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US 12,399,471 · App. 19/171,855 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Building system with generative artificial intelligence point naming, classification, and mapping

Inventors: Krishnamurthy Selvaraj (Büchen, DE); Vikas Sharma (New Delhi, IN); Risavsingh Virendrakumar Saingar (Pune, IN); Abhishek Uday Khardenavis (Pune, IN)
Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
G05B13/042G05B13/027
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Patent No.
US 12,399,471
App. No.
19/171,855
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method for a building automation system includes performing data augmentation of a point, equipment, and subtype (PES) dataset using generative artificial intelligence to generate an augmented PES dataset. The method includes fine-tuning at least one large language model (LLM) using the augmented PES dataset, discovering points on a building network for the building automation system, performing PES classification of the points using the at least one fine-tuned LLM, and operating equipment of the building automation system using the PES classification to affect a physical condition of a building.

Claims (54)

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

performing data augmentation of a point, equipment, and subtype (PES) dataset using generative artificial intelligence to generate an augmented PES dataset;

fine-tuning at least one large language model (LLM) using the augmented PES dataset;

discovering points on a building network for the building automation system;

performing PES classification of the points using the at least one fine-tuned LLM; and

operating equipment of the building automation system using the PES classification to affect a physical condition of a building.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the data augmentation of the PES dataset comprises adding synthetic data to the PES dataset, the synthetic data representing behaviors of points in the PES dataset under a plurality of different conditions or scenarios.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the data augmentation of the PES dataset comprises adding synthetic points to the PES dataset, the synthetic points associated with a plurality of equipment and subtypes that are not represented in the PES dataset.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the PES classification of the points using the at least one fine-tuned LLM comprises applying the at least one fine-tuned LLM in a chain-of-thoughts technique.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the PES classification of the points using the at least one fine-tuned LLM comprises:

generating a description of behaviors or features of the points by executing a first thought of a chain-of-thoughts using the at least one fine-tuned LLM; and

classifying equipment and subtypes for the points based on the description of the behaviors or features of the points by executing a second thought of the chain-of-thoughts using the at least one fine-tuned LLM.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising deploying the at least one fine-tuned LLM to an edge device installed locally at the building;

wherein performing the PES classification of the points using the at least one fine-tuned LLM comprises executing the at least one fine-tuned LLM on the edge device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the PES classification of the points using the at least one fine-tuned LLM comprises augmenting the points with point names, equipment associated with the points, and subtypes of the equipment associated with the points.

8. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining that the at least one fine-tuned LLM is unable to classify a subset of the points;

providing the subset of the points to a cloud computing system comprising one or more artificial intelligence models; and

classifying the subset of the points by executing the one or more artificial intelligence models at the cloud computing system.

9. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining that the at least one fine-tuned LLM is unable to classify a subset of the points;

providing the subset of the points to user device configured to receive human feedback; and

classifying the subset of the points based on the human feedback received via the user device.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein operating the equipment of the building automation system using the PES classification comprises:

mapping the points to one or more setpoints or measured points in a control process based on the PES classification; and

executing the control process to affect the physical condition of the building.

11. A building system comprising:

one or more processors; and

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

performing data augmentation of a point, equipment, and subtype (PES) dataset using generative artificial intelligence to generate an augmented PES dataset;

fine-tuning at least one large language model (LLM) using the augmented PES dataset;

discovering points on a building network for the building system;

performing PES classification of the points using the at least one fine-tuned LLM; and

operating equipment of the building system using the PES classification to affect a physical condition of a building.

12. The building system of claim 11 , wherein performing the data augmentation of the PES dataset comprises adding synthetic data to the PES dataset, the synthetic data representing behaviors of points in the PES dataset under a plurality of different conditions or scenarios.

13. The building system of claim 11 , wherein performing the data augmentation of the PES dataset comprises adding synthetic points to the PES dataset, the synthetic points associated with a plurality of equipment and subtypes that are not represented in the PES dataset.

14. The building system of claim 11 , wherein performing the PES classification of the points using the at least one fine-tuned LLM comprises applying the at least one fine-tuned LLM in a chain-of-thoughts technique.

15. The building system of claim 11 , wherein performing the PES classification of the points using the at least one fine-tuned LLM comprises:

generating a description of behaviors or features of the points by executing a first thought of a chain-of-thoughts using the at least one fine-tuned LLM; and

classifying equipment and subtypes for the points based on the description of the behaviors or features of the points by executing a second thought of the chain-of-thoughts using the at least one fine-tuned LLM.

16. The building system of claim 11 , the operations comprising deploying the at least one fine-tuned LLM to an edge device installed locally at the building;

wherein performing the PES classification of the points using the at least one fine-tuned LLM comprises executing the at least one fine-tuned LLM on the edge device.

17. The building system of claim 11 , wherein performing the PES classification of the points using the at least one fine-tuned LLM comprises augmenting the points with point names, equipment associated with the points, and subtypes of the equipment associated with the points.

18. The building system of claim 11 , the operations comprising:

determining that the at least one fine-tuned LLM is unable to classify a subset of the points;

providing the subset of the points to a cloud computing system comprising one or more artificial intelligence models; and

classifying the subset of the points by executing the one or more artificial intelligence models at the cloud computing system.

19. The building system of claim 11 , the operations comprising:

determining that the at least one fine-tuned LLM is unable to classify a subset of the points;

providing the subset of the points to user device configured to receive human feedback; and

classifying the subset of the points based on the human feedback received via the user device.

20. The building system of claim 11 , wherein operating the equipment of the building system using the PES classification comprises:

mapping the points to one or more setpoints or measured points in a control process based on the PES classification; and

executing the control process to affect the physical condition of the building.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2025
From: SELVARAJ, KRISHNAMURTHY; SHARMA, VIKAS; SAINGAR, RISAVSINGH VIRENDRAKUMAR; KHARDENAVIS, ABHISHEK UDAY
To: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
Reel/Frame 070770/0197 →
Priority Claims (1)
IN 202441028827 · Apr 9, 2024 · national
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