Patents by Inventor Wendy Foslien
Wendy Foslien 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: 9154001Abstract: An energy management device providing a series of user interface enhancements that enable the creation and modification of energy management schedules. The energy management device may provide these user interface enhancements in connection with a touch screen interface, as the user interface receives and processes a variety of touch screen gestures from users intended to create and manipulate the energy management schedules. The user interface enhancements may include calendar views with customizable periods of interest, calendar views with overlays of scheduling and pricing information, and clocks providing runtime indications of specific energy consuming systems.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2011Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Pallavi Dharwada, Paul Derby, Wendy Foslien Graber, Hari Thiruvengada, Anand Tharanathan, Soumitri N. Kolavennu
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Publication number: 20150278071Abstract: A method of tracking and reporting data associated with a component of a system is provided. The method includes: creating a subscription that is associated with a component of a system based on subscription parameters; receiving component data associated with the component of the system; and generating reporting data based on the subscription and the component data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Robert E. De Mers, Wendy Foslien
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Publication number: 20150243152Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for providing a diagnosis of a system of a building are described herein. One method includes displaying a system of a building, wherein the display of the system includes an identification of a particular component of the system, identifying, within the display of the system, a number of components of the system related to the particular component, and identifying, within the display of the system, a relationship between the particular component and the number of components and a relative operational status of the particular component and the number of components.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventors: Conrad B. Beaulieu, Wendy Foslien, Henry Chen, Tom Plocher
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Patent number: 9115908Abstract: Systems and methods for managing a programmable thermostat are described herein. One or more system embodiments include a programmable thermostat having a first management profile; a data acquisition subsystem; and a data analysis subsystem. The data acquisition subsystem is configured to receive thermostat data from the programmable thermostat, and the data analysis subsystem is configured to receive the thermostat data from the data acquisition subsystem, and determine a second management profile for the programmable thermostat based, at least in part, on the thermostat data.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Pradeep Shetty, Wendy Foslien, Keith Curtner, Purnaprajna R. Mangsuli, Soumitri Kolavennu
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Patent number: 9070174Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for providing a diagnosis of a system of a building are described herein. One method includes displaying a system of a building, wherein the display of the system includes an identification of a particular component of the system, identifying, within the display of the system, a number of components of the system related to the particular component, and identifying, within the display of the system, a relationship between the particular component and the number of components and a relative operational status of the particular component and the number of components.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2012Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Conrad B. Beaulieu, Wendy Foslien, Henry Chen, Tom Plocher
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REMOTE CONTRACTOR SYSTEM WITH DATA ANALYTICS FOR IDENTIFYING SITE SPECIFIC OPERATIONAL ABNORMALITIES
Publication number: 20150127172Abstract: A system that allows a contractor to remotely monitor and/or interact with its customers' building control systems, such as heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and analyze information obtained from the building control systems over time. Such a system may help the contractor monitor and diagnosis customer building control systems, setup service calls, achieve better customer relations, create more effective marketing opportunities, as well as other functions. In some cases, the disclosed system may help a contractor pro-actively identify possible issues with its customer's building control systems, and only then schedule maintenance as required. In some cases, based on the analysis of information obtained from the building control systems over time, the system may output indications of abnormalities in the operation of the building control systems from which information may be received.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: David Quam, Amy Ragland, Steve R. Peterson, Wendy Foslien, Jennifer Teves, Pedro Davolos, Soumitri Kolavennu, Henry Nahurski -
Publication number: 20150127175Abstract: A tool for providing a visualization of a system may reveal an interactive navigation environment for building performance observation and assessment. The tool may be associated with a processor. The environment may incorporate a treemap, a graph pane, a treemap filter, a graph pane selector, a selected units box and a date/time control mechanism. A visualization of the environment, among other things, may be presented on a display. The treemap may exhibit a building geometry and/or equipment units hierarchically, along with some data information. Units may be interactively selected from the treemap and placed in the box for analysis. The graph pane may show a configuration and display of unit analysis. Selection of detailed views for units in the box may be provided by the graph pane selector. Date and time intervals for analysis may be selected by the control mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2015Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Matthew E. Garr, Jiri Rojicek, Vladimir Bicik, Wendy Foslien
