IP Library Granted Patent US 12,188,670
Granted Patent B2
US 12,188,670 · App. 17/708,845 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Building system for building equipment with occupant feedback based verification

Inventors: Shawn D. Schubert (Oak Creek, WI); Vineet Binodshanker Sinha (Brookfield, WI); Kevin D. Potter (Nashville, TN)
Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
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Patent No.
US 12,188,670
App. No.
17/708,845
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A building system that operates to receive building data from one or more building systems of the building, wherein at least a portion of the building data is associated with control of the one or more environmental conditions of the building and generate, based on the building data, a plurality of building health scores of the building, wherein an overall building health score is based on a combination of the plurality of building health scores. The building system operates to receive user feedback regarding the plurality of building health scores via one or more user devices, determine whether the user feedback confirms or denies an accuracy of the plurality of health scores, and generate a user interface and cause the user interface to display an indication of whether the user feedback confirms the accuracy of the plurality of building health scores.

Claims (73)

1. A building system of a building, the building including a plurality of pieces of building equipment that control one or more environmental conditions of the building based on operational settings, the building system including one or more storage devices storing instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive building data from one or more building systems of the building, wherein at least a portion of the building data is associated with control of the one or more environmental conditions of the building;

generate, based on the building data, a plurality of building health scores of the building, wherein an overall building health score is based on a combination of the plurality of building health scores;

determine that at least one of the plurality of building health scores of a space of the building cannot be verified by a sensor;

detect one or more user devices at locations in the space;

transmit at least one query to the one or more user devices to confirm the at least one of the plurality of building health scores responsive to the determination that the at least one of the plurality of building health scores of the space cannot be verified by the sensor and responsive to the detection of the one or more user devices at locations in the space;

responsive to the at least one query, receive user feedback regarding the plurality of building health scores via the one or more user devices;

determine whether the user feedback confirms or denies an accuracy of the plurality of building health scores; and

generate a user interface and cause the user interface to display the overall building health score, the plurality of building health scores, and an indication of whether the user feedback confirms the accuracy of the plurality of building health scores.

2. The building system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to generate an element indicating whether the user feedback confirms the accuracy of the plurality of building health scores;

wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to cause the user interface to display values of the plurality of building health scores and the element.

3. The building system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of building health scores include the plurality of building health scores;

wherein the user feedback individually confirms or denies the accuracy of the plurality of building health scores;

wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to cause the user interface to individually display the plurality of building health scores and a corresponding indication of whether the user feedback confirms or denies the accuracy of the plurality of building health scores.

4. The building system of claim 1 , wherein the user feedback includes a plurality of individual user feedbacks of a plurality of users;

wherein the instructions the instructions causes the one or more processors to determine whether the user feedback confirms or denies the accuracy of the plurality of building health scores by generating a score based on the plurality of individual user feedbacks and determining whether the score is greater than or less than a level.

5. The building system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of building health scores include at least one of:

one or more space health scores indicating health levels of spaces of the building;

one or more planet health scores relating to an effect of the building on environmental pollution;

one or more people health scores relating to at least one of physical or mental health of occupants of the building; or

the overall building health score based on the one or more space health scores, the one or more planet health scores, and the one or more people health scores.

6. The building system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are developed by a first entity;

wherein the plurality of building health scores include an external score generated based on an external scoring model and the building data, the external scoring model defining a scoring methodology for the building, the external scoring model defined by a second entity different from the first entity.

7. The building system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to implement one or more updates to the one or more building systems of the building based at least on the user feedback confirming or denying the accuracy of the plurality of building health scores, the one or more updates updating operation of the building to improve the plurality of building health scores.

8. The building system of claim 7 , wherein the one or more updates include at least one of:

an update to an operating setting of the one or more building systems controlling an environmental condition of the building;

a work order to perform maintenance on the one or more building systems; or

an update to add a new system or service to the one or more building systems.

9. The building system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:

generate a message including a question, the question prompting a user to provide the user feedback confirming or denying the accuracy of the plurality of building health scores;

communicate the message to a plurality of user devices; and

receive the user feedback from the plurality of user devices.

10. The building system of claim 9 , wherein the question is a text based question in a natural language.

11. The building system of claim 9 , wherein the message further includes one or more selectable elements indicating at least one of confirming the accuracy of the plurality of building health scores or denying the accuracy of the plurality of building health scores;

wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to receive the user feedback from the plurality of user devices responsive to a plurality of users interacting with the one or more selectable elements via the plurality of user devices.

