A container system includes a shipping container including multiple battery cells and a fire suppression system. The fire suppression system includes multiple fire suppressant containers and processing circuitry. The fire suppressant containers are each configured to store fire suppressant and discharge the fire suppressant to a coverage area of the shipping container. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain detection data indicating a detection of a thermal event or a fire within the shipping container. The processing circuitry is configured to, in response to the detection of the thermal event or the fire within the shipping container, sequentially activate the fire suppressant containers to provide fire suppression according to multiple stages of fire suppression.
A62C 3/07 - Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places in vehicles, e.g. in road vehicles
A62C 3/00 - Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places
A62C 3/16 - Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places in electrical installations, e.g. cableways
A62C 37/44 - Control of fire-fighting equipment an actuating signal being generated by a sensor separate from an outlet device only the sensor being in the danger zone
A62C 99/00 - Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
H01M 50/249 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
A battery system including a housing defining an aperture and an internal volume, a battery section contained within the internal volume, and a seal coupled to the housing and reconfigurable from a sealed state to a ruptured state in response to a predetermined condition within the housing. In the sealed state, the seal prevents fluid from flowing through the aperture. In the ruptured state, the seal permits the fluid to flow through the aperture.
A62C 3/16 - Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places in electrical installations, e.g. cableways
B60L 50/64 - Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
H01M 50/249 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
Testing communication on a 2-wire addressable loop of a fire alarm system is done using a portable test tool comprising: connecting the portable test tool to the two wires of the loop using a pair of leads; pairing the portable test tool with a remote device using a wireless protocol; detecting and decoding communications which are put on the addressable loop; download the communications from the portable test tool to the remote device using the wireless protocol; and analysing the communications.
A method of data logging in a fire alarm system comprising a data logger device located within a casing of a fire alarm control panel of the fire alarm system, comprising: communicating, via a data interface of the data logger device that is connected to a data connection of the fire alarm control panel, with one or more processors of the fire alarm control panel, to obtain detector values stored in one or more data stores of the fire alarm control panel, wherein the fire alarm system comprises one or more detectors communicatively coupled with the fire alarm control panel via a wired or wireless connection; and logging the detector values into one or more data stores of the data logger device.
An air conditioning system for a building includes an air conditioning unit including one or more powered air conditioning components configured to apply heating or cooling to a refrigerant and an air conditioning controller. The air conditioning controller is configured to cause a determined amount of power to be received at the one or more powered air conditioning components for use in powering the air conditioning unit and control the one or more powered air conditioning components by determining a refrigerant temperature setpoint for the refrigerant or a supply air temperature setpoint for supply air output by the air conditioning system based on the determined amount of power.
G05B 15/02 - Systems controlled by a computer electric
G05B 13/04 - Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric involving the use of models or simulators
A battery system includes a housing assembly including an inner wall and an outer wall and a battery section. The housing assembly defines an inner volume, a distribution volume extending between the inner wall and the outer wall, the inner wall extending between the inner volume and the distribution volume, a first aperture and a second aperture each extending through the inner wall from the inner volume to the distribution volume, and an inlet fluidly coupled to the distribution volume and configured to be fluidly coupled to a supply of fire suppressant. The battery section is positioned within the inner volume.
H01M 50/673 - Containers for storing liquidsDelivery conduits therefor
A62C 3/07 - Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places in vehicles, e.g. in road vehicles
A62C 3/16 - Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places in electrical installations, e.g. cableways
H01M 50/249 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
H01M 50/636 - Closing or sealing filling ports, e.g. using lids
A configurator to configure a fire suppression system is provided. The configurator includes a data processing system comprising one or more processors, coupled with memory, to receive, from a first source, common data for a project; receive, from a second source different than the first source, product data comprising product specifications for a plurality of fire suppression products; and generate, based on the common data and the product data, a plurality of system pairings for the project, each system pairing including a list of fire suppression components for the project. The second source can be a rules engine to dynamically update the configurator.
A fire sprinkler includes a body, a seal, a trigger, and a detector. The body includes an inlet, an outlet, and a passageway between the inlet and the outlet. The seal is coupled with the outlet to seal the outlet. The trigger is coupled with the seal such that operation of the trigger releases the seal from the outlet. The detector is coupled with the body. The detector is to cause the operation of the trigger responsive to detection of a fire condition.
A container system includes a container, and a canister. The container defines an inner volume. Multiple modules are positioned within the inner volume. The modules include multiple battery cells. The canister is configured to store liquid CO2. The canister is removably fluidly coupled with the inner volume of the container. The canister is configured to discharge the liquid CO2 into the inner volume to suppress and freeze the battery cells prior to physical opening of the container.
H01M 50/682 - Containers for storing liquidsDelivery conduits therefor accommodated in battery or cell casings
A62C 3/16 - Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places in electrical installations, e.g. cableways
B60L 50/64 - Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
H01M 50/204 - Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells
H01M 50/249 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
A battery pack comprising a housing defining a volume and a battery module arranged within the housing, where the battery module comprises a plurality of battery cells configured to provide an electrical output. The battery pack comprising a suppressant canister having a suppressant and positioned within the battery module proximate to the plurality of battery cells, where the suppressant canister is configured to provide the suppressant to the battery module to mitigate a thermal runaway.
A62C 35/10 - Containers destroyed or opened by flames or heat
A62C 3/16 - Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places in electrical installations, e.g. cableways
B60L 3/00 - Electric devices on electrically-propelled vehicles for safety purposesMonitoring operating variables, e.g. speed, deceleration or energy consumption
B60L 50/64 - Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
H01M 50/204 - Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells
H01M 50/249 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
H01M 50/258 - Modular batteriesCasings provided with means for assembling
H01M 50/682 - Containers for storing liquidsDelivery conduits therefor accommodated in battery or cell casings
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING RECORDING STATUS OF CAMERA
A method and apparatus for indicating as recording status of a camera include determining a current recording status of the camera. The aspects include providing, in a vicinity of the camera responsive to the current recording status of the camera, a human-perceptible recording status indication for the camera.
A model predictive maintenance (MPM) system generates operating decisions and maintenance decisions for building equipment by performing a MPM process. The MPM process determines a specific type of maintenance activity to be performed at a service time from a set of multiple different types of maintenance activities based on (1) first costs of operating the building equipment predicted to result from the multiple different types of the maintenance activities and (2) second costs of performing maintenance on the building equipment predicted to result from the multiple different types of the maintenance activities. The MPM system causes the specific type of maintenance activity to be performed on the building equipment at the service time and controls the building equipment by generating electronic control signals based on the operating decisions and causing the building equipment to affect a variable state or condition in a building using the electronic control signals.
Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving, for each of the multiple zones,an entering count of persons that entered the zone during a time period and an exiting count of persons that exited the zone during the time period, and/or computing, for each second level zone of one or more second level zones, a percentage of persons that traveled a direct path from the first level zone to the second level zone based on the exiting count of persons that exited the first level zone and the entering count of persons that entered the second level zone. In other examples, behavioral personas can be assigned to persons within the zone based on the time the person is within the zone.
A security device maintenance system is provided. The aspects include one or more processors configured to assess security data quality by conducting one or more tests that compare the security data to one or more predetermined thresholds, assign one or more anomaly indicators to security devices if the security data quality fails to meet the one or more predetermined thresholds, and generate an automated maintenance report for the one or more security devices including the one or more anomaly indicators. The aspects can also include periodically retrieving one or more security data from the one or more security devices, utilizing an artificial intelligence (AI) model to detect one or more anomalies, and generating one or more predictive maintenance suggestions.
