Granted Patent B2

US 12,406,218 · App. 18/121,357 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Inventors: Prabhat Ranjan (Bangalore, IN); Khushrav Writer (Charlotte, NC); Nithin Yadalla Ramgopal (Bangalore, IN); Gutha Stalin Sanghamitra (Bangalore, IN); Zhongshengyun Gao (Shanghai, CN); Foong Yeen Chan (Petaling Jaya, MY); Sherene Kuruvilla (Charlotte, NC); Ashu Rawat (Redmond, WA); Nitish Chopra (Janakpuri, IN); Gunjan Chanduka (Bangalore, IN); Barnali Chetia (Bangalore, IN)

Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.

G06Q10/0639G05B13/02G05B23/0216G06Q10/063114G06Q10/06312G06Q10/0633G06Q10/0637H04L12/12H04L12/2818

Abstract

Claims (83)

1. A multi-site Building Management System (BMS) for monitoring a performance of and controlling a local BMS at each of a plurality of remote sites, wherein each of the plurality of remote sites includes a local BMS, the multi-site BMS comprising:

a port for receiving operational data as the operational data is coming in from the local BMS of each of the plurality of remote sites;

a display;

a controller operatively coupled to the display and the port, the controller configured to:

determine a plurality of local performance metrics associated with the local BMS of each of the plurality of remote sites based on the operational data,

wherein the plurality of local performance metrics include different local performance metric types including:

a first performance metric type that is associated with alarms issued by the corresponding local BMS;

a second performance metric type that is associated with comfort provided by the corresponding the local BMS; and

a third performance metric type that is associated with energy usage of the corresponding the local BMS;

process each of the plurality of local performance metrics of each of the plurality of remote sites to identify one or more non-compliant local performance metrics that do not meet a corresponding predefined criteria;

identify like ones of the plurality of local performance metrics of like performance metric type from the plurality of remote sites;

aggregate the like ones of the plurality of local performance metrics of like performance metric type from the plurality of remote sites, resulting in at least one aggregated performance metric for each performance metric type;

concurrently display on the display a plurality of panels, wherein each panel is defined by a visual boundary that extends around a perimeter of the respective panel, and each panel is associated with a different one of the plurality of local performance metric types;

display in each of the plurality of panels at least one of the aggregated performance metrics associated with the corresponding performance metric type;

display a map view concurrently with the plurality of panels, wherein the map view displays a geographical location of at least some of the plurality of remote sites;

receive via the map view a user selection of one of the plurality of remote sites via a user interface device associated with the BMS, and in response, update the display to display a site view on the display for the selected one of the plurality of remote sites, wherein the site view for the selected one of the plurality of remote sites displays at least some of the local performance metrics associated with the particular selected remote site and one or more pieces of equipment of the local BMS of the particular selected remote site;

receive via the site view of the selected one of the plurality of remote sites a selection of one or more of the pieces of equipment of the local BMS of the particular selected remote site via the user interface device associated with the BMS, and in response, update the display to display an equipment view on the display, wherein the equipment view displays additional information associated with an operation of the selected one or more pieces of equipment of the local BMS of the particular selected remote site;

determine and download one or more control commands to the local BMS of the particular selected remote site by to control one or more pieces of equipment of the corresponding local BMS to improve one or more of the non-compliant local performance metrics; and

the corresponding local BMS executing the one or more downloaded control commands causing the corresponding local BMS to control one or more pieces of equipment of the corresponding local BMS to improve one or more of the non-compliant local performance metrics.

2. The multi-site Building Management System (BMS) of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to allow a user selection of a sub-set of the plurality of remote sites via the map view, and in response, aggregate like ones of the plurality of local performance metrics of like performance metric type from only the sub-set of the plurality of remote sites, and update the display to display in each of the plurality of panels the corresponding one of the plurality of aggregated performance metrics for only the sub-set of the plurality of remote sites.

3. The multi-site Building Management System (BMS) of claim 2 , wherein the sub-set of the plurality of remote sites includes two or more of the plurality of remote sites.

4. The multi-site Building Management System (BMS) of claim 1 , wherein the additional information associated with the operation of the selected one of the pieces of equipment includes one or more of:

alarms issued by the selected one of the pieces of equipment;

sensor values associated with the operation of the select one of the pieces of equipment;

control signals associated with the operation of the select one of the pieces of equipment; and

a schedule associated with the select one of the pieces of equipment.

5. The multi-site Building Management System (BMS) of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to classify each of the plurality of local performance metrics of each of the plurality of remote sites that do not meet the corresponding predefined criteria as needing attention.

6. The multi-site Building Management System (BMS) of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to aggregate like ones of the plurality of local performance metrics of like performance metric type from the plurality of remote sites that are classified as needing attention, and display an indication of the aggregation of those needing attention on the corresponding one of the plurality of panels.

7. The multi-site Building Management System (BMS) of claim 1 , wherein aggregating comprises one or more of:

averaging like ones of the plurality of local performance metrics of like performance metric type from the plurality of remote sites;

summing like ones of the plurality of local performance metrics of like performance metric type from the plurality of remote sites; and

computing a score based on like ones of the plurality of local performance metrics of like performance metric type from the plurality of remote sites.

8. The multi-site Building Management System (BMS) of claim 1 , wherein:

a first one of the plurality of panels is associated with the first local performance metric type; and

a second one of the plurality of panels is associated with the second local performance metric type.