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Publication number: 20150127169Abstract: A system that allows a contractor to remotely monitor and/or interact with its customers' building control systems, such as heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and analyze information obtained from the building control systems over time. Such a system may help the contractor monitor and diagnosis customer building control systems, setup service calls, achieve better customer relations, create more effective marketing opportunities, as well as other functions. In some cases, the disclosed system may include a controller that analyzes data from HVAC systems, determines a thermal model of a space environmentally controlled by an HVAC system, and provides an energy audit of the space that is environmentally controlled by the HVAC system. The controller may output a result of the energy audit to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: David Quam, Amy Ragland, Steve R. Peterson, Brad Paine, Pedro Davalos, Soumitri Kolavennu, Wendy Foslien
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Publication number: 20150127170Abstract: A system that allows a contractor to remotely monitor and/or interact with its customers' building control systems, such as heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and analyze information obtained from the building control systems over time. Such a system may help the contractor monitor and diagnosis customer building control systems, setup service calls, achieve better customer relations, create more effective marketing opportunities, as well as other functions. In some cases, the disclosed system may include a controller that analyzes data from HVAC systems, determines a thermal model of a space environmentally controlled by an HVAC system, and provides an energy audit of the space that is environmentally controlled by the HVAC system. The controller may output a result of the energy audit to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: David Quam, Amy Ragland, Steve R. Peterson, Brad Paine, Pedro Davalos, Soumitri Kolavennu, Wendy Foslien
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Publication number: 20150088329Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for providing energy management recommendations are provided. One method includes recording a number of interactions between a user and a computing device, creating an energy usage profile according to the number of interactions between the user and the computing device, computing energy usage analytics associated with the energy usage profile, presenting the energy usage analytics to the user, and providing a number of energy management recommendations that account for the usage analytics and the energy usage profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Hari Thiruvengada, Pallavi Dharwada, Wendy Foslien, Anand Tharanathan
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Patent number: 8983670Abstract: A system for disaggregating a gross energy measurement into individual component energy consumption. A collection of components may be situated in a facility. A sensor may obtain electrical signals from one or more power input lines which convey power to the facility for the components. The signals may indicate the total energy consumption by the collection of components. Approaches and/or mechanisms may be used to disaggregate the indication of total energy consumption into indications of individual energy consumption by the components without the need for separately determining the individual energy consumption with additional measurements or instrumentation. Also, approaches and/or mechanisms may be used for integrating a known load activity with whole facility energy consumption for enhancing the component disaggregation. Indications of individual energy consumption permit a reasonable evaluation of components from efficiency, conservation and/or other perspectives.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Pradeep Shetty, Wendy Foslien, Keith Curtner, Purnaprajna R. Mangsuli, Soumitri Kolavennu
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Patent number: 8947437Abstract: A tool for providing a visualization of a system may reveal an interactive navigation environment for building performance observation and assessment. The tool may be associated with a processor. The environment may incorporate a treemap, a graph pane, a treemap filter, a graph pane selector, a selected units box and a date/time control mechanism. A visualization of the environment, among other things, may be presented on a display. The treemap may exhibit a building geometry and/or equipment units hierarchically, along with some data information. Units may be interactively selected from the treemap and placed in the box for analysis. The graph pane may show a configuration and display of unit analysis. Selection of detailed views for units in the box may be provided by the graph pane selector. Date and time intervals for analysis may be selected by the control mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Matthew E. Garr, Jiri Rojicek, Vladimir Bicik, Wendy Foslien
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Publication number: 20140297238Abstract: An approach and system for receiving data from a thermostat in a building, treating the data as representative of a thermal response model or system, and determining a relationship between a rate of building internal temperature change and change in outdoor temperature to provide an indication of how well a building is insulated versus a thermal mass of the building.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventors: Girija Parthasarathy, Wendy Foslien, Pedro Davalos