H04N 17/00 - Diagnosis, testing or measuring for television systems or their details
G06F 21/57 - Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities
A method of determining crosstalk between a pair of installed two-wire fire alarm loops of an addressable fire alarm system, comprises: generating a test signal which includes a string of test bytes; applying the test signal to a first of the pair of loops; detecting any bits or bytes on the second of the pair of loops; comparing the detected bits or bytes with the generated test bits or bytes to determine how many bits or bytes are matching; and determining the extent of crosstalk based on the number of matching test bits and/or bytes detected on the second of the pair of loops.
YORK (WUXI) AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION CO., LTD. (China)
TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH (Switzerland)
Inventor
Su, Xiuping
Ma, Xiaokui
Wang, Li
Abstract
The present application provides an evaporator, comprising: a housing, a first heat exchange tube group, a second heat exchange tube group, a first side blocking plate, and a second side blocking plate. The first heat exchange tube group is located at the lower part of an accommodating cavity, and the second heat exchange tube group is located above the first heat exchange tube group; each of the first side blocking plate and the second side blocking plate comprises a main body portion, the main body portion is arranged in close proximity to the second heat exchange tube group, and the main body portion comprises a top and a bottom which are oppositely arranged and a waist portion located between the top and the bottom; and the distance between the waist portion of the first side blocking plate and the waist portion of the second side blocking plate is smaller than the distance between the top of the first side blocking plate and the top of the second side blocking plate, and is smaller than the distance between the bottom of the first side blocking plate and the bottom of the second side blocking plate. The heat exchanger in the present application has high heat exchange efficiency.
An aqueous fluorine-free, fire-fighting composition including a sugar component, an anionic surfactant, a zwitterionic surfactant, water-miscible organic solvent, and a nonionic surfactant, is provided.
York (Wuxi) Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Co., Ltd. (China)
Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Switzerland)
Inventor
Cai, Haifeng
Ma, Xijiao
Liu, Yuqian
Zhu, Chen
Abstract
A load balancing method for two compressors. The two compressors are used in a refrigeration system and are driven coaxially by the same driving device. The method comprises the steps of obtaining parameters, determining balance, and controlling start/stop states. The parameters in the step of obtaining parameters are parameters related to the two compressors, such as a compressor suction side flow rate, or exhaust side flow rate, or suction side temperature; the step of determining balance comprises determining, on the basis of the obtained parameters related to the two compressors, whether load is balanced between the two compressors; the step of controlling start/top states comprises controlling the start/stop states of the two compressors according to whether the load is balanced. The method can monitor the load balance state of two compressors that are coaxially driven, thereby effectively avoiding failure of the refrigeration system caused by unbalanced loads of the compressors.
F25B 49/02 - Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices for compression type machines, plants or systems
F25B 7/00 - Compression machines, plants or systems, with cascade operation, i.e. with two or more circuits, the heat from the condenser of one circuit being absorbed by the evaporator of the next circuit
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AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR REGULATING SYSTEM LOAD BY MEANS OF HOT GAS BYPASS
YORK (WUXI) AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION CO., LTD. (China)
TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH (Switzerland)
Inventor
Fan, Bingyan
Chen, Yunxin
Mao, Yaohui
Wu, Yawei
Abstract
A method for regulating a system load by means of hot gas bypass. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a real-time outlet water temperature and a target outlet water temperature; determining a relationship between the magnitudes of the real-time outlet water temperature and the target outlet water temperature and a trend of change in the absolute value of the difference between the real-time outlet water temperature and the target outlet water temperature; on the basis of the relationship between the magnitudes of the real-time outlet water temperature and the target outlet water temperature and the trend of change in the absolute value of the difference between the real-time outlet water temperature and the target outlet water temperature that are determined in the above step, determining an amount of change in the valve opening of hot gas bypass; and regulating the valve opening of the hot gas bypass, thereby adjusting a system load. On the basis of different fluctuation trends of a water temperature with regard to approaching or deviating from a target value, an independent PID control mode is separately used, i.e., a dual-PID control mode, so that the system controls the water temperature more precisely and stably, the amplitude of fluctuation of the water temperature is smaller, and the system is more energy-saving.
Systems and methods are disclosed relating to distributed machine learning model resource allocation for building management systems. For example, a system can include at least one of an orchestrator or an optimizer to receive data regarding a workload to be performed using one or more machine learning models. The system can process the data to select one or more computing resources to deploy in order to perform the workload. The system can evaluate, using one or more trigger conditions, one or more characteristics of at least one of the data or the workload to determine to perform the workload.
G05B 13/02 - Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric
A thermostat for a building zone includes at least one of a model predictive controller and an equipment controller. The model predictive controller is configured to obtain a cost function that accounts for a cost of operating HVAC equipment during each of a plurality of time steps, use a predictive model to predict a temperature of the building zone during each of the plurality of time steps, and generate temperature setpoints for the building zone for each of the plurality of time steps by optimizing the cost function subject to a constraint on the predicted temperature. The equipment controller is configured to receive the temperature setpoints generated by the model predictive controller and drive the temperature of the building zone toward the temperature setpoints during each of the plurality of time steps by operating the HVAC equipment to provide heating or cooling to the building zone.
F24F 11/30 - Control or safety arrangements for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
F24F 11/46 - Improving electric energy efficiency or saving
F24F 11/52 - Indication arrangements, e.g. displays
F24F 11/58 - Remote control using Internet communication
F24F 11/62 - Control or safety arrangements characterised by the type of control or by internal processing, e.g. using fuzzy logic, adaptive control or estimation of values
F24F 11/64 - Electronic processing using pre-stored data
F24F 11/65 - Electronic processing for selecting an operating mode
F24F 11/89 - Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
G05B 13/04 - Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric involving the use of models or simulators
G05B 15/02 - Systems controlled by a computer electric
G05D 23/19 - Control of temperature characterised by the use of electric means
Systems and methods to integrate equipment models are described herein. Integration of equipment models can occur responsive to detection of new physical devices.
A building system of a building, the building system including one or more memory devices storing instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to update a building condition of an HVAC system of a space in a building at a time t1, wherein the building condition is updated from a default building condition. The instructions when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to update the building condition of the space at a time t2 and receive an occupant response of an occupant from the space. The instructions when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to update an artificial intelligence (AI) model based on the occupant response and generate, using the AI model, one or more actions for the HVAC system of a plurality of spaces.
A system includes an air storage tank, a selector valve, a pressure regulator, and a plurality of air fill stations. The air storage tank has air at an operational pressure of at least 3000 psig. The selector valve has a first flow path coupled with the air storage tank. The pressure regulator is coupled with a second flow path of the selector valve, and is to maintain pressure of air provided to the second flow path at a standby pressure less than 250 psig. The plurality of air fill stations are coupled with the selector valve.
A building management system performs operations including obtaining an input triggering a test of a sprinkler system within a building associated with the BMS and retrieving a test having criteria regarding operation of components of the sprinkler system, transmitting control signals to trigger operation the components of the sprinkler system according to the test procedure and monitoring sensor data indicative of operational values associated with the components of the sprinkler system. The operations include determining whether a fault has occurred in a component of the sprinkler system during the test procedure based on evaluation of the operational value using the criteria, and reporting (1) a successful test of the sprinkler system responsive to determining that no faults or (2) reporting an unsuccessful test of the sprinkler system responsive to determining a fault occurred.
A method for operating a temperature control system having a cooling system and ventilation system to vent outside air within a structure is disclosed. The method includes monitoring an interior temperature of the structure, monitoring an exterior temperature of ambient air outside of the structure, defining a first time range and a second time range, associating one or more operating parameters of the temperature control system with the first time range, associating one or more operating parameters of the temperature control system with the second time range, monitoring operational time and operational load of the cooling system for the first time range, predicting a space temperature and an outdoor air temperature for a subsequent time period, and controlling the ventilation subsystem during the second time range based upon the monitored operational time and operational load of the cooling subsystem for the first time range, the monitored interior and exterior temperatures, the predicted space temperature, the predicted outdoor air temperature, and the one or more operating parameters of the cooling subsystem associated with the second time range.
