Patents by Inventor Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran

Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran 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).

  • Publication number: 20230070566
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Sudhi R. Sinha, Karl F. Reichenberger
  • Publication number: 20220413460
    Abstract: A building management system (BMS) includes building equipment configured to provide samples of one or more data points in the building management system and a timeseries service. The timeseries service is configured to identify a first timeseries processing workflow that uses an input timeseries as an input and defines processing operations to be applied to the samples of the input timeseries, perform the processing operations defined by the first timeseries processing workflow to generate a first derived timeseries comprising a first set of derived timeseries samples, identify a second timeseries processing workflow that uses the first derived timeseries as an input and defines processing operations to be applied to the samples of the first derived timeseries, and perform the processing operations defined by the second timeseries processing workflow to generate a second derived timeseries comprising a second set of derived timeseries samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati
  • Publication number: 20220365498
    Abstract: A building management system of a building includes one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to generate agents, each agent of the agents paired with one entity of a plurality of entities of an entity database, wherein the entity database includes relationships between the entities, wherein the entities represent physical building entities of the building comprising building equipment or building spaces. The instructions cause the one or more processors to communicate, by the plurality of agents, data of the physical building entities via a plurality of agent communication channels and perform, by the plurality of agents, one or more operations for the plurality of entities based on the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati, Kelsey Carle Schuster
  • Publication number: 20220327111
    Abstract: 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 generating a database of interconnected smart entities. The smart entities include sensor object entities representing each of the plurality of sensors and data entities representing measurements received from the sensors. The smart entities are interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the smart entities. The instructions cause the one or more processors to receive a new measurement from a first sensor, identify a first data entity from a relational object for the first sensor, the first data entity including a plurality of past measurements received from the first sensor, and modify the first data entity within the database of smart entities to include the new measurement received from the first sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati
  • Publication number: 20220317634
    Abstract: A web services platform includes a data collector and a timeseries service. The data collector is configured to collect feedback samples provided by one or more sensors of a building management system and generate one or more feedback timeseries including a plurality of the feedback samples. The timeseries service is configured to identify a feedback control workflow that uses the feedback timeseries as an input and defines one or more processing operations to be applied to the feedback samples of the feedback timeseries, perform the one or more processing operations defined by the feedback control workflow to generate a control signal timeseries including a set of control signal samples, and provide a control signal including at least one of the control signal samples or the control signal timeseries as an output to controllable building equipment of the building management system that operate using the control signal as an input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vijaya S. Chennupati, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson
  • Publication number: 20220309082
    Abstract: 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: generating a database of interconnected smart entities including object entities representing each of a plurality of objects associated with one or more buildings and the plurality of objects each representing a space, person, building subsystem, and/or device, and data entities representing data generated by the objects, the smart entities being interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the object entities and the data entities; receiving data from a first object of the plurality of objects; determining a second object from a relational object for the first object based on the received data; and modifying a data entity connected to an object entity of the second object within the database of smart entities based on the received data for the first object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati
  • Patent number: 11449022
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati
  • Patent number: 11451408
    Abstract: A building system for assurance services with timeseries, the building system including one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to monitor a building asset for one or more events and generate a plurality of performance timeseries for the building asset based on the one or more events, determine an actionable insight for the building asset by cross-correlating the plurality of performance timeseries, and perform at least one of generating a work-order for the building asset based on the actionable insight and causing a display device of a user device to display the work-order or communicating with the building asset and causing the building asset to perform one or more operations based on the actionable insight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Justin J. Ploegert, Jason Pelski, Pravin J. Duraisingh, Vijaya S. Chennupati
  • Patent number: 11442424
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Sudhi R. Sinha, Karl F. Reichenberger
  • Publication number: 20220282881
    Abstract: A system for a building management system simulation includes one or more processors and memory. The memory includes instructions stored thereon, that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to generate a space agent representing a space in a building, the space agent to maintain an environmental condition of the space based on an optimization state of the space, generate an equipment agent representing a device that serves the space, and register the space agent and the equipment agent to a space communication channel associated with the space. The space agent communicates with the equipment agent over the space communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Sudhi R. Sinha, Youngchoon Park, Kelsey Carle Schuster, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran
