Patents Assigned to Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
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Publication number: 20240152478Abstract: A building management system includes a communications bus, and devices coupled to the communications bus. The devices are coupled to the communications bus and configured to communicate on the communications bus using a master-slave token passing protocol. A first one of the devices has an active node table stored therein. The active node table includes multiple nodes. Each node represents one of the devices participating in a token passing ring used to exchange information among the devices via the communications bus using the master-slave token passing protocol. The first device is configured to monitor the active node table for new nodes and to identify a new device communicating on the communications bus in response to a determination that the active node table includes a new node.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Jennifer S. Cayemberg, Lisa E. Strand, Ryan J. Bykowski, Daniel R. Gottschalk, Eric W. Hamber
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Patent number: 11976836Abstract: A thermostat includes a user interface, a memory, and a processor. The memory is configured to store a profile listing including a plurality of preset profiles. Each of the plurality of preset profiles is associated with a respective temperature regulation unit. The processor is configured to perform a profile selection process when the thermostat is powered on for a first time. To perform the profile selection process, the processor is configured to display a profile selection graphical user interface in response to powering on for the first time where the profile selection graphical user interface facilitates selecting a respective profile from the plurality of preset profiles based on a temperature regulation unit connected to the thermostat, receive a selection of the respective profile based on an input provided to the user interface, and configure the thermostat according to the respective profile to facilitate controlling the temperature regulation unit connected thereto.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Richard David Friend, Justin C. Pasquale, Joshua J. Yagy
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Patent number: 11973445Abstract: Systems and methods for auto-calibration of current supplied to a motor of an actuator may include supplying an initial electrical current to the motor. One or more sensors may measure a condition corresponding to the motor as the initial electrical current is supplied to the motor. A processing circuit may compare the measured condition to an expected condition. The processing circuit may adjust a supply of the initial electrical current to the motor until the measured condition substantially matches the expected condition. The processing circuit may store data regarding an association between the adjusted supply of initial electrical current and the expected condition.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Mattia Lovati, Michele Carozzi, Alessio Ghisla, Stefano Quadri, Achim Reinders, Claudio Viscardi
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Patent number: 11971692Abstract: A system for virtual commissioning of a building management system includes one or more memory devices configured to store instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive, at a virtual server, product installation data from a building management system controller installed at a building site via a first connection, the product installation data corresponding to a product installation at the building site; receive, commissioning data from the remote commissioning system via a second connection; configure one or more products installed at the building site to be controlled by the virtual building management system on the virtual server; and selectively transfer control of the one or more products installed at the building site from the virtual building management system hosted at on the virtual server to the building management system controller installed at the building site.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Xin Zhang, Bryan A. Register, Matthew P. Kaiser, Gregory T. Reichl
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Patent number: 11973345Abstract: A predictive controller for a building energy system includes one or more processing circuits configured to obtain a constraint that defines a total electric load to be served by the building energy system at each time step of a time period as a summation of multiple source-specific energy components. The source-specific energy components include a first energy component indicating a first amount of energy to obtain from a first energy source during the time step and a second energy component indicating a second amount of energy to obtain from a second energy source during the time step. The one or more processing circuits are configured to perform a predictive control process subject to the constraint to determine values of the source-specific energy components at each time step of the time period and operate equipment of the building energy system using the values of the source-specific energy components.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Robert D. Turney, Nishith R. Patel
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Patent number: 11968059Abstract: 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 identify a capability of an entity in a building graph, the building graph including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges, the plurality of nodes representing entities of the building including the entity and the capability, the plurality of edges representing relationships between the entities of the building and the capability. The instructions cause the one or more processors to receive a command to perform an operation associated with the entity, the operation associated with the capability of the entity and provide the command to perform the operation associated with the entity to an operating system.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventors: Justin J. Ploegert, Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto
