Patents by Inventor Henry Chen
Henry Chen 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).
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Publication number: 20210373836Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for displaying facility information. One such method includes causing a client terminal to render on-screen floorplan data at a desired position and resolution, wherein the floorplan data is defined by a plurality of scalable resolution independent vector images, each resolution independent vector image representing a physical space in a facility. As set of rules are executed thereby to apply determined visual characteristics to one or more of the vector images, wherein each of the one or more vector images is associated with a data point in a building management system, and wherein for a given vector image the set of rules defines a relationship between observed data point values and visual characteristics to be displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Henry Chen, Weilin Zhang, Peter Lau
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Patent number: 11073806Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for building management system analysis are described herein. One method includes embedding a plurality of statistics associated with a building within a graphical display of the building and displaying a timeline of the plurality of statistics within the graphical display.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Xiaoxun Zhu, Luther Zhang, Henry Chen, Muli Liu, Yi Sun, Binbin Zhang
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Patent number: 10854013Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for presenting building information. In overview, the technologies described herein provide relationships between Building Information Modeling (BIM) data (which includes building schematics defined in terms of standardized three dimensional models) and Building Management System (BMS) data (which includes data indicative of the operation of building components such as HVAC components and the like). Some embodiments use relationships between these forms of data thereby to assist technicians in identifying the physical location of particular pieces of equipment, for example in the context of performing inspections and/or maintenance. In some cases this includes the provision of 2D and/or 3D maps to portable devices, these maps including the location of equipment defined both in BIM and BMS data. In some cases, augmented reality technology is applied thereby to provide richer access to positional information.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Shailesh Rasane, Ben Coleman, Rajesh Sankarapandian, Kirupakar Janakiraman, Parthasarathy Chinnachamy, Naga Sundar, Sarath Sasidharan, Henry Chen, Xiaoli Wang, Conrad Bruce Beaulieu, Thirumal Raman, Sekar Mookan, Venu Gadde
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Publication number: 20200361457Abstract: A method and control system for assessing a potential for collision between a body part of a vehicle and a roadway. The method includes predicting a trajectory path of the vehicle along the roadway, monitoring elevations of the roadway along the trajectory path, and analyzing, at a point along the trajectory path of the roadway, whether the body part of the vehicle will collide with the roadway based upon the estimated elevation of the body part on the vehicle at the point along the trajectory path and the estimated elevation of the roadway at the point along the trajectory path.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Aryaman Sharda, Henry Chen
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Publication number: 20200364946Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for annotating three-dimensional displays are described herein. One method includes displaying, by a computing device, a particular view of a 3D model of a facility, the 3D model including a plurality of objects, each object associated with a respective annotation, determining a context associated with the 3D model, and displaying a subset of the plurality of annotations associated with a respective subset of the plurality of objects based on the context.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Jian Geng Du, Liana M. Kiff
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Patent number: 10795348Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for providing a standard operating procedure associated with a monitoring system of facility are described herein. One method includes determining a plurality of parameters associated with a facility having a monitoring system, accessing a library of SOP templates to determine a particular SOP template having a correlation with the plurality of parameters, allowing a user to create an SOP by customizing the particular SOP template, and associating the created SOP with the plurality of parameters.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Vit Libal, Michelle Raymond, Liana M. Kiff, Henry Chen
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Patent number: 10769863Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for annotating three-dimensional displays are described herein. One method includes displaying, by a computing device, a particular view of a 3D model of a facility, the 3D model including a plurality of objects, each object associated with a respective annotation, determining a context associated with the 3D model, and displaying a subset of the plurality of annotations associated with a respective subset of the plurality of objects based on the context.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Jian Geng Du, Liana M. Kiff
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Patent number: 10733333Abstract: Devices, methods, systems, and computer-readable media for building data consolidation are described herein. One or more embodiments include a method for building data consolidation, comprising: receiving a plurality of representative drawings that comprise a portion of a building, determining a boundary and a location of each of the plurality of representative drawings, wherein the boundary and the location correspond to the building, and stitching the plurality of representative drawings into a combined representative drawing of the building based on the boundary and the location.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Henry Chen, Jian Geng Du, Yan Xia, Tom Plocher, Liana M. Kiff, Michelle Raymond