9. A non-transient computer readable medium storing thereon instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

determine a plurality of local performance metrics associated with a local BMS of each of a plurality of remote sites based on operational data, wherein the plurality of local performance metrics include different local performance metric types including:

a first performance metric type that is associated with alarms issued by the corresponding local BMS;

a second performance metric type that is associated with comfort provided by the corresponding the local BMS; and

a third performance metric type that is associated with energy usage of the corresponding the local BMS;

process each of the plurality of local performance metrics of each of the plurality of remote sites to identify one or more non-compliant local performance metrics that do not meet a corresponding predefined criteria;

identify like ones of the plurality of local performance metrics of like performance metric type from the plurality of remote sites;

aggregate like ones of the plurality of local performance metrics of like performance metric type from the plurality of remote sites, resulting in at least one aggregated performance metric for each performance metric type;

concurrently display on a display a plurality of panels, wherein each panel is defined by a visual boundary that extends around a perimeter of the respective panel, and each panel is associated with a different one of the plurality of local performance metric types;

display in each of the plurality of panels at least one of the aggregated performance metrics associated with the corresponding performance metric type;

display a map view concurrently with the plurality of panels, wherein the map view displays a geographical location of at least some of the plurality of remote sites;

allow via the map view a user selection of one of the plurality of remote sites via a user interface device;

in response to selection of one of the plurality of remote sites via the map view, update the display to display a site view for the selected one of the plurality of remote sites that displays at least some of the local performance metrics associated with the particular selected remote site and one or more pieces of equipment of the local BMS of the particular selected remote site;

display performance indicators associated with one or more of the pieces of equipment of the local BMS of the particular selected remote site;

receive via the site view of the selected one of the plurality of remote sites a selection of one or more of the pieces of equipment of the local BMS of the particular selected remote site via the user interface device, and in response, update the display to display an equipment view that displays additional information associated with an operation of the selected one of the pieces of equipment of the local BMS of the particular selected remote site;

determine and download one or more control commands to the local BMS of the particular selected remote site to control one or more pieces of equipment of the corresponding local BMS to improve one or more of the non-compliant local performance metrics; and

the corresponding local BMS executing the one or more downloaded control commands causing the corresponding local BMS to control one or more pieces of equipment of the corresponding local BMS to improve one or more of the non-compliant local performance metrics.

10. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the additional information associated with the operation of the selected one of the pieces of equipment of the local BMS of the particular selected remote site includes one or more of:

alarms issued by the selected one of the pieces of equipment;

sensor values associated with the operation of the select one of the pieces of equipment;

control signals associated with the operation of the select one of the pieces of equipment; and

a schedule associated with the select one of the pieces of equipment.

11. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein aggregating comprises one or more of:

averaging like ones of the plurality of local performance metrics of like performance metric type from the plurality of remote sites;

summing like ones of the plurality of local performance metrics of like performance metric type from the plurality of remote sites; and

computing a score based on like ones of the plurality of local performance metrics of like performance metric type from the plurality of remote sites.

12. A method for monitoring a performance of a local BMS at each of a plurality of remote sites, wherein each of the plurality of remote sites includes a local BMS that includes one or more pieces of equipment, the method comprising:

determining a plurality of local performance metrics associated with a local BMS of each of a plurality of remote sites based on operational data, wherein the plurality of local performance metrics include different local performance metric types including:

a first performance metric type that is associated with alarms issued by the corresponding local BMS;

a second performance metric type that is associated with comfort provided by the corresponding the local BMS; and

a third performance metric type that is associated with energy usage of the corresponding the local BMS;

processing each of the plurality of local performance metrics of each of the plurality of remote sites to identify one or more non-compliant local performance metrics that do not meet a corresponding predefined criteria;

identifying like ones of the plurality of local performance metrics of like performance metric type from the plurality of remote sites;

aggregating the like ones of the plurality of local performance metrics of like performance metric type from the plurality of remote sites, resulting in at least one aggregated performance metric for each performance metric type;

concurrently displaying on a display a plurality of panels, wherein each panel is defined by a visual boundary that extends around a perimeter of the respective panel, and each panel is associated with a different one of the plurality of local performance metric types;

displaying in each of the plurality of panels at least one of the aggregated performance metrics associated with the corresponding performance metric type;

displaying a map view concurrently with the plurality of panels, wherein the map view displays a geographical location of at least some of the plurality of remote sites;

receiving via the map view a user selection of one of the plurality of remote sites via a user interface device, and in response, updating the display to display a site view on the display for the selected one of the plurality of remote sites, wherein the site view for the selected one of the plurality of remote sites displays at least some of the local performance metrics associated with the particular selected remote site and one or more pieces of equipment of the local BMS of the particular selected remote site;

receiving via the site view of the selected one of the plurality of remote sites a selection of one or more of the pieces of equipment of the local BMS of the particular selected remote site via the user interface device, and in response, updating the display to display an equipment view on the display, wherein the equipment view displays additional information associated with an operation of the selected one or more pieces of equipment of the local BMS of the particular selected remote site; and

determining and downloading one or more control commands to the local BMS of the particular selected remote site to control one or more pieces of equipment of the corresponding local BMS to improve one or more of the non-compliant local performance metrics; and

the corresponding local BMS executing the one or more downloaded control commands causing the corresponding local BMS to control one or more pieces of equipment of the corresponding local BMS to improve one or more of the non-compliant local performance metrics.

13. The method of claim 12 , comprising:

allowing a user selection of a sub-set of the plurality of remote sites via the map view, and in response, aggregate like ones of the plurality of local performance metrics of like performance metric type from only the sub-set of the plurality of remote sites, and updating the display to display in each of the plurality of panels the corresponding one of the plurality of aggregated performance metrics for only the sub-set of the plurality of remote sites.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the additional information includes one or more of:

alarms issued by the selected one of the pieces of equipment;

sensor values associated with the operation of the select one of the pieces of equipment;

control signals associated with the operation of the select one of the pieces of equipment; and

a schedule associated with the select one of the pieces of equipment.

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