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Publication number: 20240126220Abstract: A building system including one or more memory devices configured to store instructions that, when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to collect building device data of a building device, generate a time correlated data stream for a data point, and generate a time correlated reliability data stream for the data point. The building device data includes a plurality of data samples of the data point. The time correlated data stream includes values of the plurality of data samples of the data point. The time correlated reliability data stream includes a plurality of reliability values time correlated to corresponding values of the plurality of data samples of the data point and indicating reliability of the values of the plurality of data samples of the data point.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Kirk H. Drees, Donald R. Albinger, Shawn D. Schubert, Karl F. Reichenberger, Daniel M. Curtis, Andrew J. Boettcher, Jason T. Sawyer, Miguel Galvez, Walter Martin, Ryan A. Piaskowski, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Clay G. Nesler, Siddharth Goyal, Thomas M. Seneczko, Young M. Lee, Sudhi R. Sinha
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Patent number: 11961383Abstract: An actuator in an HVAC system is provided. The actuator includes a motor and a drive device. The drive device is driven by the motor and coupled to an HVAC component for driving the HVAC component between multiple positions. The actuator further includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is coupled to the motor and configured to transmit control signals to operate the motor to drive the HVAC component between a first position and a second position, monitor temperature data received from one or more temperature sensors, determine that the temperature data does not meet an expected performance criterion and transmit an alarm signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: John T. Pierson, John K. Krenzer, Aaron D. Wagner
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Patent number: 11961377Abstract: Example implementations include a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium comprising monitoring, by a control panel, an ambient noise via one or more microphones in the control panel. The implementations further include determining, by the control panel, whether the ambient noise includes an acoustic signature associated with a security event. In some implementations, the security event may comprise a glass break event. In some implementations, the acoustic signature may comprise a first sound followed by subsequent sounds. The first sound may comprise a thump sound, and the subsequent sounds may comprise crashing sounds.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Ross Werner, David Pulling, Anand Sastry, David Laone
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Patent number: 11959657Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for receiving at least one calibration heat signal from a calibration device, wherein the at least one calibration heat signal corresponds to a calibration temperature known to the controller, receiving a plurality of heat signals from a plurality of sources in the building, determining a plurality of temperatures associated with the plurality of heat signals based on the at least one calibration heat signal and the calibration temperature, determining an internal target temperature of the building based on the plurality of temperatures, and transmitting, to the HVAC system, a control signal indicating the internal target temperature.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventor: Jason M. Ouellette
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Patent number: 11960261Abstract: A controller for heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) equipment that is operable to affect an environmental condition of a building is configured to obtain predictive models that predict values of a carbon emissions control objective and another control objective as a function of control decision variables for the HVAC equipment. The controller executes an optimization process using the predictive models to produce sets of optimization results corresponding to different values of the control decision variables, the carbon emissions control objective, and the other control objective. The controller selects from the sets of optimization results based on the values of the carbon emissions control objective and the other control objective. The controller operates the HVAC equipment to affect the environmental condition of the building in accordance with the values of the control decision variables corresponding to a selected set of the optimization results.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventors: Michael J. Risbeck, Kirk H. Drees, Jonathan D. Douglas
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Patent number: 11958083Abstract: A sash system includes a sash, a counter-weight coupled to the sash by a coupling member, a locking mechanism coupled to at least one of the sash and the coupling member, and a controller coupled to the locking mechanism. The locking mechanism is transitionable between an open configuration where the locking mechanism does not inhibit movement of at least one of the sash and the coupling member, and a locked configuration where the locking mechanism inhibits movement of the at least one of the sash and the coupling member. The controller is configured to control operation of the locking mechanism to selectively transition between the open configuration and the locked configuration based on a condition of the sash. The sash and the counter-weight are configured such that when the locking mechanism is in the open configuration, the sash lowers due to gravity.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventor: Jean H. Scholten
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Patent number: 11962697Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for tracking chain of custody of a security camera using blockchain. An implementation may comprise receiving and granting a request for custody of a security camera by a first operator. The implementation further includes generating a block of a blockchain comprising identifiers of the first operator, security camera, and timestamp. The implementation includes distributing the blockchain to a plurality of nodes in a blockchain network. For each indication received of activity associated with usage and custody of the security camera to be recorded on the blockchain, the implementation includes generating a new block on the blockchain recording the activity. The implementation further includes receiving and verifying an authenticity a video clip from the security camera based on each activity recorded in the blockchain. In response to determining that the video clip is not authentic, the implementation includes generating an alert indicating inauthenticity.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventors: Gopal Paripally, Jason M. Ouellette, Peter Lawrence
