Patents by Inventor Fabrizio Smith

Fabrizio Smith has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11586938
    Abstract: A building management system for a building system includes a building system interface configured to receive building system data; a knowledge base configured to receive the building system data, the knowledge base providing a model of the building system, the model including semantic descriptions of the building system data, the semantic descriptions of the building system data being arranged in an ontology; and a user interface configured to access the knowledge base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fabrizio Smith, Daniele Alessandrelli, Christos Sofronis, Alberto Ferrari, Jason Higley, Francesco Leonardi, Teems E. Lovett
  • Patent number: 11566803
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring satisfaction for a smart building is disclosed. A method includes detecting a presence of a user at the smart building; monitoring actions of the user in the smart building with respect to each of a plurality of aspects; receiving feedback via a human machine interface from the user regarding one or more of the plurality of aspects; and building the profile for the user based on the actions and feedback; wherein: monitoring actions comprises using one or more sensors to detect movement of the user through the smart building; receiving feedback includes determining a satisfaction level of the user with respect to thermal comfort; and adjusting the one or more of the plurality of aspects based on the profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matteo Rucco, Fabrizio Smith, Alberto Ferrari, Jason Higley
  • Patent number: 11553338
    Abstract: A method of controlling a building system is provided. The method comprising: receiving an action request to adjust a building device from a user device; obtaining a token from a previous action request from the user device to adjust the building device when a token exists from a previous action request; transmitting the token for validation within the building device; and adjusting the building device when the token has been validated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason Higley, Fabrizio Smith
  • Publication number: 20220198089
    Abstract: Systems and methods for defining mission profiles for a new engine are described. The method comprises selecting deployed engines from a set of existing engines based on components of the new engine using a first similarity metric; collecting field data associated with the deployed engines, the field data comprising usage and operating conditions for the deployed engines creating representative mission profiles from the field data using a second similarity metric; and defining the mission profiles for the new engine using the representative mission profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Fabrizio SMITH, Andrea DE ANTONI, Avisekh BANERJEE, Matteo RUCCO, Amit SURANA, Hongyu ZHU
  • Publication number: 20210181698
    Abstract: A method and system for using a portable user profile in multiple smart buildings is disclosed. A method includes detecting a presence of a user at the smart building; determining that the user had not previously visited the smart building; retrieving a portable user profile for the user; and setting access control rules based on the portable user profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Fabrizio SMITH, Matteo RUCCO, Alberto FERRARI, Jason HIGLEY
  • Publication number: 20210173356
    Abstract: A method and system for deploying a profile in a smart building is disclosed. A method includes sensing an event occurrence related to a user; finding related events; retrieving a profile for the user from a profile repository; and recommending a course of action based on the profile for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Fabrizio SMITH, Matteo RUCCO, Alberto FERRARI, Jason HIGHLEY
  • Publication number: 20210131687
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring satisfaction for a smart building is disclosed. A method includes detecting a presence of a user at the smart building; monitoring actions of the user in the smart building with respect to each of a plurality of aspects; receiving feedback via a human machine interface from the user regarding one or more of the plurality of aspects; and building the profile for the user based on the actions and feedback; wherein: monitoring actions comprises using one or more sensors to detect movement of the user through the smart building; receiving feedback includes determining a satisfaction level of the user with respect to thermal comfort; and adjusting the one or more of the plurality of aspects based on the profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Matteo RUCCO, Fabrizio SMITH, Alberto FERRARI, Jason HIGLEY
  • Publication number: 20210131693
    Abstract: A method and system for conditioning an interior area is disclosed. A method includes retrieving environmental conditions regarding the interior area, wherein the environmental conditions include temperature, humidity, and air speed; retrieving outdoor environmental conditions; generating a field of environmental conditions at a plurality of points within the interior area; estimating clothing insulation of a user based on the outdoor environmental conditions; calculating a thermal comfort of the user to determine a predicted mean vote; and operating a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system based on the calculated thermal comfort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Matteo Rucco, Fabrizio Smith, Alberto Ferrari, Jason Higley
  • Patent number: 10972306
    Abstract: A building management system includes a building system interface (24) configured to access a building system (20); an event service module (26) configured to access event data in the building system through the building system interface (24); a knowledge base (12) providing a model of the building system, the model including semantic descriptions of the event data, the semantic descriptions of the event data being arranged in an ontology; a semantic service module (30) in communication with the knowledge base (12); and a user interface (14) in communication with the semantic service module (30) and the event service module (26), the user interface (14) generating a user request to create an event filter having a filter criterion and report event data matching the filter criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fabrizio Smith, Daniele Alessandrelli, Christos Sofronis, Alberto Ferrari, Jason Higley, Bhabani Sankar Nanda
