Patents by Inventor Vivek V. Gupta
Vivek V. Gupta 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: 12061449Abstract: A building management system includes building equipment operable to affect a physical state of a building. The building management system includes a system manager coupled to the building equipment via a system bus, the system manager comprising a schedule manager configured to control an operation schedule of the building equipment. A client device is configured to communicate with the schedule manager to modify operation schedules of the building equipment or add new operation schedules for the building equipment. The schedule manager comprises a list of available schedules for the building equipment and is configured to, in response to modification of the operation schedules or addition of new operation schedules, update the list of available schedules to include the modification or the new operation schedule.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2023Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbHInventors: Vivek V. Gupta, Yogesh Jalkote, Vikram Ashok Lunge, Mark T. Fischbach, John S. Jilek, Benjamin D. Sanfelippo
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Patent number: 12055910Abstract: A system for updating a device in a building management system (BMS). The system includes a third-party device and a device manager of a control network. The device manager updates the third-party device and includes a processing circuit that determines that the third-party device has been discovered on the control network. The processing circuit further populates a template with a set of received data from the third-party device and maps the third-party device with control network based on the populated template of received data. The processing circuit further configures the third-party device to operate in the control network, wherein configuring the third-party device comprises transforming a data exchange format of the third-party device.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbHInventors: Lisa E. Strand, Vivek V. Gupta, Benjamin D. Sanfelippo, Mark T. Fischbach, Adam Scott
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Publication number: 20240168503Abstract: A building management system (BMS) operates a plurality of HVAC devices to affect a physical state or condition and detects a fault condition at a second HVAC device affected by the physical state or condition and having causal relationships with the plurality of HVAC devices such that faulty operation of one or more of the plurality of HVAC devices causes a detectable effect at the second HVAC device. The BMS identifies, based on the fault condition, a predetermined set of system parameters corresponding to the fault condition and comprising a plurality of system parameters of the plurality of HVAC devices that are potential causes of the fault condition. The BMS retrieves operating data for the predetermined set of system parameters and transmits a signal to display a user interface comprising the operating data on a display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Homero L. Noboa, Kirk H. Drees, Vivek V. Gupta, Mark T. Fischbach
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Publication number: 20240126227Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a building management system (BMS) comprising one or more field equipment controllers, and at least one containerized engine configured within a server to control the one or more field equipment controllers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Siva Naga Babu Kammela, Donald A Gottschalk, JR., Daniel R Gottschalk, Anand Bongale, Pranay Joshi, Deepak V. Uppal, Vivek V. Gupta, Peter J. Hazelberg
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Publication number: 20240036536Abstract: A building management system includes building equipment operable to affect a physical state of a building. The building management system includes a system manager coupled to the building equipment via a system bus, the system manager comprising a schedule manager configured to control an operation schedule of the building equipment. A client device is configured to communicate with the schedule manager to modify operation schedules of the building equipment or add new operation schedules for the building equipment. The schedule manager comprises a list of available schedules for the building equipment and is configured to, in response to modification of the operation schedules or addition of new operation schedules, update the list of available schedules to include the modification or the new operation schedule.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Vivek V. Gupta, Yogesh Jalkote, Vikram Ashok Lunge, Mark T. Fischbach, John S. Jilek, Benjamin D. Sanfelippo
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Publication number: 20240036537Abstract: A building management system (BMS) includes building equipment operable to affect a physical state or condition of a building and a gateway device configured to couple to the building equipment via a wireless master slave/token passing (MS/TP) bus or a wired MS/TP bus. The gateway device is configured to communicate building data to a cloud-based platform including a hub configured to receive the building data, a plurality of cloud applications, wherein the plurality of cloud applications are configured to receive the building data from the hub and process the building data to provide a building data output. The cloud-based platform is configured to communicate the building data output to and receive a command based on the building data output from at least one of a control application, an analytic application, or a monitoring application. The gateway device is further configured to operate according to the command.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Vivek V. Gupta, Daniel R. Gottschalk, William R. Kuckuk, Adam J. Scott, Mark T. Fischbach, James J. Mertz, Yogesh N. Jalkote, Sudhanshu Dixit
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Patent number: 11886209Abstract: A building management system (BMS) operates a plurality of HVAC devices to affect a physical state or condition and detects a fault condition at a second HVAC device affected by the physical state or condition and having causal relationships with the plurality of HVAC devices such that faulty operation of one or more of the plurality of HVAC devices causes a detectable effect at the second HVAC device. The BMS identifies, based on the fault condition, a predetermined set of system parameters corresponding to the fault condition and comprising a plurality of system parameters of the plurality of HVAC devices that are potential causes of the fault condition. The BMS retrieves operating data for the predetermined set of system parameters and transmits a signal to display a user interface comprising the operating data on a display screen.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Homero L. Noboa, Kirk H. Drees, Vivek V. Gupta, Mark T. Fischbach
