Patents by Inventor Conrad B. Beaulieu

Conrad B. Beaulieu 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: 11423194
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Weilin Zhang, Yi Sun, Conrad B. Beaulieu, Ben Coleman, Henry Chen
  • Publication number: 20200082037
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Weilin ZHANG, Yi SUN, Conrad B. BEAULIEU, Ben COLEMAN, Henry CHEN
  • Patent number: 10417352
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Cockburn, Richard Denning, Shailesh Rasane, Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Conrad B. Beaulieu, Liana M. Kiff
  • Patent number: 10371401
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for creating a domain visualization are described herein. One method includes receiving a selection of a particular visualization template from a plurality of visualization templates, receiving instance information associated with a domain specified by the template from an instance source, receiving operating information from at least one instance of the domain, and displaying a visualization of the domain using the template, the instance information, and the operating information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Conrad B. Beaulieu, Henry Chen
  • Patent number: 10146891
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable and executable instructions are provided for extracting relationship data from building information model (BIM) data. Extracting relationship data from BIM data can include generating a three dimensional geometric model of a number of objects within the BIM data. Extracting relationship data from BIM data can also include determining a number of spatial relationships between a number of objects, wherein the spatial relationships are determined from the three dimensional geometric model. Furthermore, extracting relationship data from BIM data can include exporting the spatial relationships based on a number of criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Chen, Conrad B. Beaulieu, Liana M. Kiff, Adam Gibson, Ben Coleman
  • Publication number: 20170329876
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Cockburn, Richard Denning, Shailesh Rasane, Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Conrad B. Beaulieu, Liana M. Kiff
  • Patent number: 9811249
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for generating an operational user interface for a building management system are described herein. One method includes generating a widget using geometrical information associated with a building information modeling object and relationship information associated with the building information modeling object, assigning a state variable to the widget by analyzing properties of the building information modeling object or an ontology definition of the building information modeling object, associating the state variable with a point from the building operation system by mapping the point to the state variable, and changing the state variable based on input received from a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Chen, Jian Geng Du, Hao Bai, Tom Plocher, Liana M. Kiff, Conrad B. Beaulieu
  • Patent number: 9727667
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Cockburn, Richard Denning, Shailesh Rasane, Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Conrad B. Beaulieu, Liana M. Kiff
  • Patent number: 9582930
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, devices, and computer-readable media for target acquisition in a three dimensional building display are described herein. One or more embodiments include extracting building information modeling semantic data of each of a number of modeled objects in a visual scene of a three dimensional building display, determining a semantic space for each of the number of modeled objects based, at least in part, on the building information modeling semantic data, adjusting a scale factor of the three dimensional building display based, at least in part, on the semantic space of each of the number of modeled objects, and acquiring a target of at least one of the modeled objects using the adjusted scale factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Conrad B. Beaulieu
  • Publication number: 20170038945
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for creating a domain visualization are described herein. One method includes receiving a selection of a particular visualization template from a plurality of visualization templates, receiving instance information associated with a domain specified by the template from an instance source, receiving operating information from at least one instance of the domain, and displaying a visualization of the domain using the template, the instance information, and the operating information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Conrad B. Beaulieu, Henry Chen
  • Patent number: 9430929
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for providing a diagnosis of a system of a building are described herein. One method includes displaying a system of a building, wherein the display of the system includes an identification of a particular component of the system, identifying, within the display of the system, a number of components of the system related to the particular component, and identifying, within the display of the system, a relationship between the particular component and the number of components and a relative operational status of the particular component and the number of components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Conrad B. Beaulieu, Wendy Foslien, Henry Chen, Tom Plocher
  • Publication number: 20150243152
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for providing a diagnosis of a system of a building are described herein. One method includes displaying a system of a building, wherein the display of the system includes an identification of a particular component of the system, identifying, within the display of the system, a number of components of the system related to the particular component, and identifying, within the display of the system, a relationship between the particular component and the number of components and a relative operational status of the particular component and the number of components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Conrad B. Beaulieu, Wendy Foslien, Henry Chen, Tom Plocher
  • Patent number: 9070174
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for providing a diagnosis of a system of a building are described herein. One method includes displaying a system of a building, wherein the display of the system includes an identification of a particular component of the system, identifying, within the display of the system, a number of components of the system related to the particular component, and identifying, within the display of the system, a relationship between the particular component and the number of components and a relative operational status of the particular component and the number of components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Conrad B. Beaulieu, Wendy Foslien, Henry Chen, Tom Plocher
  • Publication number: 20150113462
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for generating an operational user interface for a building management system are described herein. One method includes generating a widget using geometrical information associated with a building information modeling object and relationship information associated with the building information modeling object, assigning a state variable to the widget by analyzing properties of the building information modeling object or an ontology definition of the building information modeling object, associating the state variable with a point from the building operation system by mapping the point to the state variable, and changing the state variable based on input received from a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Henry Chen, Jian Geng Du, Hao Bai, Tom Plocher, Liana M. Kiff, Conrad B. Beaulieu
  • Publication number: 20140365181
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Mark Cockburn, Richard Denning, Shailesh Rasane, Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Conrad B. Beaulieu, Liana M. Kiff
  • Publication number: 20140327670
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, devices, and computer-readable media for target acquisition in a three dimensional building display are described herein. One or more embodiments include extracting building information modeling semantic data of each of a number of modeled objects in a visual scene of a three dimensional building display, determining a semantic space for each of the number of modeled objects based, at least in part, on the building information modeling semantic data, adjusting a scale factor of the three dimensional building display based, at least in part, on the semantic space of each of the number of modeled objects, and acquiring a target of at least one of the modeled objects using the adjusted scale factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Conrad B. Beaulieu
  • Patent number: 8862532
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for displaying information associated with an operation state of a building are described herein. One method includes defining a rule condition for a building, wherein the rule condition is based on an ontology definition associated with the building, generating, upon a triggering of the rule condition, analytic information associated with the triggered rule condition, wherein the analytic information is based on the ontology definition, and displaying the analytic information associated with the triggered rule condition as part of a display of an operational environment of the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Conrad B. Beaulieu, Henry Chen, Cheng Jun Li
  • Publication number: 20140049402
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for providing a diagnosis of a system of a building are described herein. One method includes displaying a system of a building, wherein the display of the system includes an identification of a particular component of the system, identifying, within the display of the system, a number of components of the system related to the particular component, and identifying, within the display of the system, a relationship between the particular component and the number of components and a relative operational status of the particular component and the number of components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Conrad B. Beaulieu, Wendy Foslien, Henry Chen, Tom Plocher
  • Publication number: 20130257850
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable and executable instructions are provided for extracting relationship data from building information model (BIM) data. Extracting relationship data from BIM data can include generating a three dimensional geometric model of a number of objects within the BIM data. Extracting relationship data from BIM data can also include determining a number of spatial relationships between a number of objects, wherein the spatial relationships are determined from the three dimensional geometric model. Furthermore, extracting relationship data from BIM data can include exporting the spatial relationships based on a number of criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Henry Chen, Conrad B. Beaulieu, Liana M. Kiff, Adam Gibson, Ben Coleman
  • Publication number: 20130226853
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for displaying information associated with an operation state of a building are described herein. One method includes defining a rule condition for a building, wherein the rule condition is based on an ontology definition associated with the building, generating, upon a triggering of the rule condition, analytic information associated with the triggered rule condition, wherein the analytic information is based on the ontology definition, and displaying the analytic information associated with the triggered rule condition as part of a display of an operational environment of the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Conrad B. Beaulieu, Henry Chen, Cheng Jun Li