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公开(公告)号:US11277893B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-15
申请号:US16717887
申请日:2019-12-17
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Sudhi Sinha , Joseph R. Ribbich , Michael L. Ribbich , Charles J. Gaidish , John P. Cipolla , Damon B. Smith , John R. Taylor, Jr. , John M. Reiszl , William P. Alberth, Jr. , Kurt Joseph Mease
Abstract: A thermostat for a building includes a light emitting diode (LED) system including one or more LEDs configured to emit light to illuminate a floor area beneath the thermostat. The thermostat incorporates an occupancy sensor to sense the approach of a user based on changes in conditions in proximity to the thermostat and detect an ambient light level. The thermostat includes a processing circuit configured to receive data outputs from the occupancy sensor, determine whether the data outputs indicate the approach of a user, cause the one or more LEDs to emit the light towards the floor in response to an indication that a user is approaching the thermostat based on occupancy sensor data correlated with occupancy conditions, and record and store LED activations and deactivations for later retrieval as historic data. The one or more LEDs may be configured as an illumination module removably attachable to the thermostat.
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公开(公告)号:US20220075362A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-10
申请号:US17400950
申请日:2021-08-12
Applicant: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Inventor: Steven R. Vitullo , Kelsey C. Schuster , Michael R. Rhodes , Riley P. Shelton , John F. Kuchler
Abstract: Systems and methods of generating performance index for connected equipment in a building management system are provided. The connected equipment measures monitored variables and generates status codes. The system obtains data points of the monitored variables and the status codes from past N time units, and connected equipment specific parameters. The system performs first performance checks for the connected equipment using the status codes from the past N time units. The system performs second performance checks using the data points of the monitored variables from the past N time units, the connected equipment specific parameters, and a set of predetermined rules. The system determines individual performance check indicators based on the first performance checks and the second performance checks using first weights each determined based on a different timing. The system generates an overall performance index for the connected equipment using the individual performance check indicators and second weights.
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公开(公告)号:US11268716B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-08
申请号:US16820510
申请日:2020-03-16
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Sourav Bandyopadhyay , Sushant Trivedi
IPC: F24F11/30 , F24F11/70 , F24F11/62 , F24F11/58 , G05B19/042 , F24F11/56 , F24F11/63 , F24F110/00
Abstract: A building management system includes a communications bus, field devices connected to the communications bus, a cloud service including a machine learning engine; and a controller for an HVAC device. The controller communicates with the communications bus and the cloud service and is configured to transmit messages through the communications bus to the field devices, compile a list of connected field devices, receive sample data from the connected field devices, and transmit the sample data from the connected field devices to the cloud service. The controller is further configured to receive identifying characteristics for each of the connected field devices from the cloud service and to select a control logic file for the HVAC device based on the identifying characteristics.
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公开(公告)号:US20220066695A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-03
申请号:US17009989
申请日:2020-09-02
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: CAROL T. TUMEY , MICHAEL F. JAEGER
IPC: G06F3/06 , G06F12/0802
Abstract: A multi-tiered data storage system for building management system (BMS) data includes a plurality of data stores including a first data store and a second data store. The system further includes a data access router configured to provide a consistent endpoint for the BMS data to an application that provides or consumes the BMS data regardless of whether the BMS data is stored in the second data store or the first data store, obtain a requested data object of the BMS data from the second data store in response to a determination that the requested data object is available in the second data store, and obtain the requested data object from the first data store in response to a determination that the requested data object is not available in the second data store.
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公开(公告)号:US11256223B2
公开(公告)日:2022-02-22
申请号:US16553830
申请日:2019-08-28
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Dana A. Guthrie , Shawn D. Schubert , Michael J. Zummo , Jason T. Sawyer
IPC: G05B15/02
Abstract: A performance assessment device for evaluating a building management system (BMS). The device includes a communication interface. The communication interface is configured to communicate with a BMS network, the BMS network in communication with the BMS. The device further includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to receive data related to the BMS via the communication interface. The processing circuit is further configured to evaluate the data related to the BMS to generate a current assessment of the attributes of the BMS, and to compare the current assessment of the attributes of the BMS to a previously determined assessment of the attributes of the BMS.
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公开(公告)号:US11255572B2
公开(公告)日:2022-02-22
申请号:US16736701
申请日:2020-01-07
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: John L. McElvany , Curtis A. Trammell
Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes a drain pan including a basin defined by a base and a plurality of side walls configured to collect condensate from an evaporator of the HVAC unit. The HVAC unit also includes a drain port disposed in the base of the basin and arranged such that the drain pan is configured to direct the condensate toward the drain port and out of the basin, a protruded portion extending from an outer surface of a side wall of the plurality of side walls, and a passage proximate to a top edge of the side wall of the plurality of side walls and configured to facilitate overflow of the condensate out of the basin and along the protruded portion.
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公开(公告)号:US11236762B2
公开(公告)日:2022-02-01
申请号:US16397801
申请日:2019-04-29
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Madhuka M. Jayarathne , Hongdan Wang , Roy R. Crawford , Robert E. Cabrera , Paul J. Lucas
Abstract: A centrifugal blower has a first housing section and a second housing section separated by a width of the centrifugal blower. The centrifugal blower also has an intake port extending through the first housing section and the second housing section along the width, and an outlet port formed by the first housing section and the second housing section. A dimension of the width continuously decreases as the outlet port is approached along a length of the centrifugal blower.
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公开(公告)号:US11221614B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-11
申请号:US15949233
申请日:2018-04-10
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Gregory T. Reichl
Abstract: A control system includes a device of building equipment operable to alter a variable state or condition of a building in response to a command, a controller in communication with the device and operable to generate the command by executing an expected control sequence in response to one or more inputs, and a system manager. The system manager is configured to automatically verify that the controller executes the expected control sequence by automatically generating test logic based on a common data model tag for the device. The test logic specifies an input condition and an expected system response. The system manager is further configured to automatically verify that the controller executes the expected control sequence by adjusting one or more of the one or more inputs such that the input condition is satisfied and determining whether the expected system response occurs.
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公开(公告)号:US11216020B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-04
申请号:US15143373
申请日:2016-04-29
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Sudhi Sinha , Joseph R. Ribbich , Michael L. Ribbich , Charles J. Gaidish , John Peter Cipolla
IPC: F24F11/52 , F24F11/70 , G05D23/19 , F24F11/30 , F24F11/46 , F24F110/10 , F24F11/58 , F24F11/523 , G06F3/041
Abstract: A thermostat includes a transparent touch screen display, wherein the matter behind the display is visible in the non-active display portions and a control bar connected to one side of the transparent touch screen display. The control bar includes a housing, processing circuitry operably connected to the transparent touch screen display and configured to monitor and control building equipment, and a temperature sensor operably connected to the processing circuitry.
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公开(公告)号:US20210396413A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-23
申请号:US17373486
申请日:2021-07-12
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Steven M. Maddox , William F. McQuade
IPC: F24F11/36 , F24F1/022 , F24F11/89 , F24F7/007 , F24F11/72 , F24F11/70 , F24F1/0035 , F24F1/0041
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system that includes a refrigerant circuit and a sensor configured to measure a refrigerant concentration external to the refrigeration circuit. The HVAC system also includes a controller that is communicatively coupled to the sensor and to an economizer. The controller is configured to control a flow of environmental air into the HVAC system. The controller is further configured to increase a ratio of the flow of environmental air relative to a flow of return air from a conditioned interior space of a building when the sensor measures the refrigerant concentration above a predetermined threshold concentration.
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