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Patent number: 11774931Abstract: A building management system includes building equipment operable to affect a physical state of a building. The building management system includes a system manager coupled to the building equipment via a system bus, the system manager comprising a schedule manager configured to control an operation schedule of the building equipment. A client device is configured to communicate with the schedule manager to modify operation schedules of the building equipment or add new operation schedules for the building equipment. The schedule manager comprises a list of available schedules for the building equipment and is configured to, in response to modification of the operation schedules or addition of new operation schedules, update the list of available schedules to include the modification or the new operation schedule.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Vivek V. Gupta, Yogesh Jalkote, Vikram Ashok Lunge, Mark T. Fischbach, John S. Jilek, Benjamin D. Sanfelippo
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Patent number: 11533195Abstract: A building management system includes a communications bus, subordinate devices connected to the communications bus, and a controller connected to the communications bus. The controller includes an active node table including a plurality of nodes, each node representing one of the subordinate devices connected to the communications bus. The controller is configured to monitor the active node table for a newly connected subordinate device, use a set of rules to determine whether the newly connected subordinate device is supported by the controller for performing an identified function in combination with the controller, and, in response to a determination that the newly connected subordinate device is supported, extend the identified function of the controller to the newly connected subordinate device. Extending the identified function includes enabling the newly connected subordinate device to perform the identified function.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Jameel Ahmed, Vivek V. Gupta, Brandon A. Sloat, Daniel F. Leising
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Publication number: 20220390917Abstract: A system for updating a device in a building management system (BMS). The system includes a third-party device and a device manager of a control network. The device manager updates the third-party device and includes a processing circuit that determines that the third-party device has been discovered on the control network. The processing circuit further populates a template with a set of received data from the third-party device and maps the third-party device with control network based on the populated template of received data. The processing circuit further configures the third-party device to operate in the control network, wherein configuring the third-party device comprises transforming a data exchange format of the third-party device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Lisa E. Strand, Vivek V. Gupta, Benjamin D. Sanfelippo, Mark T. Fischbach, Adam Scott
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Publication number: 20220377132Abstract: A building management system (BMS) includes building equipment operable to affect a physical state or condition of a building, a gateway device coupled to the building equipment, and a network adapter removably coupled to the gateway device. The network adapter couples the gateway device to a cloud-based platform. The cloud-based platform is configured to receive building data from the gateway device via the network adapter, and includes a hub to receive the building data and a plurality of cloud applications configured to receive the building data from the hub and process the building data to provide a building data output. The cloud-based platform is configured to communicate the building data output to and receive a command based on the building data from at least one of a control application, an analytic application, or a monitoring application. The gateway device is further configured to operate according to the command.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Vivek V. Gupta, Daniel R. Gottschalk, William R. Kuckuk, Adam J. Scott, Mark T. Fischbach, James J. Mertz, Yogesh N. Jalkote, Sudhanshu Dixit
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Publication number: 20220376946Abstract: A building management system (BMS) includes building equipment operable to affect a physical state or condition of a building and a gateway device configured to couple to the building equipment via a wireless master slave/token passing (MS/TP) bus or a wired MS/TP bus. The gateway device is configured to communicate building data to a cloud-based platform including a hub configured to receive the building data, a plurality of cloud applications, wherein the plurality of cloud applications are configured to receive the building data from the hub and process the building data to provide a building data output. The cloud-based platform is configured to communicate the building data output to and receive a command based on the building data output from at least one of a control application, an analytic application, or a monitoring application. The gateway device is further configured to operate according to the command.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Vivek V. Gupta, Daniel R. Gottschalk, William R. Kuckuk, Adam J. Scott, Mark T. Fischbach, James J. Mertz, Yogesh N. Jalkote, Sudhanshu Dixit
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Publication number: 20220373983Abstract: A building management system (BMS) includes building equipment operable to affect a physical state or condition of a building coupled to a gateway device configured to communicate building data from the building equipment to a cloud-based platform according to a data control template configured to control a data rate between the gateway device and the cloud-based platform. The cloud-based platform includes a hub to generate a virtual device twin comprising the data control template and configured to receive the building data and represent the gateway device on the cloud-based platform, as well as plurality of cloud applications configured to provide a building data output. The cloud-based platform is configured to communicate the building data output to and receive a command from at least one of a control application, an analytic application, or a monitor application. The gateway device further configured to operate according to the command.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Vivek V. Gupta, Daniel R. Gottschalk, William R. Kuckuk, Adam J. Scott, Mark T. Fischbach, James J. Mertz, Yogesh N. Jalkote, Sudhanshu Dixit
