Application 62492631 · May 1, 2017
Related Publication 20210134143A1 · May 6, 2021
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