F24F 11/64 - Electronic processing using pre-stored data
F24F 8/10 - Treatment, e.g. purification, of air supplied to human living or working spaces otherwise than by heating, cooling, humidifying or drying by separation, e.g. by filtering
F24F 8/22 - Treatment, e.g. purification, of air supplied to human living or working spaces otherwise than by heating, cooling, humidifying or drying by sterilisation using UV light
A dual RFID and AM label or tag, and method for making the same, including a first housing portion comprising a first bio-degradable material and having a side wall defining a cavity, a second housing portion comprising a second bio-degradable material and connected to the first housing portion, an acousto-magnetic resonator sized to moveably fit within the cavity, and an RFID label associated with one of the first housing portion or the second housing portion.
G06K 19/02 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the selection of materials, e.g. to avoid wear during transport through the machine
G06K 19/07 - Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards with integrated circuit chips
G06K 19/077 - Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
Example aspects include a method performed by a newly-added device to a private network of a communication system. The method includes generating a self-signed digital certificate. The method further includes receiving, from a mobile configuration device, via a first short range wireless communication, a request for the self-signed digital certificate. The method also includes transmitting, in response to the request, via a second short range wireless communication, the self-signed digital certificate to the mobile configuration device. The method additionally includes performing, via the self-signed digital certificate, a handshake protocol with an existing device on the private network, the existing device having received the self-signed digital certificate from the mobile configuration device.
Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for providing personalized and contextualized environment security information. An implementation may comprise collecting a plurality of sensor data from a plurality of sensors located in an environment, detecting a security event in the environment based on at least a portion of the plurality of sensor data, and generating contextual information for the security event based on at least a larger portion of the plurality of sensor data. The implementation may further comprise detecting a first user accessing security information for the environment on an output device, retrieving a user profile of the first user, and generating a remediation conversation based on the user profile, the security event, and the contextual information. The implementation may further comprise outputting at least a first portion of the remediation conversation on the output device.
G08B 13/196 - Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelengthActuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems using television cameras
G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
Johnson Controls Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. (China)
Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Switzerland)
Inventor
Zhang, Haixian
Lin, Kun
Xi, Ye
Cui, Liqi
Jiang, Cheng
Kuang, Yi
Abstract
A compressor, comprising: a housing (101) provided with a rotor accommodating cavity (105) and an exhaust cavity (180); and a pair of screw rotors (110) at least partially located in the rotor accommodating cavity (105), a compression accommodating cavity (150) being formed between teeth of the pair of screw rotors (110) and the housing (101), and the pair of screw rotors (110) having a suction end (112) and an exhaust end (113), wherein the housing (101) further comprises an unloading channel (208) and a connecting channel (308), the unloading channel (208) is provided with an unloading channel inlet (216) and an unloading channel outlet (217), the unloading channel inlet (216) can be communicated with the compression accommodating cavity (150) through the connecting channel (308), and the unloading channel outlet (217) is communicated with a suction side of the compressor; and an unloading device (109) configured to controllably open or close the connecting channel (308), such that the compression accommodating cavity (150) can be controllably communicated with or disconnected from the connecting channel (308). The compressor can reduce the load upon startup.
F04C 18/16 - Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of other than internal-axis type with toothed rotary pistons with helical teeth, e.g. chevron-shaped, screw type
F04C 29/12 - Arrangements for admission or discharge of the working fluid, e.g. constructional features of the inlet or outlet
A building management system (BMS) configured to receive one or more characteristics for one or more buildings of a plurality of buildings, the one or more characteristics including a location for the one or more buildings; retrieve climate information for the one or more buildings from one or more external computing systems based on the location of the one or more buildings; retrieve energy information for the one or more buildings based on at least one of the location or the climate information; generate a user interface including at least one graphic having a plurality of building indicators, each building indicator corresponding to a building of the plurality of buildings, the plurality of building indicators being visually coded based on at least one of the climate information or the energy information; and cause a display device to display the user interface.
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, includes an enclosure and a heat exchanger disposed within the enclosure, where the heat exchanger includes a first slab and a second slab, the first slab includes a first configuration, and the second slab includes a second configuration, different from the first configuration. The HVAC system further includes a blower disposed within the enclosure, where the blower may direct an air flow across the heat exchanger, and the blower includes a motor to operate the blower, where the motor is aligned with the first slab, relative to a direction of the air flow through the enclosure. The blower also includes an intake to receive the air flow, where the intake is aligned with the second slab, relative to the direction of the air flow through the enclosure.
F24F 13/30 - Arrangement or mounting of heat-exchangers
F24F 3/00 - Air-conditioning systems in which conditioned primary air is supplied from one or more central stations to distributing units in the rooms or spaces where it may receive secondary treatmentApparatus specially designed for such systems
An enclosure for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes an enclosure panel. The enclosure panel includes a panel body, a plurality of vent holes formed through the panel body, a plurality of holes formed through the panel body adjacent an edge of the panel body, and a flange extending from the edge of the panel body. The flange includes a lateral portion extending crosswise from the edge of the panel body. The flange also includes a guard portion extending crosswise from an end of the lateral portion, opposite the panel body. The guard portion overlaps with a respective central axis of each hole of the plurality of holes.
A fire suppression system includes a container of fire suppressant, a nozzle positioned to direct the fire suppressant from the container towards a hazard, and an actuator configured to cause the fire suppressant to pass from the container to the nozzle. The system also includes a user interface, a controller coupled to the actuator and the user interface, a detection circuit coupled to the control, a first optical sensor coupled to the controller via an optical interface module and a second sensor coupled to the controller. The optical interface module and the second sensor are each configured to adjust a resistance of the detection circuit. The controller is configured to determine the resistance of the detection circuit and compare the determined resistance to a predetermined resistance band lookup to identify an event corresponding with the resistance. The controller is further configured to generate a response based on the event.
G08B 17/12 - Actuation by presence of radiation or particles, e.g. of infrared radiation or of ions
G08B 17/06 - Electric actuation of the alarm, e.g. using a thermally-operated switch
A62C 37/40 - Control of fire-fighting equipment an actuating signal being generated by a sensor separate from an outlet device by both sensor and actuator, e.g. valve, being in the danger zone with electric connection between sensor and actuator
A62C 13/00 - Portable extinguishers which are permanently pressurised or pressurised immediately before use
G08B 3/10 - Audible signalling systemsAudible personal calling systems using electric transmissionAudible signalling systemsAudible personal calling systems using electromagnetic transmission
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BUILDING SYSTEM WITH OCCUPANT-SPECIFIC AIR CLEANLINESS CONTROL
Systems and methods executable by a building management system for controlling air cleanliness in a building space are provided. An exemplary method includes predicting an occupancy of the building space during a future time period, identifying an occupant predicted to occupy the building space during the future time period based on the predicted occupancy, obtaining an occupant-specific air cleanliness requirement for the identified occupant, using a predictive air cleanliness model for the building space and the occupant-specific air cleanliness requirement to generate control parameters for building equipment that operate to affect the air cleanliness in the building space, and operating the building equipment using the control parameters to affect the air cleanliness in the building space during the future time period.
A Building Management System (BMS) can include one or more memory devices that can store instructions thereon. The instructions, when executed by one or more processors, can cause the one or more processors to receive a first set of data corresponding to a plurality of parameters of one or more aspects of a building, generate a user interface including one or more graphical representations of one or more first values, receive a dataset corresponding to a Change of Value (COV) for at least one value of the one or more first values, and update at least one graphical representation of the one or more graphical representations to reflect the COV for the at one value of the one or more first values.
