Patents by Inventor Liana M. Kiff
Liana M. Kiff 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: 11263827Abstract: 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 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Jian Geng Du, Liana M. Kiff
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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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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
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Patent number: 10262460Abstract: Three dimensional (3D) operational user interface generation systems and methods are described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include calculating a number of locations for a virtual camera, placing the virtual camera at each of the number of locations, generating a 3D image at each of the number of locations, implementing object information for each pixel of the 3D image, and generating a 3D user interface utilizing the 3D image at each of the number of locations.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2013Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Henry Chen, Jian Geng Du, Yan Xia, Liana M. Kiff
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Publication number: 20180357835Abstract: 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 14, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Jian Geng Du, Liana M. Kiff
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Patent number: 10146891Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Henry Chen, Conrad B. Beaulieu, Liana M. Kiff, Adam Gibson, Ben Coleman
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Patent number: 10049504Abstract: 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: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Jian Geng Du, Liana M. Kiff
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Patent number: 9984179Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for providing building information modeling data are described herein. One system includes a database having complete building information modeling data associated with a building, and a computing device coupled to the database. The computing device is configured to receive, from a user of the computing device, a request for a particular scope of building information modeling data associated with the building, retrieve, from the database, the building information modeling data in the database that corresponds to the particular scope of building information modeling data requested by the user, and provide, to the user, the building information modeling data that corresponds to the particular scope of building information modeling data requested by the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Henry Enyi Chen, Liana M. Kiff, Michelle Raymond, Keith Johnson, Tom Plocher, Wendy Foslien
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Publication number: 20170352196Abstract: 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: February 24, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Jian Geng Du, Liana M. Kiff
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Publication number: 20170329876Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Mark Cockburn, Richard Denning, Shailesh Rasane, Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Conrad B. Beaulieu, Liana M. Kiff
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Patent number: 9811249Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Henry Chen, Jian Geng Du, Hao Bai, Tom Plocher, Liana M. Kiff, Conrad B. Beaulieu
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Patent number: 9727667Abstract: 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: June 10, 2013Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Mark Cockburn, Richard Denning, Shailesh Rasane, Henry Chen, Tom Plocher, Conrad B. Beaulieu, Liana M. Kiff
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Publication number: 20170146986Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Vit Libal, Michelle Raymond, Liana M. Kiff, Henry Chen
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Publication number: 20170147717Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Henry Chen, Jian Geng Du, Yan Xia, Tom Plocher, Liana M. Kiff, Michelle Raymond
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Publication number: 20160275216Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for providing building information modeling data are described herein. One system includes a database having complete building information modeling data associated with a building, and a computing device coupled to the database. The computing device is configured to receive, from a user of the computing device, a request for a particular scope of building information modeling data associated with the building, retrieve, from the database, the building information modeling data in the database that corresponds to the particular scope of building information modeling data requested by the user, and provide, to the user, the building information modeling data that corresponds to the particular scope of building information modeling data requested by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2012Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Henry Enyi CHEN, Liana M. Kiff, Michelle Raymond, Keith Johnson, Tom Plocher, Wendy Foslien
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Patent number: 9367737Abstract: Methods, machine-readable media, and devices for floor plan space detection are described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include receiving an image of a floor plan, enhancing the image of the floor plan through processing, detecting a location of a door associated with a space in the image of the floor plan through a histogram of gradient of pattern feature, setting a seed in the space based on the location of the door associated with the space, spreading the seed in the space until the seed reaches a boundary of the space, and associating the seed that has been spread with the space.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2012Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Henry Chen, Jian Geng Du, Yan Xia, Xiaoli Wang, Liana M. Kiff, Tom Plocher
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Publication number: 20150131871Abstract: Methods, machine-readable media, and devices for floor plan space detection are described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include receiving an image of a floor plan, enhancing the image of the floor plan through processing, detecting a location of a door associated with a space in the image of the floor plan through a histogram of gradient of pattern feature, setting a seed in the space based on the location of the door associated with the space, spreading the seed in the space until the seed reaches a boundary of the space, and associating the seed that has been spread with the space.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2012Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Henry Chen, Geng Du, Yan Xia, Xiaoli Wang, Liana M. Kiff, Tom Plocher