  • Publication number: 20220237189
    Abstract: A building management system (BMS) includes building equipment, an eventseries generator, and a storage interface. The building equipment are configured to generate a plurality of data samples. Each of the data samples includes a data value and a timestamp. The eventseries generator is configured to assign a sample state to each data sample based on the data value of the data sample and generate one or more events based on the timestamp of each data sample and the sample state assigned to each data sample. Each of the events includes a start time, an end time, and an event state. The eventseries generator is configured to generate an eventseries including the one or more generated events. The storage interface is configured to store the eventseries in an eventseries database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vijaya S. Chennupati, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Ada L. Ma
  • Patent number: 11391478
    Abstract: A building automation system (BAS) platform includes one or more processors configured to provide an operating environment for developing and executing a plurality of building automation and control microservices. At least one of the plurality of building automation and control microservices is configured to receive live data from remote building equipment and provide control signals to the remote building equipment. The BAS platform further includes one or more application programming interfaces configured to interact with third-party building automation and control applications that run within the operating environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Sudhi R. Sinha, Karl F. Reichenberger
  • Patent number: 11378926
    Abstract: A building management system (BMS) includes building equipment configured to provide samples of one or more data points in the building management system and a timeseries service. The timeseries service is configured to identify a first timeseries processing workflow that uses an input timeseries as an input and defines processing operations to be applied to the samples of the input timeseries, perform the processing operations defined by the first timeseries processing workflow to generate a first derived timeseries comprising a first set of derived timeseries samples, identify a second timeseries processing workflow that uses the first derived timeseries as an input and defines processing operations to be applied to the samples of the first derived timeseries, and perform the processing operations defined by the second timeseries processing workflow to generate a second derived timeseries comprising a second set of derived timeseries samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati
  • Patent number: 11360447
    Abstract: A building management system of a building includes one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to generate agents, each agent of the agents paired with one entity of a plurality of entities of an entity database, wherein the entity database includes relationships between the entities, wherein the entities represent physical building entities of the building comprising building equipment or building spaces. The instructions cause the one or more processors to communicate, by the plurality of agents, data of the physical building entities via a plurality of agent communication channels and perform, by the plurality of agents, one or more operations for the plurality of entities based on the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati, Kelsey Carle Schuster
  • Publication number: 20220148579
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati
  • Patent number: 11327451
    Abstract: A building management system of a building includes one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to generate agents, each agent of the agents paired with one entity of a plurality of entities of an entity database, wherein the entity database includes relationships between the entities, wherein the entities represent physical building entities of the building comprising building equipment or building spaces. The instructions cause the one or more processors to communicate, by the plurality of agents, data of the physical building entities via a plurality of agent communication channels and perform, by the plurality of agents, one or more operations for the plurality of entities based on the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati, Kelsey Carle Schuster
  • Publication number: 20220138183
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati
  • Publication number: 20220129459
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vijaya S. Chennupati, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Sajjad Pourmohammad, Erik S. Paulson, Ada L. Ma, Gerald A. Asp
  • Patent number: 11314788
    Abstract: 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: generating a database of interconnected smart entities including object entities representing each of a plurality of objects associated with one or more buildings and the plurality of objects each representing a space, person, building subsystem, and/or device, and data entities representing data generated by the objects, the smart entities being interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the object entities and the data entities; receiving data from a first object of the plurality of objects; determining a second object from a relational object for the first object based on the received data; and modifying a data entity connected to an object entity of the second object within the database of smart entities based on the received data for the first object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati
  • Patent number: 11314726
    Abstract: 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 generating a database of interconnected smart entities. The smart entities include sensor object entities representing each of the plurality of sensors and data entities representing measurements received from the sensors. The smart entities are interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the smart entities. The instructions cause the one or more processors to receive a new measurement from a first sensor, identify a first data entity from a relational object for the first sensor, the first data entity including a plurality of past measurements received from the first sensor, and modify the first data entity within the database of smart entities to include the new measurement received from the first sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Erik S. Paulson, Vijaya S. Chennupati