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Publication number: 20200186923Abstract: An apparatus of reducing feedback noise in an acoustic system, the apparatus comprising: a first input for receiving a first signal derived from a first microphone associated with a first channel, the first signal comprising a first set of frequency sub-bands; a second input for receiving a second signal derived from a second microphone associated with a second channel, the second signal comprising second set of frequency sub-bands, the first and second sets of frequency sub-bands having matching frequency ranges, each frequency sub-band of the first and second sets of frequency sub-bands having a frequency of greater than a threshold frequency; and one or more processors configured to: determining feedback at a first speaker associated with the first channel; and responsive to determining feedback, mix each of the first set of frequency sub-bands with a corresponding one of the second set of frequency sub-bands to generate a mixed output signal comprising a mixed set of frequency sub-bands; wherein the mixinType: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.Inventors: Henry CHEN, Tom HARVEY, Brenton STEELE
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Publication number: 20200151370Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for generating an image for a building management system are described herein. One device includes using a computing device to import floor plan objects from computer-aided design (CAD) drawings of a building and applying a design language associated with a building management system to the floor plan objects imported from the CAD drawings. Once the design language has been applied to the floor plan objects, an image of the building is generated for use in the building management system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Henry Chen, Jian Geng Du, Yan Xia, John D. Morrison
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Patent number: 10595126Abstract: An apparatus of reducing feedback noise in an acoustic system, the apparatus comprising: a first input for receiving a first signal derived from a first microphone associated with a first channel, the first signal comprising a first set of frequency sub-bands; a second input for receiving a second signal derived from a second microphone associated with a second channel, the second signal comprising second set of frequency sub-bands, the first and second sets of frequency sub-bands having matching frequency ranges, each frequency sub-band of the first and second sets of frequency sub-bands having a frequency of greater than a threshold frequency; and one or more processors configured to: determining feedback at a first speaker associated with the first channel; and responsive to determining feedback, mix each of the first set of frequency sub-bands with a corresponding one of the second set of frequency sub-bands to generate a mixed output signal comprising a mixed set of frequency sub-bands; wherein the mixinType: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.Inventors: Henry Chen, Tom Harvey, Brenton Steele
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Publication number: 20200082037Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for building automation system visualization from ontology are described herein. One device includes a display, a processing resource, and a memory having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processing resource, cause the processing resource to determine a respective model associated with each of a plurality of devices of a Building Automation System (BAS), wherein each respective model includes an input handler and an output handler associated with its respective device, display, via the display, a visualization of the plurality of models and connections between the plurality of models, wherein the visualization is created from a template having a particular ontology corresponding to the BAS, receive operating information associated with the BAS from at least one of the plurality of devices, and modify the visualization based on the received operating information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Weilin ZHANG, Yi SUN, Conrad B. BEAULIEU, Ben COLEMAN, Henry CHEN
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Publication number: 20200071929Abstract: A roller partition wall comprises a ceiling bracket, a floor bracket, a partition wall, and a plurality of rollers. A bottom surface of the ceiling bracket forms a first sliding slot, a top surface of the floor bracket forms a second sliding slot corresponding to the first sliding slot, a top surface and a bottom surface of the partition wall are respectively inserted into the first sliding slot and the second sliding slot, and the partition wall is capable of movably disposing between the first sliding slot and the second sliding slot. The rollers are disposed in the second sliding slot and are between the partition wall and the second sliding slot. Since the partition wall is disposed between the ceiling bracket and the floor bracket, the partition wall can be moved left and right between the ceiling bracket and the floor bracket during shaking in an earthquake.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Jer-Shyh Chen, Jack Chen, Henry Chen
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Patent number: 10565323Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for generating an image for a building management system are described herein. One device includes using a computing device to import floor plan objects from computer-aided design (CAD) drawings of a building and applying a design language associated with a building management system to the floor plan objects imported from the CAD drawings. Once the design language has been applied to the floor plan objects, an image of the building is generated for use in the building management system.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2015Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Henry Chen, Jian Geng Du, Yan Xia, John D. Morrison