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Patent number: 8805000Abstract: A system and method includes obtaining an address of a structure, obtaining picture of objects in the structure with a networked mobile device, deriving identification information from the pictures, using the identification information to obtain energy usage information from databases, and generating an energy audit based on the objects and energy usage information.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2012Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Paul Derby, Hari Thiruvengada, Pallavi Dharwada, Wendy Foslien
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Patent number: 8761909Abstract: A system and method include determining a state of a batch process. Historical segments are retrieved from a historical database of trajectories of the batch process as a function of the state of the batch process. A model is created as a function of the retrieved historical segments. The model is used to provide state information about the batch process and may then be discarded.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2007Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Roman Navratil, Wendy Foslien Graber
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Publication number: 20140078151Abstract: A tool for providing a visualization of a system may reveal an interactive navigation environment for building performance observation and assessment. The tool may be associated with a processor. The environment may incorporate a treemap, a graph pane, a treemap filter, a graph pane selector, a selected units box and a date/time control mechanism. A visualization of the environment, among other things, may be presented on a display. The treemap may exhibit a building geometry and/or equipment units hierarchically, along with some data information. Units may be interactively selected from the treemap and placed in the box for analysis. The graph pane may show a configuration and display of unit analysis. Selection of detailed views for units in the box may be provided by the graph pane selector. Date and time intervals for analysis may be selected by the control mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Matthew E. Garr, Jiri Rojicek, Vladimir Bicik, Wendy Foslien
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Publication number: 20140049402Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for providing a diagnosis of a system of a building are described herein. One method includes displaying a system of a building, wherein the display of the system includes an identification of a particular component of the system, identifying, within the display of the system, a number of components of the system related to the particular component, and identifying, within the display of the system, a relationship between the particular component and the number of components and a relative operational status of the particular component and the number of components.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Conrad B. Beaulieu, Wendy Foslien, Henry Chen, Tom Plocher
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Publication number: 20140046490Abstract: A system and approach for diagnostic visualizations of, for example, building control systems data. A focus may be on a similarity metric for comparing operations among sites relative to energy consumption. Normalizing factors may be used across sites with varying equipment consumption levels to be compared automatically. There may also be a high level overview of an enterprise of sites. For instance, consumption totals of the sites may be normalized by site size and length of time of a billing period to identify such things as outlier sites. One may use a main view of geographic distribution dynamically linked to subviews showing distribution by size, by aggregated climate, and so on. With these views, one may quickly drill through the enterprise and identify sites of interest for further investigation. A key metric may be intensity which invokes viewing virtually all sites by normalized consumption for a unit amount of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Honeywell International IncInventors: Wendy Foslien, Thomas Gall, Rob Trout, Jake Mayher, Joseph S. Majewski, Paul Kleinhans, Ayman Mohamed
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Patent number: 8620634Abstract: A computer implemented method includes providing information related to wind speed and direction prediction to a wind turbine energy prediction module, providing wind energy production prediction information to a resource allocation engine, and combining the wind energy production prediction information with information about non-renewable energy resources to provide an output identifying energy production resources to use for optimal load servicing.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2010Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Wendy Foslien Graber, Zdenek Schindler, Petr Stluka, Girija Parthasarathy
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Publication number: 20130311437Abstract: A system and method obtain a database stored on a storage device containing information on multiple assets, the information including measurements taken from devices monitoring each asset, and context information corresponding to the environment the items are subjected to. The system and method groups assets via a computer system into a homogenous group as a function of selected context information and performs analytics via the computer system on the grouped assets to manage the assets.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: Honeywell Internatioanl Inc.Inventors: Petr Stluka, Eva Jerhotova, Karel Marik, Ondrej Holub, Wendy Foslien, Rylan Clark