Patents by Inventor Erik S. Paulson
Erik S. Paulson 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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Patent number: 11151983Abstract: One or more non-transitory computer readable media contain program instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to: receive first raw data including one or more first data points generated by a first object of a plurality of objects associated with one or more buildings; generate first input timeseries according to the one or more data points; access a database of interconnected smart entities, the smart entities including object entities representing each of the plurality of objects and data entities representing stored data, the smart entities being interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the smart entities; identify a first object entity representing the first object from a first identifier in the first input timeseries; identify a first data entity from a first relational object indicating a relationship between the first object entity and the first data entity; and store the first input timeseries in the first data entity.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati
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Patent number: 11145151Abstract: An access control system (ACS) for a building includes an access reader, a camera, and an access controller. The access reader is configured to read an access credential provided by a person at an access point and generate ACS data including the access credential. The camera is configured to capture facial recognition system (FRS) data including an image of the person at the access point. The access controller is configured to determine whether the access credential is valid based on the ACS data, determine whether the person is recognized based on the FRS data, grant or deny access to the person through the access point based on whether the access credential is valid and whether the person is recognized, and generate and store one or more of a plurality of access events. Each of the access events corresponds to a different combination of whether the access credential is valid and whether the person is recognized.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Anne Gallagher, Peter Ainsworth, Terence Neill, Derek J. Boyes, Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Erik S. Paulson, Richard J. Campero
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Patent number: 11132649Abstract: One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to detect a vehicle that enters into a parking lot, identify an individual associated with the vehicle, retrieve context information corresponding to the individual, dynamically determine a first parking space based on the context information and available parking spaces, and provide the individual with directions to the first parking space.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Ada L. Ma, Sudhi R. Sinha, Erik S. Paulson, Elyse R. Hobson, Youngchoon Park, Justin J. Ploegert, Sarah Just, Daniel Kass
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Patent number: 11120012Abstract: One or more non-transitory computer readable media contain program instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including: creating and managing a plurality of smart entities, each of the smart entities including a plurality of attributes; receiving inbound data from one or more enterprise applications; translating the inbound data into values for one or more of the plurality of attributes; writing the plurality of attributes to the smart entities; reading the plurality of attributes from the smart entities; translating the plurality of attributes into outbound data; and providing the outbound data to the one or more enterprise applications.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati
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Patent number: 11113295Abstract: A building management system (BMS) includes building equipment configured to provide raw data samples of one or more data points in the BMS. The BMS further includes a data collector configured to collect raw data samples from the building equipment and generate one or more raw data timeseries comprising a plurality of the raw data samples. The BMS also includes a timeseries processing engine. The timeseries processing engine is configured to identify one or more timeseries processing workflows that apply to the raw data timeseries, each of the workflows comprising a predefined sequence of timeseries processing operation. The timeseries processing engine is further configured to process the raw data timeseries using the identified timeseries processing workflows to generate one or more derived data timeseries. The BMS further includes a timeseries storage interface configured to store the raw data timeseries and the derived data timeseries in a timeseries database.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vijaya S. Chennupati, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Sajjad Pourmohammad, Erik S. Paulson, Ada L. Ma, Gerald A. Asp
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Patent number: 11080289Abstract: A building management system (BMS) includes building equipment configured to provide raw data samples of data points in the BMS, a data collector configured to generate raw data timeseries including raw data samples from the building equipment, and a timeseries processing engine. The timeseries processing engine is configured to identify an initial timeseries processing workflow that applies to the raw data timeseries, identify other data timeseries required as inputs to the initial timeseries processing workflow, and generate an enriched timeseries processing workflow that includes the initial timeseries processing workflow, the raw data timeseries, and the other data timeseries. The timeseries processing engine is configured to execute the enriched timeseries processing workflow to generate a derived data timeseries. The BMS further includes a timeseries storage interface configured to store the raw data timeseries and the derived data timeseries in a timeseries database.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vijaya S. Chennupati, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Sajjad Pourmohammad, Erik S. Paulson, Ada L. Ma, Gerald A. Asp
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Publication number: 20210226812Abstract: A building system for identity management of a building, the building system including one or more storage devices configured to store instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a request to determine whether an entity has a privilege and determine whether the entity has the privilege by querying, based on the request, a graph database to identity information of the graph database that indicates whether the entity has the privilege, wherein the graph database stores nodes representing at least one of users, equipment, events, or spaces of the building, wherein the graph database stores edges between the nodes representing relationships between the users, equipment, events, or spaces. The instructions cause the one or more processors to generate a response including a determination whether the entity has the privilege.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Erik S. Paulson, Justin Ploegert, Dominick O'Dierno, Karl F. Reichenberger