G06F 3/0481 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
G06F 3/04842 - Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements
G06F 12/0802 - Addressing of a memory level in which the access to the desired data or data block requires associative addressing means, e.g. caches
H04L 67/12 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
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BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH AUGMENTED REALITY COMMAND CENTER
A building system including one or more storage devices storing instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to receive building information associated with one or more entities of the building, the one or more entities comprising at least one of locations, events, assets, or people associated with the building, categorize the building information into a first set of the building information and a second set of the building information different from the first set, the first and second sets of the building information extracted and/or derived from the building information, and generate a distributed command center for monitoring and/or responding to events in or associated with the building, the distributed command center comprising a plurality of command center interfaces to be provided to a plurality of users on a plurality of devices.
A method for enhancing performance of a machine learning model executing on an edge building device of a building includes executing, by one or more processors of the edge building device, the machine learning model, generating, by the one or more processors of the edge building device, an assessment of the performance of the machine learning model on the edge building device, and responsive to the assessment indicating the performance of the machine learning model is below a first level: retraining, by the one or more processors of the edge building device, the machine learning model at the edge building device, and causing, by the one or more processors of the edge building device, a device other than the edge building device to retrain the machine learning model.
A control system of a blower of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a blower motor connector having a plurality of ports, where each port of the plurality of ports is configured to receive a respective control signal, and a blower motor controller electrically coupled to each port of the plurality of ports, where the blower motor controller is configured to operate the blower at a plurality of air flow rates, and each air flow rate of the plurality of air flow rates corresponds to one of the respective control signals. The control system also includes a thermostat configured to concurrently transmit a first input signal and a second input signal indicative of a call for conditioning. The control system is configured to block transmission of the first input signal to a first port of the plurality of ports and configured to transmit the second input signal to a second port of the plurality of ports.
F24F 11/76 - Control systems characterised by their outputsConstructional details thereof for controlling the supply of treated air, e.g. its pressure for controlling air flow rate or air velocity by means responsive to temperature, e.g. bimetal springs
F24F 11/49 - Control or safety arrangements for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring ensuring correct operation, e.g. by trial operation or configuration checks
A Building Management System (BMS) can include one or more memory devices that can store instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a selection of a plurality of parameters associated with one or more pieces of building equipment of a building, identify an evaluation to test a performance of the one or more pieces of building equipment, determine a routine to perform the evaluation, retrieve a plurality of control parameters associated with a plurality of elements of the routine, and transmit control signals to the one or more pieces of building equipment to execute the routine.
G05B 13/02 - Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric
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ADAPTIVE FLOW CONTROLLER FOR USE WITH A FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
An adaptive airflow control system can be used to position damper systems or controlling air units utilized in an environment control system. The environment can include a controller. The controller includes a circuit configured to provide a control signal in response to a sensed flow signal. The control signal is related to a desired rate of flow provided across a component. The circuit is configured to provide the control signal in accordance with a system gain factor calculated using a pressure factor which represents a pressure drop across the component associated with a unit of the environment control system.
F24F 11/74 - Control systems characterised by their outputsConstructional details thereof for controlling the supply of treated air, e.g. its pressure for controlling air flow rate or air velocity
A Building Management System (BMS) can include one or more memory devices that can store instructions thereon. The instructions can, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a first set of data corresponding to a piece of building equipment for a building, transmit the first set of data to a system to integrate the piece of building equipment with the system, receive a second set of data that includes one or more second values corresponding to second timeseries data associated with the piece of building equipment, detect a difference between one or more first values and the one or more second values that indicates a Change of Value (COV) for at least one parameter associated with the one or more second values, and transmit a third set of data that identifies the COV without a subsequent transmission of the semantic information.
An HVAC controller includes 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 determining a filtration efficiency of an air filter located within an air handling unit and positioned to filter a pollutant from an airstream provided to a building zone by the air handling unit, determining an internal generation rate of the pollutant within the building zone, and initiating an automated action based on the filtration efficiency of the air filter within the air handling unit and the internal generation rate of the pollutant within the building zone.
B01D 46/44 - Auxiliary equipment or operation thereof controlling filtration
F24F 8/108 - Treatment, e.g. purification, of air supplied to human living or working spaces otherwise than by heating, cooling, humidifying or drying by separation, e.g. by filtering using dry filter elements
F24F 11/70 - Control systems characterised by their outputsConstructional details thereof
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF NOSECONES OF CONCEALED SPRINKLERS
A concealed sprinkler includes a body, a seal, an activation element, a deflector, and a nosecone. The body includes a passageway having an inlet and an outlet, and defines a longitudinal axis through the inlet and the outlet. The seal couples with the outlet. The activation element couples with the seal. The activation element changes from a first state to a second state responsive to a fire condition to allow the seal to be displaced from the outlet. The deflector is coupled with the body and positioned along the longitudinal axis. The nosecone is coupled with the deflector and includes a first portion positioned along the longitudinal axis, a second portion spaced from the first portion and extending further outward than the first portion, and a wall forming a step between the first portion and the second portion.
A method for processing compute activities of a building management system of a building, the method including receiving, by one or more processors, a selection from a user of a sustainability tuning level from among a plurality of sustainability tuning levels, the plurality of sustainability tuning levels representing different levels of weighting to be placed on mitigating a sustainability impact of computing workloads balanced against one or more other factors, receiving, by one or more processors, a computing workload to be processed by the building system, determining, by the one or more processors, an execution plan for processing the computing workload based at least in part on the selected sustainability tuning level, and causing, by the one or more processors, the computing workload to be processed in accordance with the execution plan.
JOHNSON CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION (WUXI) CO., LTD. (China)
TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH (Switzerland)
Inventor
Kane, Ajit Wasant
Warriner, Jonpaul
Wu, Zhiqiao
Barley, Karl Richard
Jiang, Chenyi
Abstract
A variable speed drive (VSD) logic board (100) for a VSD (52) of a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system (10) includes a printed circuit board (180), a sensor (200) integrated with the printed circuit board (180), where the sensor (200) is configured to detect an organic compound in air within an enclosure (156) of the HVAC&R system (10) and to transmit data indicative of a concentration of the organic compound in the air within the enclosure (156), and a controller (182) integrated with the printed circuit board (180), where the controller (182) is configured to receive the data from the sensor (200), determine an occurrence of a thermal event within the enclosure (156) based on the data, and adjust operation of the VSD (52) in response to determination of the occurrence of the thermal event.
F24F 11/86 - Control systems characterised by their outputsConstructional details thereof for controlling the temperature of the supplied air by controlling compressors within refrigeration or heat pump circuits
F24F 11/89 - Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
F24F 11/49 - Control or safety arrangements for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring ensuring correct operation, e.g. by trial operation or configuration checks
F25B 49/02 - Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices for compression type machines, plants or systems
F25B 1/00 - Compression machines, plants or systems with non-reversible cycle
H02P 23/14 - Estimation or adaptation of motor parameters, e.g. rotor time constant, flux, speed, current or voltage
A Building Automation System (BAS) can include one or more memory devices storing instructions thereon. The instructions can, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to detect an occurrence of an event associated with building equipment of a building and determine a time of the occurrence of the event, execute an automated video gathering process, perform a diagnostic process using video data to determine a potential cause of the occurrence of the event, and initiate an automated resolution to address the potential cause of the occurrence of the event.
Systems and methods are disclosed for edge devices in building management systems that can perform automatic self-organization and configuration operations, including but not limited to in command and control contexts. For example, the edge devices can include a scan agent to detect context information relating to where the devices are located with respect to the building and/or other components in the building. A machine learning model can use the context information, along with current configuration or capability information of the device, to identify any software/firmware/application packages to install on the device to customize the device for effective operation relative to the building/other components in the building.