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Publication number: 20240118670Abstract: An control method includes obtaining measurements of a carbon dioxide (CO2) level of a zone and a temperature of the zone. The method includes determining, based on the CO2 level of the zone and the temperature of the zone, a combination if (i) control decisions for an air handling unit (AHU) and (ii) control decisions for a damper of a variable air volume (VAV) unit to satisfy both a ventilation control objective and a temperature control objective. The control decisions for the AHU include adjustments to a fresh air intake fraction of the AHU between multiple values over time, and the control decisions for the VAV unit include adjustments to a position of a damper of the VAV unit over time. The method includes operating the AHU according to the control decisions for the AHU and operate the VAV unit according to the control decisions for the VAV unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Anas W. I. Alanqar, Michael J. Wenzel, Jon Douglas, Fang Du
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Patent number: 11953871Abstract: A controller for a building including 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. The operations include parsing a computer-aided design (CAD) file or a building information model (BIM) file for the building to identify building equipment that operates to affect a variable state or condition of a zone of the building. The operations include generating one or more zone models describing one or more control relationships between the building equipment and the variable state or condition of the zone based on the CAD file or the BIM file. The operations include using the one or more zone models to perform a model-based operation for the building equipment.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Serdar Suindykov, Mohammad N. Elbsat
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Patent number: 11954154Abstract: A building management system (BMS) includes memory devices having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by processors, cause the processors to perform operations including obtaining for each of a plurality of respective BMS objects respective semantic information for each of the plurality of the respective BMS objects, the respective semantic information being stored on the each of the respective BMS objects, identifying a plurality of predetermined classifications that pertain to the plurality of the respective BMS objects using the respective semantic information, classifying the plurality of BMS objects using the plurality of predetermined classifications, updating a semantic site model associated with the building site by including the respective semantic information associated with the plurality of the respective BMS objects and adjusting a plurality of parameters associated with the respective BMS objects using the semantic site model.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Kunal Saini, Gerald A. Asp, Matthew T. Trawicki, Craig A. Lind
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Patent number: 11953894Abstract: A building management system includes building equipment operable to affect a variable state or condition of a building and a controller including a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to obtain a vibration data set related to vibrations of the building equipment and analyze the vibration data set by one or more machine learning models to generate a set of probabilities. The set of probabilities is related to a probability that the vibration data set is abnormal. The processing circuit is configured to identify the vibration data set as normal or abnormal based on the set of probabilities and initiate a corrective action responsive to identifying the vibration data set as abnormal.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventors: Kelsey Carle Schuster, Christopher J. Verink
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Patent number: 11953865Abstract: A controller for heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) equipment including a processing circuit configured to perform a first optimization to generate a first set of control decisions for HVAC equipment including waterside HVAC equipment that consume resources from utility providers to generate a heated or chilled fluid and airside HVAC equipment that receive and use the fluid from the waterside HVAC equipment to heat or cool a supply of airflow for a building. The processing circuit is configured to perform a second optimization subject to a constraint based on a result of the first optimization to generate a second set of control decisions for the HVAC equipment and to combine the first and second sets to generate a combined set of control decisions for the HVAC equipment. The processing circuit is configured to operate the HVAC equipment in accordance with the combined set of control decisions.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Michael J. Risbeck, Robert D. Turney, Christos T. Maravelias
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Patent number: 11954713Abstract: A variable refrigerant flow system for a building includes a plurality of indoor units, a first outdoor unit, an outdoor meter, and a variable refrigerant flow management system. The plurality of indoor units configured to generate activation requests. The first outdoor unit is configured to receive the activation requests and, in response to the activation requests, provide a refrigerant to the plurality of indoor units. The outdoor meter is configured to provide an outdoor unit electricity consumption measurement. The variable refrigerant flow management system is configured to receive the outdoor unit electricity consumption measurement and activation data indicating the activation requests and apportion an outdoor share of the outdoor electricity consumption measurement to each of the plurality of indoor units based on the activation data.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventors: Anupam Ajit Ingale, Ankur Thareja, Subrata Bhattacharya, Prasanna Bari, Braja Majumdar, Tousif H. Khan
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Patent number: 11946573Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a conduit assembly with a first conduit segment, a second conduit segment, and a rotational fitting fluidly coupling the first conduit segment and the second conduit segment to one another. The conduit assembly is configured to fluidly couple to a port of a heat exchanger of the HVAC system, and the rotational fitting is configured to enable the first conduit segment and the second conduit segment to rotate relative to one another between a first orientation and a second orientation and maintain a connection between the first conduit segment and the second conduit segment during relative rotation between the first conduit segment and the second conduit segment.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Abhijeet Rajesh Salunkke, Rohan Kailas More, Sushilkumar Dnyandev Gorad, Timothy John Wilson, Angus B. Latham