Patents by Inventor Karl F. Reichenberger
Karl F. Reichenberger 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: 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: 11928905Abstract: An access control system includes a plurality of sensors and an access controller that includes one or more processors. The sensors detect sensor data regarding a user. The one or more processors receive credential data regarding the user from at least one of an access control device and an electronic wallet, evaluate a medical status using at least one of the sensor data and the credential data, validate access into a space responsive to the medical status being satisfied, and update a record data structure of at least one of the electronic wallet and a distributed ledger using the evaluation of the medical status.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventors: Graeme Jarvis, Jason Ouellette, Christopher Cianciolo, Karl F. Reichenberger
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Patent number: 11927925Abstract: 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, the building device data comprising a plurality of data samples of a data point and generate a time correlated data stream for the data point, the time correlated data stream comprising values of the plurality of data samples of the data point. The instructions cause the one or more processors to generate a time correlated reliability data stream for the data point, the time correlated reliability data stream comprising a plurality of reliability values indicating reliability of the values of the plurality of data samples of the data point.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: 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: 11927924Abstract: A building system includes one or more storage devices having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive an unstructured user question from a user device of a user and query a graph database based on the unstructured user question to extract context associated with the unstructured user question from contextual information of a building stored by the graph database, wherein the graph database stores the contextual information of the building through nodes and edges between the nodes, wherein the nodes represent equipment, spaces, people, and events associated building and the edges represent relationships between the equipment, spaces, people, and events. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to retrieve data from one or more data sources based on the context and compose a presentation based on the retrieved data.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANYInventors: George R. Oliver, Justin J. Ploegert, Karl F. Reichenberger, Sudhi R. Sinha, Sujith Ebenezer, Youngchoon Park
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Publication number: 20240080219Abstract: 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: September 12, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Erik S. Paulson, Justin Ploegert, Dominick O'Dierno, Karl F. Reichenberger
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Patent number: 11902375Abstract: A system for commissioning a model, comprising one or more processing circuits configured to identify a first plurality of data points in the building, automatically tag at least a portion of the first plurality of data points with one or more first tags using context data extracted from and/or associated with the data points, the one or more entities comprising one or more of building equipment, building spaces, people, or events, identify at least one of the first plurality of data points for manual review and generate one or more suggested tags for the at least one data point, receive feedback from the manual review, and receive a second plurality of data points in the building and automatically tag at least a portion of the second plurality of data points with one or more second tags using the feedback from the manual review.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventors: Terrill R. Laughton, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Mike Sheffer, Todd A. Dishman, Karl F. Reichenberger
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Patent number: 11880677Abstract: A building network system of a building includes a network system. The network system includes one or more processing circuits. The one or more processing circuits are configured to receive network data from a building network of the building, the network data associated with a plurality of pieces of building equipment of the building. The one or more processing circuits are configured to generate a digital network twin of the building network based on the network data, the digital network twin representing the plurality of pieces of building equipment and relationships between the plurality of pieces of building equipment. The one or more processing circuits are configured to identify one or more network updates to the building network based on the digital network twin. The one or more processing circuits are configured to deploy the one or more network updates to the building network.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventors: Sudhi R. Sinha, Youngchoon Park, Sujith Ebenezer, Justin Ploegert, Karl F. Reichenberger
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Patent number: 11867420Abstract: A method in a heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes retrieving a control input from a remote computing system via a cellular network responsive to determining that a connection to a local wireless network cannot be established and generating a control signal for HVAC equipment based on the control input or generating a control signal for HVAC equipment by executing a backup control algorithm responsive to determining that a connection to a local wireless network cannot be established.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Vineet Sinha, Yingchun Xu, Patrick W. Mulcahy, August Lu, Bing Mao, Karl F. Reichenberger
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Publication number: 20230353637Abstract: A system for commissioning a model, comprising one or more processing circuits configured to identify a first plurality of data points in the building, automatically tag at least a portion of the first plurality of data points with one or more first tags using context data extracted from and/or associated with the data points, the one or more entities comprising one or more of building equipment, building spaces, people, or events, identify at least one of the first plurality of data points for manual review and generate one or more suggested tags for the at least one data point, receive feedback from the manual review, and receive a second plurality of data points in the building and automatically tag at least a portion of the second plurality of data points with one or more second tags using the feedback from the manual review.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Terrill R. Laughton, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Mike Sheffer, Todd A. Dishman, Karl F. Reichenberger
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Publication number: 20230324855Abstract: A building system includes one or more storage devices having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive an unstructured user question from a user device of a user and query a graph database based on the unstructured user question to extract context associated with the unstructured user question from contextual information of a building stored by the graph database, wherein the graph database stores the contextual information of the building through nodes and edges between the nodes, wherein the nodes represent equipment, spaces, people, and events associated building and the edges represent relationships between the equipment, spaces, people, and events. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to retrieve data from one or more data sources based on the context and compose a presentation based on the retrieved data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: George R. Oliver, Justin J. Ploegert, Karl F. Reichenberger, Sudhi R. Sinha, Sujith Ebenezer, Youngchoon Park