A method for testing software in an edge building device of a building, the method includes executing, by one or more processors of the edge building device, a first version of the software to perform a first set of one or more processing tasks for the edge building device, and testing, by the one or more processors of the edge building device, a second version of the software configured to perform a second set of one or more processing tasks for the edge building device, testing the second version of the software including: executing the second version of the software together with execution of the first version of the software on the edge building device, and evaluating, by the one or more processors of the edge building device or by causing a separate computing device to perform the evaluation, a performance of the second version of the software.
A method for processing compute activities of a building management system of a building, the method including receiving, by one or more processors, a selection from a user of a sustainability tuning level from among a plurality of sustainability tuning levels, the plurality of sustainability tuning levels representing different levels of weighting to be placed on mitigating a sustainability impact of computing workloads balanced against one or more other factors, receiving, by one or more processors, a computing workload to be processed by the building system, determining, by the one or more processors, an execution plan for processing the computing workload based at least in part on the selected sustainability tuning level, and causing, by the one or more processors, the computing workload to be processed in accordance with the execution plan.
A controller for one or more pumps in a central plant is configured to obtain first values of flow rate of a fluid provided by the one or more pumps to a building or campus and corresponding first values of a pressure differential across the building or campus during a first time period, generate a system curve for the building or campus that defines a relationship between the flow rate and the pressure differential using the first values of flow rate and pressure differential during the first time period, predict a second value of the pressure differential across the building or campus during a second time period using the system curve and a second value of the flow rate during the second time period, and operate the one or more pumps to achieve the second value of the pressure differential across the building or campus during the second time period.
A controller for HVAC equipment uses a predictive model for the HVAC equipment to calculate a plurality of values of a model-predicted heating or cooling load of the HVAC equipment at a plurality of time steps within a time period, obtains a plurality of values of an actual heating or cooling load of the HVAC equipment at the plurality of time steps within the time period, generates a calibration model that relates the model-predicted heating or cooling load to the actual heating or cooling load using the plurality of values of the model-predicted heating or cooling load and the plurality of values of the actual heating or cooling load, uses the calibration model to calculate calibrated values of the model-predicted heating or cooling load of the HVAC equipment, and operates the HVAC equipment using the calibrated values of the model-predicted heating or cooling load.
A controller for equipment that operates to affect a variable state or condition of a building including one or more processors and non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the processors, cause the processors to perform operations. The operations include performing model predictive control and proportional, integral, derivative control using adaptive artificial intelligence, performing tampering prediction using adaptive artificial intelligence, or detecting degradation using adaptive artificial intelligence.
G05B 13/02 - Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric
G05B 13/04 - Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric involving the use of models or simulators
A sensor device including a housing and a number of sensors. The sensor device includes a display configured to display one or more parameters representing the environmental condition in the building zone, a user interface configured to receive a user input, an auxiliary sensor coupled to the user interface and configured to detect movement of the user interface; and a control circuit communicably coupled to the plurality of sensor components, the display, the user interface, and the auxiliary sensor, wherein in response to a first user detection signal from the auxiliary sensor indicating movement of the user interface, the control circuit is structured to activate the user interface to receive a first user input
A chiller, includes a housing, a main chiller control board positioned in the housing, a communications board positioned in the housing, a first communication channel between the main chiller control board and the communications board, and a second communication channel between the main chiller control board and the communications board, wherein the second communications channel provides higher bandwidth communications than the first communication channel.
A chiller includes cooling components configured to chill a fluid, a housing coupled to the cooling components, an antenna positioned at an exterior of the housing, a circuit board positioned in the housing and comprising a plurality of mounting points, an antenna mount fastened to the plurality of mounting points such that the antenna mount is disposed over a portion of the circuit board, and a cable extending from the antenna mount to the antenna via a hole in the housing.
A method includes generating or obtaining, by one or more processors, a digital twin of a building; generating, by the one or more processors, a virtual sensor configured to detect an event associated with one or more pieces of building equipment of the building, the virtual sensor comprising a machine learning model configured to detect the event using data obtained from and/or relating to the one or more pieces of building equipment; adding, by the one or more processors, a virtual sensor entity and one or more virtual sensor relationships to the digital twin; detecting, by the one or more processors using the virtual sensor, that the event has occurred; and, in response to detecting the event has occurred, updating the virtual sensor entity to include an indication that the event has occurred.
An energy efficient heat pump for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a compressor system having a plurality of compressors configured to direct a working fluid along a working fluid circuit of the heat pump, a suction conduit configured to direct the working fluid to the compressor system, a first suction conduit portion extending from the suction conduit to a first compressor of the plurality of compressors, a second suction conduit portion extending from the suction conduit to a second compressor of the plurality of compressors, and a control valve disposed along the suction conduit between the first suction conduit portion and the second suction conduit portion.
A valve can include a spring, a first member coupled with a first side of the spring, a channel in which a first member extends, a first port, a second port, and a second member. The channel can have the first port, which can be coupled with an interface. The second port can be coupled with the interface. The first member can have a first position to allow flow between the first port and the second port through the interface and a second position to prevent flow between the first port and the second port through the interface. The second member can be on a second side of the spring opposite the first side, and can be coupled with a pressure source to apply a load on the spring.
F16K 31/122 - Operating meansReleasing devices actuated by fluid the fluid acting on a piston
F16K 7/12 - Diaphragm cut-off apparatus, e.g. with a member deformed, but not moved bodily, to close the passage with flat, dished, or bowl-shaped diaphragm
F16K 17/10 - Safety valvesEqualising valves opening on surplus pressure on one sideSafety valvesEqualising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded with auxiliary valve for fluid operation of the main valve
A62C 35/68 - Details, e.g. of pipes or valve systems
A62C 31/28 - Accessories for delivery devices, e.g. supports
A system includes processing circuitry programmed to perform operations. The operations include determining whether a first sensor is available at a chiller. The first sensor includes a temperature sensor or a pressure sensor of the chiller. The operations include, responsive to determining that the first sensor is unavailable, determining an estimated value for the first sensor based on measurements from available sensors of the chiller (where the available sensors include at least one of an available temperature sensor or an available pressure sensor of the chiller), determining a plurality of enthalpy points using the estimated value for the first sensor and the measurements from the available sensors, and determining an efficiency of the chiller based on the plurality of enthalpy points. The operations also include affecting an operation of the chiller based on the efficiency.
A chiller includes cooling components configured to chill a fluid, a housing coupled to the cooling components, an antenna positioned at an exterior of the housing, a circuit board positioned in the housing and comprising a plurality of mounting points, an antenna mount fastened to the plurality of mounting points such that the antenna mount is disposed over a portion of the circuit board, and a cable extending from the antenna mount to the antenna via a hole in the housing.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
A chiller includes a housing, a main chiller control board positioned in the housing, a communications board positioned in the housing, a first communication channel between the main chiller control board and the communications board, and a second communication channel between the main chiller control board and the communications board. The second communications channel provides higher bandwidth communications than the first communication channel.
A system and method for controlling surveillance cameras is enclosed. In the system, a surveillance camera system includes surveillance cameras configured as VoIP server endpoints. The surveillance cameras receive messages from client devices such as mobile user devices and computer workstations functioning as VoIP client endpoints. The client devices establish a voice communications channel with the surveillance cameras for receiving and controlling one or more streams of image data sent by the surveillance camera over the voice communications channel to the client device. In a preferred embodiment, the voice communications channel includes a control session based on Session Information Protocol (SIP) and a data channel that is based on Real time transfer protocol (RTP) The data channel preferably operates in half duplex mode, which limits the potential for collisions on the data channel when the surveillance cameras are transmitting their image data to the client devices.