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Publication number: 20210208559Abstract: A building management system includes an entity database, a software defined gateway, and an entity service. The entity database stores a plurality of interconnected smart entities including object entities representing a plurality of physical devices, people, or spaces and data entities representing data associated with the plurality of physical devices, people, or spaces. The smart entities are interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the object entities and the data entities. The software defined gateway is configured to receive information technology (IT) data and operational technology (OT) data from a plurality of different data sources. The entity service is configured to create a new smart entity in the entity database or update an existing smart entity in the entity database using the IT data and the OT data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati
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Patent number: 11024292Abstract: One or more non-transitory computer readable media contain program instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to: receive first raw data including one or more first data points generated by a first object of a plurality of objects associated with one or more buildings; generate first input timeseries according to the one or more data points; access a database of interconnected smart entities, the smart entities including object entities representing each of the plurality of objects and data entities representing stored data, the smart entities being interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the smart entities; identify a first object entity representing the first object from a first identifier in the first input timeseries; identify a first data entity from a first relational object indicating a relationship between the first object entity and the first data entity; and store the first input timeseries in the first data entity.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Vijaya S. Chennupati, Erik S. Paulson
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Patent number: 11016998Abstract: One or more non-transitory computer readable media contain program instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to: receive first raw data including one or more first data points generated by a first object of a plurality of objects associated with one or more buildings; generate first input timeseries according to the one or more data points; access a database of interconnected smart entities, the smart entities including object entities representing each of the plurality of objects and data entities representing stored data, the smart entities being interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the smart entities; identify a first object entity representing the first object from a first identifier in the first input timeseries; identify a first data entity from a first relational object indicating a relationship between the first object entity and the first data entity; and store the first input timeseries in the first data entity.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati
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Publication number: 20210104228Abstract: One or more non-transitory computer readable media contain program instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to: receive first raw data including one or more first data points generated by a first object of a plurality of objects associated with one or more buildings; generate first input timeseries according to the one or more data points; access a database of interconnected smart entities, the smart entities including object entities representing each of the plurality of objects and data entities representing stored data, the smart entities being interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the smart entities; identify a first object entity representing the first object from a first identifier in the first input timeseries; identify a first data entity from a first relational object indicating a relationship between the first object entity and the first data entity; and store the first input timeseries in the first data entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Vijaya S. Chennupati, Erik S. Paulson
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Publication number: 20210104229Abstract: One or more non-transitory computer readable media contain program instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to: receive first raw data including one or more first data points generated by a first object of a plurality of objects associated with one or more buildings; generate first input timeseries according to the one or more data points; access a database of interconnected smart entities, the smart entities including object entities representing each of the plurality of objects and data entities representing stored data, the smart entities being interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the smart entities; identify a first object entity representing the first object from a first identifier in the first input timeseries; identify a first data entity from a first relational object indicating a relationship between the first object entity and the first data entity; and store the first input timeseries in the first data entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati
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Publication number: 20210104227Abstract: One or more non-transitory computer readable media contain program instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to: receive first raw data including one or more first data points generated by a first object of a plurality of objects associated with one or more buildings; generate first input timeseries according to the one or more data points; access a database of interconnected smart entities, the smart entities including object entities representing each of the plurality of objects and data entities representing stored data, the smart entities being interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the smart entities; identify a first object entity representing the first object from a first identifier in the first input timeseries; identify a first data entity from a first relational object indicating a relationship between the first object entity and the first data entity; and store the first input timeseries in the first data entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Vijaya S. Chennupati, Erik S. Paulson