12. A building system of a building, the building including a plurality of pieces of building equipment that control one or more environmental conditions of the building based on operational settings, the building system including one or more storage devices storing instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive building data from one or more building systems of the building for a plurality of parameters, wherein at least a portion of the building data is associated with control of the one or more environmental conditions of the building;

determine that at least one of a plurality of building health scores of a space of the building cannot be verified by a sensor;

detect one or more user devices at locations in the space;

transmit at least one query to the one or more user devices to confirm the at least one of the plurality of building health scores responsive to the determination that the at least one of the plurality of building health scores of the space cannot be verified by the sensor and responsive to the detection of the one or more user devices at locations in the space;

responsive to the at least one query, receive user feedback regarding the plurality of parameters via the one or more user devices;

generate, based on the building data, the plurality of building health scores of the building for the plurality of parameters based on the building data and the user feedback, wherein an overall building health score is based on a combination of the plurality of building health scores;

determine that one building health score of the plurality of building health scores is generated based at least in part on the user feedback; and

generate a user interface and cause the user interface to display the overall building health score, the plurality of building health scores, and an indication that the one building health score of the plurality of building health scores was generated based at least in part on the user feedback.

13. The building system of claim 12 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:

generate an element indicating whether the user feedback confirms an accuracy of the plurality of building health scores; and

cause the user interface to include the element.

14. The building system of claim 12 , wherein the user feedback individually confirms or denies an accuracy of the plurality of building health scores;

wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to cause the user interface to individually display the plurality of building health scores and a corresponding indication of whether the user feedback confirms or denies the accuracy of the plurality of building health scores.

15. The building system of claim 12 , wherein the user feedback includes a plurality of individual user feedbacks of a plurality of users;

wherein the instructions the instructions causes the one or more processors to determine whether the user feedback confirms or denies an accuracy of the plurality of building health scores by generating a score based on the plurality of individual user feedbacks and determining whether the score is greater than or less than a level.

16. The building system of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of building health scores include at least one of:

one or more space health scores indicating health levels of spaces of the building;

one or more planet health scores relating to an effect of the building on environmental pollution;

one or more people health scores relating to at least one of physical or mental health of occupants of the building; or

the overall building health score based on the one or more space health scores, the one or more planet health scores, and the one or more people health scores.

17. The building system of claim 12 , wherein the instructions are developed by a first entity;

wherein the plurality of building health scores include an external score generated based on an external scoring model and the building data, the external scoring model defining a scoring methodology for the building, the external scoring model defined by a second entity different from the first entity.

18. The building system of claim 12 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to implement one or more updates to the one or more building systems of the building based at least on the user feedback, the one or more updates updating operation of the building to improve the plurality of building health scores.

19. The building system of claim 18 , wherein the one or more updates include at least one of:

an update to an operating setting of the one or more building systems controlling an environmental condition of the building;

a work order to perform maintenance on the one or more building systems; or

an update to add a new system or service to the one or more building systems.

20. A method of a building, the building including a plurality of pieces of building equipment that control one or more environmental conditions of the building based on operational settings, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processing circuits, building data from one or more building systems of the building, wherein at least a portion of the building data is associated with control of the one or more environmental conditions of the building;

generating, by the one or more processing circuits, based on the building data, a plurality of building health scores of the building, wherein an overall building health score is based on a combination of the plurality of building health scores;

determining, by the one or more processing circuits, that at least one of the plurality of building health scores of a space of the building cannot be verified by a sensor;

detecting, by the one or more processing circuits, one or more user devices at locations in the space;

transmitting, by the one or more processing circuits, at least one query to the one or more user devices to confirm the at least one of the plurality of building health scores responsive to the determination that the at least one of the plurality of building health scores of the space cannot be verified by the sensor and responsive to the detection of the one or more user devices at locations in the space;

responsive to the at least one query, receiving, by the one or more processing circuits, user feedback regarding the plurality of building health scores via the one or more user devices;

determining, by the one or more processing circuits, whether the user feedback confirms or denies an accuracy of the plurality of building health scores; and

generating, by the one or more processing circuits, a user interface and causing, by the one or more processing circuits.

21. The building system of claim 1 , wherein a first health score of the plurality of building health scores is located at a first position on the user interface in relation to an indication that the user feedback confirms the first health score and a second health score of the plurality of building health scores is located at a second position on the user interface in relation to an indication that the user feedback confirms the second health score.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2024
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
To: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2022
From: SCHUBERT, SHAWN D.; SINHA, VINEET BINODSHANKER; POTTER, KEVIN D.
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63281409 · Nov 19, 2021
Provisional Application 63255347 · Oct 13, 2021
Related Publication 20230114427A1 · Apr 13, 2023
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