H04N 23/661 - Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
G08B 13/196 - Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelengthActuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems using television cameras
H04L 65/1069 - Session establishment or de-establishment
H04L 65/612 - Network streaming of media packets for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio for unicast
H04L 65/613 - Network streaming of media packets for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio for the control of the source by the destination
H04N 7/18 - Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
According to an aspect, an access control system includes a camera, a database configured to maintain facial information, and a processor. The processor is configured to: execute an identification algorithm to identify a subject based on the detected image and the facial information; identify at least one additional subject based on the detected image; determine movement information regarding the subject and the at least one additional subject; perform one or more second factor authentication processes; determine whether the at least one additional subject has permission to move through an access point based on the subject, the at least one additional subject, the movement information, and a likelihood of risk of tailgating; and grant access to the at least one additional subject based on the permission and whether one or more of the identification algorithm or the one or more second factor authentication processes are determined be successful.
G06V 40/16 - Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions
G06V 40/20 - Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition
G08B 7/06 - Signalling systems according to more than one of groups Personal calling systems according to more than one of groups using electric transmission
A sprinkler includes a body, a button, an activation element, and a support bridge. The body defines an outlet. The button seals the outlet. The activation element is coupled with the button. The support bridge is coupled with the activation element, and includes a center, a first arm extending from the center, a second arm extending from the center, opposite the first arm, and an arch extending from the first arm to the second arm, the arch having a flat shape.
A control panel comprising a display configured to display a quick response (QR) code, and a processing circuit having a processor and a memory having computer-executable instructions embodied therein that, when executed by the processor cause the processing circuit to perform operations. The operations comprise receiving, from a plurality of systems associated with a building, building data, and encoding the QR code based on the building data such that the QR code changes responsive to changes in the building data, wherein the changes in the QR cause the QR code to provide different interfaces or applications when scanned by a user device.
G06Q 10/20 - Administration of product repair or maintenance
G06K 19/06 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
G06Q 10/087 - Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
YORK GUANGZHOU AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION CO., LTD. (China)
TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH (Switzerland)
Inventor
Ling, Zhifeng
Xing, Junguo
Zhong, Zuowei
Cai, Yuhui
Abstract
The present application provides an air conditioner case, comprising: a plurality of panels and a plurality of side beams. Each panel comprises an inner side, an outer side and a circumferential edge, the inner side and the outer side are opposite to each other, and the circumferential edge is connected to the edge of the inner side and the edge of the outer side; each of the plurality of side beams has a length direction, a width direction and a thickness direction and extends in the length direction, each of the plurality of side beams is provided with a first mating portion in the width direction and a second mating portion in the thickness direction, and the plurality of side beams can be combined to form a cubic frame; the first mating portion can be mated with the circumferential edge of a first panel in the plurality of panels, the second mating portion can be mated with the circumferential edge of a second panel in the plurality of panels, the plurality of panels and the plurality of side beams can define a cubic case, and each of the plurality of side beams is configured not to exceed the inner side of the first panel in the width direction and not to exceed the inner side of the second panel in the thickness direction.
Example implementations include a method, apparatus, system, and computer-readable medium of using a robot to validate a license plate recognition check at a parking facility, comprising identifying license plate information of a license plate. The implementations further include associating the license plate information with a parking spot. Additionally, the implementations further include storing the license plate information in association with the parking spot. Additionally, the implementations further include checking the license plate information in association with the parking spot against a parking facility monitoring system.
G05D 101/10 - Details of software or hardware architectures used for the control of position using artificial intelligence [AI] techniques
G05D 105/85 - Specific applications of the controlled vehicles for information gathering, e.g. for academic research for patrolling or reconnaissance for police, security or military applications
G05D 107/13 - Spaces reserved for vehicle traffic, e.g. roads, regulated airspace or regulated waters
G06V 20/52 - Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects
G06V 20/58 - Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestriansRecognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads
A distributed control system is provided by a brokering architecture. Message brokers running within multiple compute environments coordinate communication and data storage for control applications. Control applications run in one compute environment send the results to the message broker which may store the data for future calculations and/or send the data to a remote data base. Control applications may be state-less and store all information in the message brokers. Data from one environment may be sent over a message bus to other environments to be used as inputs to calculations. The distributed control system is used to provide responsive control to various building equipment.
G05B 13/02 - Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric
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BUILDING SYSTEM WITH BROKERING ARCHITECTURE AND TIERED STORAGE FOR REALTIME APPLICATIONS
A brokering system used in distributed building controls provides multiple tiers of storage. Data can be requested at any time during the processing of new data received from a building device. Complex event processors, low latency control, and/or display interfaces may request and be provided data from memory (e.g., tier one storage) of a message broker. Digital twins and/or optimization algorithms may wait until data is stored to local disk before information is obtained. Other applications may wait until data is saved in the remote database before using the data to perform calculations. Data may be compressed and stored in timeseries that are accessed by a single requested to the message broker.
A security system includes one or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive video data captured from an environment, the video data captured by one or more imaging devices; process, using one or more generative artificial intelligence models, the video data to identify one or more features in the video data, the one or more features including at least one of objects of interest in the video data or events of interest in the video data; automatically generate, using the one or more generative artificial intelligence models, one or more text summaries describing one or more characteristics of the one or more features; and initiate an action responsive to the generation of the one or more text summaries.
A heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system includes a compact hydraulic variable geometry diffuser (VGD) regulation system. The compact hydraulic VGD regulation system includes an actuator assembly fluidly coupled to a VGD piston assembly. The VGD piston assembly may be configured to control a position of a VGD ring within a compressor. In particular, activation of the motor pistons, each coupled to a same actuator, causes approximately equal displacement of each of the VGD pistons of the VGD piston assembly. As such, the compact hydraulic VGD regulation system enables efficient control of the position of the VGD ring, while reducing misalignment of the VGD ring within the compressor. Therefore, the compact hydraulic VGD regulation system increases efficiency of the compressor and thus improves efficiency of the HVAC&R system.
A method for discovering and monitoring equipment in a building management system may include transmitting a plurality of commands on the building network, each command comprising protocol-specific subsystem criteria for a corresponding security subsystem type of a plurality of security subsystem types; receiving a plurality of responses to the plurality of commands from the security devices via the building network; identifying a plurality of security subsystems on the building network based on whether the plurality of responses contain identifying strings specified by the protocol-specific subsystem criteria for the plurality of security subsystem types; generating an asset hierarchy comprising the plurality of security subsystems identified on the building network and the security devices within each identified security subsystem; and onboarding the security devices within each identified security subsystem.
A building system of a building including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to store, by an operational twin manager, an operational digital twin of the building; receive, by the operational twin manager, a change feed event from a design twin manager indicating that a new design asset has been added to a design digital twin of the building; compare the new design asset added to the design digital twin to one or more known assets; determine one or more features of the new design asset to associate with a new operational asset of the operational digital twin based on the comparison; and update, by the operational twin manager, the operational digital twin to incorporate the new operational asset into the operational digital twin.
A distributed control system with bump-less failover and replay capability is disclosed. The distributed control system stores the state of each control application in a separate storage system. Each time the control applications runs it can store the results of the calculations required for a subsequent calculation. When a compute environment running the control applications fails another environment can begin performing the same operations. Replay capability is provided to facilitate the investigation of the control application's execution.