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Patent number: 11774920Abstract: A building system includes one or more storage devices having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive an unstructured user question from a user device of a user and query a graph database based on the unstructured user question to extract context associated with the unstructured user question from contextual information of a building stored by the graph database, wherein the graph database stores the contextual information of the building through nodes and edges between the nodes, wherein the nodes represent equipment, spaces, people, and events associated building and the edges represent relationships between the equipment, spaces, people, and events. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to retrieve data from one or more data sources based on the context and compose a presentation based on the retrieved data.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANYInventors: George R. Oliver, Justin J. Ploegert, Karl F. Reichenberger, Sudhi R. Sinha, Sujith Ebenezer, Youngchoon Park
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Patent number: 11762362Abstract: A system for managing communication between building management system (BMS) devices includes a memory and a controller. The memory includes instructions stored thereon. The controller is configured to execute the instructions to implement an agent manager, a zone manager, and a channel manager. The agent manager is configured to generate an agent for each of the BMS devices. The zone manager is configured to define at least one zone relating to a physical location zone or a building control zone. The channel manager is configured to generate a communication channel associated with the at least one zone. The channel manager is further configured to manage registration of an agent to the communication channel, wherein an agent is configured to communicate over a communication channel in response to being registered to the communication channel.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventors: Youngchoon Park, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Sudhi R. Sinha, Karl F. Reichenberger
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Patent number: 11764991Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANYInventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Erik S. Paulson, Justin Ploegert, Dominick O'Dierno, Karl F. Reichenberger
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Publication number: 20230213909Abstract: A method can include activating a building platform chip integrated into a building device of a building and coupled with a processing circuit of the building device. The method can include retrieving, by the building platform chip, first data from the processing circuit of the building device through communication with the processing circuit. The method can include generating, by the building platform chip, second data to cause a digital twin of the building device to be constructed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Miguel Galvez, Richard J. Campero, Eric G. Lang, Abu Bakr Khan, Donald A. Gottschalk, JR., Daniel M. Curtis, Trent M. Swanson, Karl F. Reichenberger
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Publication number: 20230195448Abstract: A building network system of a building includes a network system. The network system includes one or more processing circuits. The one or more processing circuits are configured to receive network data from a building network of the building, the network data associated with a plurality of pieces of building equipment of the building. The one or more processing circuits are configured to generate a digital network twin of the building network based on the network data, the digital network twin representing the plurality of pieces of building equipment and relationships between the plurality of pieces of building equipment. The one or more processing circuits are configured to identify one or more network updates to the building network based on the digital network twin. The one or more processing circuits are configured to deploy the one or more network updates to the building network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Sudhi R. Sinha, Youngchoon Park, Sujith Ebenezer, Justin Ploegert, Karl F. Reichenberger
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Publication number: 20230094692Abstract: An environmental control system for a building, the system including a vent. The vent includes one or more louvers configured to change position between an open position and a closed position to permit air from the air duct to enter a zone of the building or stop the air from entering the zone and a vent circuit configured to operate the one or more louvers based on one or more control commands. The system includes a controller device including a processing circuit configured to receive a selection of an operating profile from a plurality of predefined operating profiles for the vent, each of the plurality of predefined operating profiles indicating an intended use of the zone, determine, based on the operating profile, the one or more control commands, and cause the vent circuit to operate the one or more louvers based on the one or more control commands.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Karl F. Reichenberger
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Publication number: 20230075122Abstract: A method includes measuring a plurality of temperatures corresponding to a plurality of servers located in a data center, determining a subset of the plurality of servers as high-temperature servers based on the plurality of temperatures, and reassigning tasks from at least a portion of the subset of the plurality of servers to one or more other servers of the plurality of servers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Donald R. Albinger, Karl F. Reichenberger, Sudhi R. Sinha
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Publication number: 20230070566Abstract: A system for managing communication between building management system (BMS) devices includes a memory and a controller. The memory includes instructions stored thereon. The controller is configured to execute the instructions to implement an agent manager, a zone manager, and a channel manager. The agent manager is configured to generate an agent for each of the BMS devices. The zone manager is configured to define at least one zone relating to a physical location zone or a building control zone. The channel manager is configured to generate a communication channel associated with the at least one zone. The channel manager is further configured to manage registration of an agent to the communication channel, wherein an agent is configured to communicate over a communication channel in response to being registered to the communication channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Sudhi R. Sinha, Karl F. Reichenberger
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Patent number: 11537386Abstract: A building network system of a building including one or more processing circuits configured to generate virtual networks, each virtual network of the virtual networks generated for one building equipment group of building equipment groups and deploy the virtual networks on network infrastructure of the building. The one or more processing circuits are configured to generate updates to the virtual networks to address resource changes in at least one of the building equipment groups and deploy the updates to the virtual networks.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLPInventors: Sudhi R. Sinha, Youngchoon Park, Sujith Ebenezer, Justin Ploegert, Karl F. Reichenberger
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Patent number: 11525597Abstract: An environmental control system for a building, the system including a vent. The vent includes one or more louvers configured to change position between an open position and a closed position to permit air from the air duct to enter a zone of the building or stop the air from entering the zone and a vent circuit configured to operate the one or more louvers based on one or more control commands. The system includes a controller device including a processing circuit configured to receive a selection of an operating profile from a plurality of predefined operating profiles for the vent, each of the plurality of predefined operating profiles indicating an intended use of the zone, determine, based on the operating profile, the one or more control commands, and cause the vent circuit to operate the one or more louvers based on the one or more control commands.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Karl F. Reichenberger