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Patent number: 10962945Abstract: A building management system includes an entity database, a software defined gateway, and an entity service. The entity database stores a plurality of interconnected smart entities including object entities representing a plurality of physical devices, people, or spaces and data entities representing data associated with the plurality of physical devices, people, or spaces. The smart entities are interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the object entities and the data entities. The software defined gateway is configured to receive information technology (IT) data and operational technology (OT) data from a plurality of different data sources. The entity service is configured to create a new smart entity in the entity database or update an existing smart entity in the entity database using the IT data and the OT data.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati
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Patent number: 10916081Abstract: A building management system includes an entity database that stores a plurality of interconnected smart entities. The smart entities include object entities representing a plurality of people or physical devices and data entities representing data associated with the people or physical devices. The smart entities are interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the object entities and the data entities. Each of the object entities includes a plurality of stored identity attributes. An identity management service is configured to receive a first identity attribute from a first device within a building, receive a second identity attribute from a second device within the building, compare the first and second identity attributes to the stored identity attributes of an object entity of the plurality of interconnected smart entities, and allow access to at least one of a building space, a device of building equipment, or a computer system.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Erik S. Paulson, Peter A. Ainsworth, Anne Gallagher
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Patent number: 10854194Abstract: One or more non-transitory computer readable media contain program instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to: receive first raw data including one or more first data points generated by a first object of a plurality of objects associated with one or more buildings; generate first input timeseries according to the one or more data points; access a database of interconnected smart entities, the smart entities including object entities representing each of the plurality of objects and data entities representing stored data, the smart entities being interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the smart entities; identify a first object entity representing the first object from a first identifier in the first input timeseries; identify a first data entity from a first relational object indicating a relationship between the first object entity and the first data entity; and store the first input timeseries in the first data entity.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Vijaya S. Chennupati, Erik S. Paulson
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Publication number: 20200278127Abstract: A heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a building space includes an HVAC device including a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to generate an encrypted dynamic key based on a manifest stored on the device. The manifest includes a set of entitlements for the HVAC device based on relationships between the HVAC device and entities. The processing circuit is further configured to transmit the stored manifest to an authentication server by sending the encrypted dynamic key to the authentication server and receive an updated manifest from the authentication server based on the encrypted dynamic key. The processing circuit is further configured to send a payload request to the authentication server based on the updated manifest, the payload request including a software update request.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Youngchoon Park, Justin J. Ploegert, Erik S. Paulson, Sudhi R. Sinha
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Publication number: 20200234251Abstract: One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a request to hold a meeting in a building, retrieve user preferences associated with an attendee of the meeting, dynamically determine meeting parameters associated with the meeting based on the request and the user preferences, identify one or more meeting parameters that deviate from the request or the user preferences, and transmit a notification indicating the identified one or more meeting parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Ada L. Ma, Sudhi R. Sinha, Erik S. Paulson, Elyse R. Hobson, Youngchoon Park, Justin J. Ploegert, Sarah Just, Kelsey Carle Schuster
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Publication number: 20200233389Abstract: One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a request to hold a meeting in a building, the request including an individual, retrieve, from the request, contact information for the individual, transmit a request for identifying information to the individual using the contact information, determine a purpose of the individual based on the identifying information, generate a virtual ticket for the individual based on the purpose of the individual, identify a presence of the individual at the building based on the identifying information and image data, and control access control devices in response to identifying the presence of the individual to grant the individual access to the building.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Ada L. MA, Sudhi R. SINHA, Erik S. PAULSON, Elyse R. HOBSON, Youngchoon PARK, Justin J. PLOEGERT, Sandeep K. SEN
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Publication number: 20200233391Abstract: One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive data corresponding to a first condition of a building component within a building, determine, based on the data, an actual or anticipated fault state of the building component, retrieve, from a graph data structure including a number of entities and a number of relationships between the entities, and wherein the graph data structure represents at least one of a space, person, component, or event, first context information corresponding to the building component and second context information corresponding to the building, and determine, based on the first and second context information, a service action for the building component.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Ada L. MA, Sudhi R. SINHA, Erik S. PAULSON, Elyse R. HOBSON, Youngchoon PARK, Justin J. PLOEGERT, Sandeep K. SEN