G06F 11/20 - Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in hardware using active fault-masking, e.g. by switching out faulty elements or by switching in spare elements
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Building system with brokering architecture to provide timeseries compression and extensions
A brokering architecture is disclosed. The brokering architecture focuses on storing changes to the building system. Measurements are quantized to an integer representation and encoded so that time series data is stored in a series of changes of value. The encoded timeseries may be compressed using compression schemes that advantageously make use of small changes between adjacent stored values of the timeseries. Compressed timeseries values allow more data to be stored in RAM or other short-term storage and provide a more responsive system to control physical systems like buildings. Timeseries compression may be provided through extensions accessed through a structured data format on the message bus. Extensions can cause the execution of certain instructions based on the fields in the structured data and may be used to provide functionality in addition to timeseries compression including BACnet communications, predictions, and simulations.
Systems and methods are disclosed that create a deployment package for commissioning of a building control system. The deployment package may include a series of automated validation sequences that ensure each equipment and/or device is properly configured and installed. A validation sequence is performed, and the behavior is compared to expected behavior for the sequence. A brokering architecture facilitates the commissioning by providing a fixed schema to all applications communicating over the message bus, thus standardizing the deployment package and the validation sequences. Correlations between data may be found and used when data is missing in the same or similar equipment.
A method for controlling building equipment includes generating building data relating to conditions in a building space using a generative artificial intelligence model. The method also includes determining whether the building data correspond to conditions in the building space that comply with one or more regulations or certification standards. The method includes, in response to determining that the building data correspond to conditions in the building space that comply with the one or more regulations or certification standards, using the building data to operate building equipment that serve the building space.
A radio frequency identification (RFID) label includes a textile sheet having affixed thereto a conductive wire pattern and a RF chip. The textile sheet includes a first end portion, a. second end portion, and a middle portion arranged between the first and second end portions. The conductive wire pattern includes a first part affixed to the first end portion, a second part affixed to the second end portion, and third part affixed to the middle portion and coupled to the first and second parts of the conductive wire pattern, The RF chip is attached on the middle portion and positioned on a. first face of the textile sheet and coupled to the third part of the conductive wire pattern. The first and second end portions are folded toward the first face of the textile sheet such that the first and second parts of the conductive wire pattern are covered by the middle portion.
G06K 19/02 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the selection of materials, e.g. to avoid wear during transport through the machine
G06K 19/077 - Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
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METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR GENERATING NETWORK TOPOGRAPHY
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatus, and systems for disabling a plurality of isolators, iteratively activating subsets of a plurality of isolators, transmitting, for each activated subset of the plurality of isolators, an interrogating signal toward, the plurality of isolators and a plurality of peripheral devices, receiving, for each activated subset of the plurality of isolators, corresponding response signals from one or more of the plurality of peripheral devices, and generating a network topography of one or more of the plurality of peripheral de vices or the plurality of isolators based on the response signals.
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Goods & Services
Integrated security and facilities management systems; building and home automation systems; cameras; security cameras and parts and fittings therefor; digital cameras; digital transmitters; access card readers; digital door locks; numeric keypads; keyboards for use with surveillance devices and systems; computer hardware, namely, servers for use with surveillance systems; video surveillance hardware and software used to encode, record, decode, and network video and audio from security cameras; electronic system controllers; digital sensors for gathering safety and security data; recorded or downloadable software for controlling networked devices in the internet of things (iot); recorded or downloadable computer software for collecting, organizing and analyzing data from building management and fire and security systems; recorded or downloadable computer software for control, measuring, monitoring and supervision systems for process management, security management, access control and video surveillance in industrial, tertiary and residential buildings, infrastructures and data centers, machines, plants, power grids and industrial processes; downloadable computer software for collecting and distributing data within computer networks, including the internet, and enabling data communication among application programs, consumer devices and industrial devices in the field of security and access control; downloadable cloud computing software for providing data analytics, data visualization, and modeling in the field of commercial and retail building management systems, namely, security and access control systems; downloadable software for enabling viewing, searching, playback, and assessment of video and audio data from surveillance devices on mobile telephones, touch pads and hand-held devices; downloadable software for alarm activation of surveillance and security devices using mobile telephones, touch pads and hand-held devices; computer software for regulating; personnel access to facilities, for protecting facilities and assets contained in facilities, for managing physical operation of facilities, and for reporting information on the same, and user manuals distributed therewith; downloadable electronic publications in the form of operating manuals, user guides, pamphlets and brochures about, for use with, and directed to surveillance systems. Design and development of computer hardware and software; design, development, analysis and design consultation in the field in the fields of security, safety, access control, and building automation systems; computer network configuration of automated security and facilities management systems; integration of computer systems and networks; design and development of wired and wireless computer networks; research and development of new products for others in the fields of security, safety, access control, and building automation systems; computer programming relating to monitoring, surveillance and image processing; design of computer software systems for facility management controls; leasing of video surveillance, video security, security surveillance, security management, monitoring and theft-prevention software; rental of computers and software; design and development of online-platform for monitoring the asset compliance and security risk prevention; design and developments of online-platforms to connect with security applications, smart equipment applications, enterprise control applications, risk awareness and central plant optimization; design and development of computer software for cloud storage of data in the field of building technology; design of computer networks and software for others for the field of building automation and security systems and controls; design and development of on-line computer software systems; application service provider (asp) featuring software using artificial intelligence for collecting, measuring and distributing data within computer networks, including the internet, and enabling data communication among application programs, consumer devices and industrial devices in the field of building technology, security, access control, and video surveillance management; platform as a service featuring computer software platforms to connect with security applications, smart equipment applications, enterprise control applications, risk; awareness and optimization; platform as a service featuring a computer software platform for use in video capturing, cloud storage, management, and distribution of video surveillance content; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer database software for submission and remote management of surveillance video content through computers, smartphones, and tablets for residential, commercial, industrial and physical security purposes; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software that provides remote access to video surveillance systems used to monitor security in residential, commercial and industrial buildings; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for monitoring surveillance video; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software that enables users to identify surveillance locations and monitor video and surveillance system status; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for interactive video surveillance mapping; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for managing, reporting and trouble-shooting video surveillance systems for residential, commercial and industrial buildings; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software that enables users to securely transmit and store surveillance video content; application service provider featuring application programming interface (api) software for integration of live and recorded surveillance video content into websites; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software to connect web enabled devices to video surveillance security cloud networks to permit users to access, stream and share live surveillance video content; providing on-line non downloadable software using artificial intelligence for collecting, measuring and distributing data within computer networks, including the internet, and enabling data communication among application programs, consumer devices and industrial devices in; the field of building technology, security, access control, and video surveillance management; software as a service (saas) services featuring software using artificial intelligence for collecting, measuring and distributing data within computer networks, including the internet, and enabling data communication among application programs, consumer devices and industrial devices in the field of building technology, security, access control, and video surveillance management
84.
IOT MECHANISM FOR DEVICE TO APPLICATION COMMUNICATION IN PHYSICAL ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS
Example implementations include a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for configuring a device in a physical security system via an open architecture. The device establishes an application message layer session by exchanging certificates with a publish-and-subscribe broker and subscribing to a first topic from the application to the device. The device receives a configuration for the device from the application via the publish-and-subscribe broker through one or more command messages on the topic, wherein the one or more command messages carry a plurality of objects that are in clear text at the application message layer and are protected at a transport layer. The device transmits for each object, an event message that indicates a status of the object. The device maintains the application message layer session by periodically sending heartbeat event messages.
Example implementations include a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for configuring a device in a physical security system via an open architecture. The device receives a command from an application via a publish-and-subscribe broker. The command includes: a type field indicating the command, a source field indicating the application, a timestamp, and a payload including a list of objects, each object including one or more parameters defined by a field name, a datatype, one or more possible values, and a mandatory status. The device transmits an event message to the application via the publish-and-subscribe broker, the event message includes a type field identifying the event message, a source field identifying the device, a timestamp, and a payload including a type field identifying a type of event.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
Example implementations include a method and apparatus for operating a smoke detector, comprising a first beam emitter and a second beam emitter. The first beam emitter may be configured to: (i) radiate a first beam in a first direction toward a first reflecting element, and (ii) receive a first reflection of the first beam from the first reflecting element. The second beam emitter may be configured to: (i) radiate a second beam in a second direction toward a second reflecting element, wherein the first direction is different than the second direction, and (ii) receive a second reflection of the second beam from the second reflecting element.