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Publication number: 20220326670Abstract: A building management system includes building equipment operable to affect a physical state of a building. The building management system includes a system manager coupled to the building equipment via a system bus, the system manager comprising a schedule manager configured to control an operation schedule of the building equipment. A client device is configured to communicate with the schedule manager to modify operation schedules of the building equipment or add new operation schedules for the building equipment. The schedule manager comprises a list of available schedules for the building equipment and is configured to, in response to modification of the operation schedules or addition of new operation schedules, update the list of available schedules to include the modification or the new operation schedule.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Vivek V. Gupta, Yogesh Jalkote, Vikram Ashok Lunge, Mark T. Fischbach, John S. Jilek, Benjamin D. Sanfelippo
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Patent number: 11435709Abstract: A building management system comprises building equipment operable to affect a physical state or condition of a building. The building management system includes a system manager coupled to the building equipment via a system bus, the system manager comprising a schedule manager configured to control a first operation schedule of the building equipment. Combined schedules are configured to be controlled by the schedule manager. The combined schedules are configured to control both a first setpoint of the building equipment and first operation schedule of the building equipment. A client device is configured to communicate with the schedule manager to modify the first operation schedule of the building equipment to include the first schedule object.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Vivek V. Gupta, Mark T. Fischbach
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Patent number: 11415955Abstract: A system for updating a device in a building management system (BMS). The system includes a third-party device and a device manager of a control network. The device manager updates the third-party device and includes a processing circuit that determines that the third-party device has been discovered on the control network. The processing circuit further populates a template with a set of received data from the third-party device and maps the third-party device with control network based on the populated template of received data. The processing circuit further configures the third-party device to operate in the control network, wherein configuring the third-party device comprises transforming a data exchange format of the third-party device.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Lisa E. Strand, Vivek V. Gupta, Benjamin D. Sanfelippo, Mark T. Fischbach, Adam Scott
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Publication number: 20220147077Abstract: A building management system (BMS) operates a plurality of HVAC devices to affect a physical state or condition and detects a fault condition at a second HVAC device affected by the physical state or condition and having causal relationships with the plurality of HVAC devices such that faulty operation of one or more of the plurality of HVAC devices causes a detectable effect at the second HVAC device. The BMS identifies, based on the fault condition, a predetermined set of system parameters corresponding to the fault condition and comprising a plurality of system parameters of the plurality of HVAC devices that are potential causes of the fault condition. The BMS retrieves operating data for the predetermined set of system parameters and transmits a signal to display a user interface comprising the operating data on a display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Homero L. Noboa, Kirk H. Drees, Vivek V. Gupta, Mark T. Fischbach
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Patent number: 11262714Abstract: A building management system includes building equipment operable to affect a physical state of a building. The building management system includes a system manager coupled to the building equipment via a system bus, the system manager comprising a schedule manager configured to control an operation schedule of the building equipment. A client device is configured to communicate with the schedule manager to modify operation schedules of the building equipment or add new operation schedules for the building equipment. The schedule manager comprises a list of available schedules for the building equipment and is configured to, in response to modification of the operation schedules or addition of new operation schedules, update the list of available schedules to include the modification or the new operation schedule.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Vivek V. Gupta, Yogesh Jalkote, Vikram Ashok Lunge, Mark T. Fischbach, John S. Jilek, Benjamin D. Sanfelippo
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Patent number: 11237576Abstract: A building management system includes a communications interface connected to HVAC devices, a device identifier configured to identify the HVAC devices, a fault detector configured to detect a fault condition in the identified devices, and a causal relationship template retriever configured to retrieve a fault causation template of system parameters specific to the fault condition. The building management system further includes a status requestor configured to retrieve operating data from the identified devices and a user interface generator. The user interface generator is configured to populate the system parameters of the fault causation template with the retrieved operating data and transmit a signal to display a user interface with the populated fault causation template on a display screen.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Homero L. Noboa, Kirk H. Drees, Vivek V. Gupta, Mark T. Fischbach
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Publication number: 20210270480Abstract: An enterprise management system includes a first subsystem located at a first geographic location and including a first building device, a second subsystem located at a second geographic location and including a second building device, and one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including receiving first alarm data from the first subsystem, the first alarm data indicating an alarm condition for the first building device, receiving second alarm data from the second subsystem, the second alarm data indicating an alarm condition for the second building device, and providing aggregate alarm data on a user interface based on the first alarm data and the second alarm data, the aggregate alarm data indicating a total number of alarms for the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2020Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Sandip Salunke, Mark T. Fischbach, Yogesh Jalkote, Vivek V. Gupta