IP Library Granted Patent US 12,406,414
Granted Patent B2
US 12,406,414 · App. 17/896,420 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Building management system with audiovisual dynamic and interactive fault presentation interfaces

Inventors: Rakesh Ranjan Sahoo (Khordha, IN); Mohan J. Shelar (Satara, IN); Kathiresan Rajagopal (Thane, IN); Lawrence Dsouza (Dombivali-East, IN); Sk Sartaj Ansari (Purulia, IN); Renuka Sonnekar (Parbhani, IN)
Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
G06T11/206G05B23/0216G06F3/16G05B2223/06G06F3/0484G06T2200/24
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Patent No.
US 12,406,414
App. No.
17/896,420
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for a building management system includes detecting a fault from timeseries building data, classifying a time period of the timeseries building data as a faulty time period based on the fault, and playing an audiovisual presentation of the fault and the timeseries building data by visually advancing through the timeseries building data in a chronological order and emitting a tone when the timeseries building data for the faulty time period is presented.

Claims (30)

1. A method for a building management system, comprising:

detecting a fault from timeseries building data;

classifying a time period of the timeseries building data as a faulty time period responsive to detecting the fault;

playing an audiovisual presentation of the fault and the timeseries building data via a screen and a speaker by:

visually advancing through the timeseries building data in a chronological order such that at least a normal time period and the faulty time period are presented at different times, wherein the timeseries building data is presented with different coloring, dashing, or line type in the normal time period as compared to the faulty time period, wherein visually advancing the timeseries building data comprises moving a chart of the timeseries building data across the screen, and wherein a width of the chart exceeds a width of the screen; and

emitting an audio tone when the timeseries building data for the faulty time period is presented.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising determining a quality of the tone based on a type or severity of the fault.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the quality of the tone comprises a pitch or volume of the tone.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a pitch of the tone is a function of an amount of deviation of a point of the timeseries building data from a target or threshold value for the point.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising stopping the tone when the timeseries building data for the faulty time period is no longer presented.

6. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing program instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

detecting a fault from timeseries building data;

classifying a time period of the timeseries building data as a faulty time period responsive to detecting the fault;

playing, by controlling a screen and a speaker, an audiovisual presentation of the fault and the timeseries building data by:

visually advancing through the timeseries building data in a chronological order, wherein the timeseries building data is presented with different coloring, dashing, or line type in the normal time period as compared to the faulty time period, wherein visually advancing the timeseries building data comprises moving a chart of the timeseries building data across the screen, and wherein a width of the chart exceeds a width of the screen; and

emitting an audio tone when the timeseries building data for the faulty time period is presented.

7. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 6 , the operations further comprising determining a pitch of the tone based on a type or severity of the fault.

8. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 7 , wherein the pitch of the tone is a function of an amount of deviation of a point of the timeseries building data from a threshold or target value for the point.

9. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 6 , the operations further comprising stopping the tone when the timeseries building data for the faulty time series is advanced such that the timeseries building data is no longer presented.

10. A system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing program instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

detecting a fault from timeseries building data;

classifying a time period of the timeseries building data as a faulty time period responsive to detecting the fault;

playing, by controlling a screen and a speaker, an audiovisual presentation of the fault and the timeseries building data by:

visually advancing through the timeseries building data in a chronological order, wherein the timeseries building data is presented with different coloring, dashing, or line type in the normal time period as compared to the faulty time period, wherein visually advancing the timeseries building data comprises moving a chart of the timeseries building data across the screen, and wherein a width of the chart exceeds a width of the screen; and

emitting an audio tone when the timeseries building data for the faulty time period is presented.

11. The system of claim 10 , the operations further comprising determining a pitch of the tone based on a type or severity of the fault.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the pitch of the tone is a function of an amount of deviation of a point of the timeseries building data from a threshold or target value for the point.

13. The system of claim 10 , the operations further comprising stopping the tone when the timeseries building data for the faulty time series is advanced such that the timeseries building data is no longer presented.

Assignments (2)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2022
From: SAHOO, RAKESH RANJAN; SHELAR, MOHAN J.; RAJAGOPAL, KATHIRESAN; DSOUZA, LAWRENCE; ANSARI, SK SARTAJ; SONNEKAR, RENUKA
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
Reel/Frame 060912/0190 →
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