A Building Automation System application, stored by one or more memory devices of a mobile device, can include instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to establish a connection with a remote system of a building, obtain operational data includes an indication that a first device of building equipment has experienced an equipment fault, transmit one or more control signals to the remote system to address the equipment fault and to cause a change in operation of one or more devices of building equipment of the plurality of devices of building equipment, and obtain subsequent operational data that corresponds to operations of the first device of building equipment after transmission of the one or more control signals and indicates whether the equipment fault has been resolved.
A method of determining the quality of signal communication of a two-wire addressable fire alarm loop, comprises: generating a loop signal waveform having a first amplitude; applying the loop signal waveform across one end of the loop; receiving the loop signal waveform across the other end of the loop after passing through the loop; measuring the amplitude of the received loop signal to give a second amplitude; and determining the quality of the signal communication of the loop based on the magnitude of the second amplitude of the loop signal waveform.
A method of determining the quality of signal communication of a two-wire addressable fire alarm loop, comprising: generating a string of test bytes; applying the string of test bytes across one end of the loop; and receiving the string of test bytes across the other end of the loop after passing through the loop. The received string of test bytes may be compared with the generated string of test bytes and the quality of the signal communication of the loop determined based on the number of test bytes in the received string of test bytes which do not match the test bytes in the generated string of test bytes.
A method comprising receiving data relating to a building site from a plurality of separate building applications, aggregating the received data from the plurality of separate building applications in accordance with a predetermined format, where the aggregated data represents a plurality of events associated with the building site over a lifecycle of the building site, filtering the aggregated data to identify a plurality of isolated events associated with the building site over the lifecycle of the building site, where each of the plurality of isolated events includes a time associated with the isolated event, generating a timeline comprising the plurality of isolated events, wherein the timeline is arranged based on the time associated with each isolated event, and providing the timeline on a graphical user interface, where each of the plurality of isolated events includes an event marker on the timeline representative of the isolated event.
Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to a machine learning model-based rules generator for generating rules for building management systems. A method can include receiving, by one or more processors, a prompt comprising natural language data regarding a rule associated with operation of an item of equipment of a building; providing, by the one or more processors, the prompt as input to a machine learning model to cause the machine learning model to generate a representation of the rule; and activating, by the one or more processors, the rule for the item of equipment.
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a drain pan configured to receive liquid condensate from a heat exchanger, where the drain pan comprises. The drain pan includes a first member and a second member, where the second member is configured to removably couple to the first member in a first installed configuration to define a first size of the drain pan and the first size of the drain pan corresponds to a first heat exchanger size, and where the second member is configured to removably couple to the first member in a second installed configuration to define a second size of the drain pan and the second size of the drain pan corresponds to a second heat exchanger size.
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a fan wheel, a motor directly coupled to the fan wheel and configured to drive rotation of the fan wheel, and an enclosure. The enclosure includes a first side panel, a second side panel, and a curved panel extending from the first side panel to the second side panel to define an internal volume of the enclosure. The first side panel includes an air inlet opening formed therein, the second side panel includes a main panel and a cover panel configured to removably couple to the main panel, the main panel includes an opening and a slot formed therein, the motor is configured to be disposed at least partially within the opening and to mount to the second side panel in an assembled configuration of the blower assembly, the cover panel is configured to occlude the slot in the assembled configuration, and the motor and the fan are removable from the enclosure via the slot.
Example implementations include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for automated sprinter detection, comprising receiving one or more images from one or more image sensors associated with a security system. The implementations further include identifying a person in the one or more images. Additionally, the implementations further include calculating an acceleration of the person based on tracking of the person in the one or more images. Additionally, the implementations further include identifying the person as a sprinter based on the acceleration. Additionally, the implementations further include causing autonomous execution of one or more sprinter response actions in response to identifying the person as the sprinter.
A method including training, by one or more processors, a generative AI model using a plurality of first service requests handled by technicians for servicing building equipment. The generative AI model may be trained to predict root causes of a plurality of first problems corresponding to the plurality of first service requests. The method may include receiving, by the one or more processors, a second service request for servicing building equipment. The method may include predicting, by the one or more processors using the generative AI model, a root cause of a second problem corresponding to the second service request based on characteristics of the second service request and one or more patterns or trends identified from the plurality of first service requests using the generative AI model.
Systems and methods for use of autonomous mobile machine for blind spot coverage may include a security controller that determines a security coverage area based on data from a facility map indicating physical and functional representations of a facility and objects within the facility. The security controller may also determine a surveillance area based on the security coverage area. The security controller may also transmit, to an autonomous mobile machine, instructions for the autonomous mobile machine to deploy to the surveillance area and perform a security task at the surveillance area.
G05D 1/648 - Performing a task within a working area or space, e.g. cleaning
G05D 1/246 - Arrangements for determining position or orientation using environment maps, e.g. simultaneous localisation and mapping [SLAM]
G05D 1/69 - Coordinated control of the position or course of two or more vehicles
G05D 105/85 - Specific applications of the controlled vehicles for information gathering, e.g. for academic research for patrolling or reconnaissance for police, security or military applications
G05D 107/60 - Open buildings, e.g. offices, hospitals, shopping areas or universities
97.
BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM WITH SUSTAINABILITY TRACKING FEATURES
A method includes generating a graphical user interface including a graph having graphical elements representing values of a sustainability metric for various time periods, adding instances of a first icon aligned with first graphical elements representing first values of the sustainability metric exceeding a baseline or target value of the sustainability metric, adding instances of a second icon aligned with second graphical elements of representing second values of the sustainability metric less than the baseline or target value of the sustainability metric by less than a threshold amount, and abstaining from adding instances of the first icon or the second icon aligned with third graphical elements representing third values of the sustainability metric less than the baseline or target value of the sustainability metric by more than the threshold amount.
Systems and methods for randomized autonomous robot security applications may include a security system that generate a patrol area of a facility and select a random waypoint from a plurality of waypoints in the patrol area for an autonomous mobile machine to surveillance. The security system may also select a surveillance task to be performed by the autonomous mobile machine at the random waypoint, and transmit, to the autonomous mobile machine, instructions to visit the random waypoint and perform the surveillance task. When the security system receives, from the autonomous mobile machine, an indication that the autonomous mobile machine has completed the surveillance task at the random waypoint, the security system may transmit a subsequent random waypoint of the plurality of waypoints of the patrol area along with a subsequent surveillance task to be performed at the subsequent random waypoint.
A device may include one or more memories, individually or in combination, having instructions; and one or more processors, individually or in combination, configured to execute the instructions and cause the system to: detect a person entering an area, generate a notification requesting that the person check-in with an electronic device associated with the area; and display the notification.
Ceiling only dry sprinkler systems and methods for protection of a storage occupancy employing a mandatory fluid delivery delay period. The systems and methods provide for fire protection of stored commodities of forty-five feet or greater with a hydraulic design ranging from six to eighteen design sprinklers. The systems and methods employ an upright sprinkler having a nominal K-factor greater than 28.
A62C 31/02 - Nozzles specially adapted for fire-extinguishing
A62C 35/68 - Details, e.g. of pipes or valve systems
A62C 37/08 - Control of fire-fighting equipment comprising an outlet device containing a sensor, or itself being the sensor, i.e. self-contained sprinklers
A62C 37/50 - Testing or indicating devices for determining the state of readiness of the equipment
