Patents by Inventor Youngchoon Park

Youngchoon Park 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: 20220299230
    Abstract: A building energy management system includes building equipment, a data collector, an analytics service, a timeseries database, and an energy management application. The building equipment monitor and control one or more variables in the building energy management system and provide data samples of the one or more variables. The data collector collects the data samples from the building equipment and generates a data timeseries including a plurality of the data samples. The analytics service performs one or more analytics using the data timeseries and generates a results timeseries including a plurality of result samples indicating results of the analytics. The timeseries database stores the data timeseries and the results timeseries. The energy management application retrieves the data timeseries and the results timeseries from the timeseries database in response to a request for timeseries data associated with the one or more variables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew J. Boettcher, Steven R. Vitullo, Vivek Narain, Youngchoon Park, Gerald A. Asp, Peter A. Craig, 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
  • Patent number: 11436567
    Abstract: One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a request to hold a meeting in a building, retrieve user preferences associated with an attendee of the meeting, dynamically determine meeting parameters associated with the meeting based on the request and the user preferences, identify one or more meeting parameters that deviate from the request or the user preferences, and transmit a notification indicating the identified one or more meeting parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Ada L. Ma, Sudhi R. Sinha, Erik S. Paulson, Elyse R. Hobson, Youngchoon Park, Justin J. Ploegert, Sarah Just, Kelsey Carle Schuster
  • Patent number: 11422687
    Abstract: A building energy management includes building equipment, one or more data platform services, a timeseries database, and an energy management application. The building equipment operate to monitor and control a variable and provide raw data samples of a data point associated with the variable. The timeseries database stores a plurality of timeseries associated with the data point. The plurality of timeseries include a timeseries of the raw data samples and the one or more optimized data timeseries generated by the data platform services based on the raw data timeseries. The energy management application generates an ad hoc dashboard including a widget and associates the widget with the data point. The widget displays a graphical visualization of the plurality of timeseries associated with the data point and includes interactive user interface options for switching between the plurality of timeseries associated with the data point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Vijaya S. Chennupati, Sudhi Sinha, Justin Ploegert
  • Publication number: 20220253027
    Abstract: A building system including one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to generate a user interface comprising a 2-dimensional (2D) model of a building and a 3-dimensional (3D) model of the building. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to receive a first user input indicating a selection of a first object. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to determine a physical space or equipment represented by the first object and one or more events associated with the physical space or equipment. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to receive a second user input indicating creation of an incident based on the one or more events and to initiate an automated response process in response to the creation of the incident.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Ryan A. Piaskowski, Youngchoon Park, Christopher Heidger
  • Publication number: 20220253025
    Abstract: A building system including one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to obtain first data regarding operations of a building management system (BMS) and second data comprising a user profile for a first user. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to determine at least one of a site status or an event based on the first data and to identify a role of the user based on the second data. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to determine a first set of graphical elements and a first layout based on the role of the user and the at least one of the site status or the event and to generate a graphical user interface based on the first set of graphical elements and the first layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Ryan A. Piaskowski, Youngchoon Park, Christopher Heidger
  • Patent number: 11411999
    Abstract: A building security system for a building includes one or more memory devices configured to store instructions. The instructions, when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive an access policy data structure for a building device, the access policy data structure indicating access policies for interactions of one or more other building devices with the building device, wherein the access policy data structure identifies the one or more other building devices with one or more building model queries, generate a dynamic access policy data structure for the building device by resolving the one or more building model queries with a building model to identify the one or more other building devices, wherein the dynamic access policy data structure comprises the access policies, and implement the access policies of the dynamic access policy data structure based on the one or more other building devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Zhongyi Jin, Young M. Lee, Clifford H. Copass, Youngchoon Park
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220222056
    Abstract: A building device 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 implement a software gateway configured to receive one or more messages from building equipment, receive, based on the one or more messages, one or more software updates for the software gateway, wherein the one or more software updates are updates for communicating with the building equipment, communicate with the building equipment based on the one or more software updates and receive data describing the building equipment, and cause a configuration image to be generated for the software gateway based on the data describing the building equipment, the configuration image indicating a configuration of the software gateway for performing one or more gateway services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Youngchoon Park, Sudhi R. Sinha, Erik S. Paulson, Errol Trunch
  • Publication number: 20220223023
    Abstract: A building management system includes one or more computer-readable storage media having a data structure, wherein the data structure comprises a plurality of vulnerabilities and a plurality of pairs, each of the plurality of pairs comprising one of a plurality of assets and one of the plurality of threat types, wherein each of the plurality of pairs is associated with one of the plurality of vulnerabilities and instructions. The instructions cause one or more processors to receive a threat, the threat comprising a particular threat type of the plurality of threat types, the threat indicating an incident affecting a risk value associated with a particular asset of the plurality of assets, identify a particular vulnerability of the data structure based on the particular threat type and the particular asset, and determine, based on the particular vulnerability and the threat, the risk value associated with the particular asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Sajjad POURMOHAMMAD, Youngchoon PARK
  • 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: 11360959
    Abstract: A building management system includes one or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive threats, the threats each indicating an incident affecting a dynamic risk score associated with an asset, wherein one or more of the threats are current threats that are active at a current point in time and one or more of the threats are historic threats that were active at one or more past times. The instructions cause the one or more processors to generate, based on the one or more current threats, the dynamic risk score at the current point in time, generate, based on the one or more historic threats, a baseline risk score, and cause a user interface to display an indication of the dynamic risk score at the current point in time and an indication of the baseline risk score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Sajjad Pourmohammad, Jacinta Moore, Maebh Costello, Nicolae Bogdan Pavel, Federico Fala, Jan R. Holliday, Youngchoon Park
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11353853
    Abstract: A building device for a building management system (BMS) includes a processing circuit configured to receive one or more health messages from one or more other building devices. The processing circuit is configured to update an existing health message stored in a memory of the building device based on the one or more health messages by updating a message list of the existing health message with message list data of the one or more health messages, updating a sick node list of the existing health message based on the updated message list, and updating a sick node matrix of the existing health message based on the updated sick node list and the received one or more health messages. The processing circuit is configured to communicate the updated health message to at least one of the one or more other building devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Sudhi Sinha, Youngchoon Park
  • Publication number: 20220171347
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: George R. Oliver, Justin J. Ploegert, Karl F. Reichenberger, Sudhi R. Sinha, Sujith Ebenezer, Youngchoon Park
  • Publication number: 20220148356
    Abstract: A building campus with an integrated smart environment can provide frictionless access control and device management services among other benefits. A method for providing frictionless access control includes maintaining a directory of individuals associated with the building, receiving identity information related to an individual seeking authorization to enter an access point in the building from at least one access control device, identifying the individual by comparing the identity information to the directory, identifying a user device associated with the individual using the directory, sending an authorization request to the user device, and authorizing the individual to enter the access point upon completion of the authorization request. A system for providing device management services includes registering devices from different manufacturers to a directory and authorizing one or more users to access and monitor parameters associated with each device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Sudhi R. Sinha, Youngchoon Park, Ada L. Ma