  • Publication number: 20210072718
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting anomalous behavior in a smart building is disclosed. A method includes detecting a presence of a user at the smart building; retrieving a profile of the user; monitoring actions of the user in the smart building with respect to each of a plurality of aspects; comparing the actions to historical actions of the user stored in the profile; and determining that anomalous behavior exists with respect to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Matteo Rucco, Fabrizio Smith, Alberto Ferrari, Jason Higley
  • Publication number: 20210055011
    Abstract: A method and system for creating and maintaining a profile for a smart building comprising is disclosed. A method includes detecting a presence of a user at the smart building; monitoring actions of the user in the smart building with respect to each of a plurality of aspects; receiving feedback via a human machine interface from the user regarding one or more of the plurality of aspects; and building the profile for the user based on the actions and feedback; wherein: monitoring actions comprises using one or more sensors to detect movement of the user through the smart building; receiving feedback includes determining a satisfaction level of the user with respect to thermal comfort; and adjusting the one or more of the plurality of aspects based on the profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Fabrizio Smith, Matteo Rucco, Alberto Ferrari, Jason Higley
  • Publication number: 20210019643
    Abstract: A method and system for optimizing power usage of a building is disclosed. A method includes generating a profile for each user of a set of users of the building, using machine-learning techniques; retrieving data regarding the building; storing the profile and data in a knowledge base; and calculating power requirements of the set of users based on the profile and data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Fabrizio Smith, Matteo Rucco, Alberto Ferrari, Jason Higley
  • Publication number: 20200378643
    Abstract: A method of controlling a building system is provided. The method comprising: detecting a first current position of a user device; obtaining a building system list including building systems adjustable at the first current position; obtaining an action request list including action requests transmitted from the user device to the building system on the building system list; generating one or more scenes in response to the action request list and the building system list; selecting a scene; and adjusting one or more of the building systems on the building list in response to the scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Jason Higley, Fabrizio Smith, Wilmann Gomez, Dang Nguyen, Ke Xu
  • Publication number: 20200374697
    Abstract: A method of controlling a building system is provided. The method comprising: receiving an action request to adjust a building device from a user device; obtaining a token from a previous action request from the user device to adjust the building device when a token exists from a previous action request; transmitting the token for validation within the building device; and adjusting the building device when the token has been validated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Jason Higley, Fabrizio Smith
  • Publication number: 20190379555
    Abstract: A building management system includes a building system interface (24) configured to access a building system (20); an event service module (26) configured to access event data in the building system through the building system interface (24); a knowledge base (12) providing a model of the building system, the model including semantic descriptions of the event data, the semantic descriptions of the event data being arranged in an ontology; a semantic service module (30) in communication with the knowledge base (12); and a user interface (14) in communication with the semantic service module (30) and the event service module (26), the user interface (14) generating a user request to create an event filter having a filter criterion and report event data matching the filter criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Fabrizio Smith, Daniele Alessandrelli, Christos Sofronis, Alberto Ferrari, Jason Higley, Bhabani Sankar Nanda
  • Publication number: 20190287000
    Abstract: A building management system for a building system includes a building system interface configured to receive building system data; a knowledge base configured to receive the building system data, the knowledge base providing a model of the building system, the model including semantic descriptions of the building system data, the semantic descriptions of the building system data being arranged in an ontology; and a user interface configured to access the knowledge base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Fabrizio Smith, Daniele Alessandrelli, Christos Sofronis, Alberto Ferrari, Jason Higley
  • Publication number: 20190288866
    Abstract: A building management system includes a building system interface configured to access a building system; a data service module configured to access building system data in the building system through the building system interface; a knowledge base providing a model of the building system, the model including semantic descriptions of the building system data, the semantic descriptions of the building system data being arranged in an ontology; a semantic service module in communication with the knowledge base; and a user interface in communication with the semantic service module and the data service module, the user interface generating a user access request to access building system data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Fabrizio Smith, Daniele Alessandrelli, Christos Sofronis, Alberto Ferrari, Jason Higley, Bhabani Sankar Nanda