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Publication number: 20200043238Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for presenting building information. In overview, the technologies described herein provide relationships between Building Information Modeling (BIM) data (which includes building schematics defined in terms of standardized three dimensional models) and Building Management System (BMS) data (which includes data indicative of the operation of building components such as HVAC components and the like). Some embodiments use relationships between these forms of data thereby to assist technicians in identifying the physical location of particular pieces of equipment, for example in the context of performing inspections and/or maintenance. In some cases this includes the provision of 2D and/or 3D maps to portable devices, these maps including the location of equipment defined both in BIM and BMS data. In some cases, augmented reality technology is applied thereby to provide richer access to positional information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Shailesh Rasane, Ben Coleman, Rajesh Sankarapandian, Kirupakar Janakiraman, Parthasarathy Chinnachamy, Naga Sundar, Sarath Sasidharan, Henry Chen, Xiaoli Wang, Conrad Bruce Beaulieu, Thirumal Raman, Sekar Mookan, Venu Gadde
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Patent number: 10516941Abstract: Wind noise reduction is provided by obtaining a first signal from a first microphone and a contemporaneous second signal from a second microphone. A level of the first signal is compared to a level of the second signal, within a short or substantially instantaneous time frame. If the level of the first signal exceeds the level of the second signal by greater than a predefined difference threshold, a suppression is applied to the first signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2015Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.Inventors: Henry Chen, Thomas Ivan Harvey
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Patent number: 10445933Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for presenting building information. In overview, the technologies described herein provide relationships between Building Information Modeling (BIM) data (which includes building schematics defined in terms of standardized three dimensional models) and Building Management System (BMS) data (which includes data indicative of the operation of building components such as HVAC components and the like). Some embodiments use relationships between these forms of data thereby to assist technicians in identifying the physical location of particular pieces of equipment, for example in the context of performing inspections and/or maintenance. In some cases this includes the provision of 2D and/or 3D maps to portable devices, these maps including the location of equipment defined both in BIM and BMS data. In some cases, augmented reality technology is applied thereby to provide richer access to positional information.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Shailesh Rasane, Ben Coleman, Rajesh Sankarapandian, Kirupakar Janakiraman, Parthasarathy Chinnachamy, Naga Sundar, Sarath Sasidharan, Henry Chen, Xiaoli Wang, Conrad Bruce Beaulieu, Thirumal Raman, Sekar Mookan, Venu Gadde
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Patent number: 10430892Abstract: A method includes receiving a selection of a building via a touchscreen interface, identifying a plurality of rooms based on a stored data record associated with the selected building, populating the touchscreen interface with visual representations of the plurality of rooms of the selected building, receiving a selection of a room via the touchscreen interface, identifying a plurality of predefined objects associated with the selected room, providing a list of the plurality of predefined objects on the touchscreen interface in a manner facilitating selection of an asset for the selected room via the touchscreen interface, facilitating entry of make and model information of the selected asset via the touchscreen interface, and retrieving estimated energy usage information based on the make and model information of the selected asset from a database of building objects via a network connection.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Paul Derby, Hari Thiruvengada, Henry Chen
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Patent number: 10424113Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to fitting a virtual mask to a virtual face by first fitting a chin region of the virtual mask to the virtual face, then determining an virtual mask angle that maintains the fitted chin region while simultaneously fitting a nose-bridge region of the virtual mask to the virtual face, and then calculating a fit-quality metric corresponding to the fitted position. In an illustrative embodiment, the fitted chin region may include the high curvature menton region of the chin. In some examples, a virtual mask may be virtually pressed toward the virtual face using a predetermined force corresponding to a force of a mask securing device of a real mask corresponding to the virtual mask In an exemplary embodiment, the fitting of a virtual mask to a virtual face may advantageously yield a mask's fit quality in a brief amount of time.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Xiaoli Wang, Henry Chen, Yi Sun, Paul Derby, Hari Thiruvengada
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Patent number: 10417352Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for generating a three dimensional building management system are described herein. One method includes inputting, into a three dimensional graphics rendering engine, building information modeling data associated with a building, inputting, into the three dimensional graphics rendering engine, real time building management system data associated with the building, and generating, by the three dimensional graphics rendering engine, a three dimensional building management system for the building based on the building information modeling data and the real time building management system data.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Mark Cockburn, Richard Denning, Shailesh Rasane, Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Conrad B. Beaulieu, Liana M. Kiff