Patent Grant
11874809
The present disclosure relates generally to building devices of building systems that operate a building. The present disclosure relates more particularly to building modeling.
Building modeling may represent contextual information regarding a building and may be defined according to various formats. Building equipment and/or building software applications can be built to operate on the different formats. However, because each piece of building equipment or software application may be built for a specific building model format, the use of the building equipment or software applications may be limited to only the specific building model format. Therefore, it would be advantageous for a schema for use in the building equipment or software applications where the universal schema encodes information of any building model format.
One implementation of the present disclosure is a building system of a building. The building system includes one or more memory devices storing instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive building metadata, the building metadata describing components of the building, generate, based on the building metadata, entities, each of the entities representing one the components, and determine, based on the building metadata, relationships between the entities. The instructions cause the one or more processors to generate metadata strings in a universal building schema, one metadata string of the metadata strings including characters representing a first entity of the entities, one or more second entities of the entities related to the first entity, and one or more relationships between the first entity and the one or more second entities.
In some embodiments, the characters represent each of the one or more relationships with at least one of a single reserved character, the single reserved character linked to a particular relationship of predefined relationships or a character set, the character set representing the particular relationship of the predefined relationships.
In some embodiments, the first entity and the one or more second entities are each represented by one or more type characters representing an entity type and one or more identifier characters identifying a particular instance of the entity type.
In some embodiments, the entity type is a particular entity type of a set of predefined entity types.
In some embodiments, the one metadata string of the metadata strings is referenced by a fully qualified name (FQN), wherein the FQN is an ending entity of the one metadata string.
In some embodiments, a second metadata string of the metadata strings includes a first part represented by first characters, wherein the first part is the FQN, a separation character separating the first part from a second part, and the second part, the second part representing one of one or more other entities related to the one metadata string.
In some embodiments, the building metadata is data of a building information model (BIM). In some embodiments, the BIM is defined by a user and represents the building and the components of the building, wherein the BIM is augmented by the user to include naming data for each of the components according to the universal building schema.
In some embodiments, the BIM is augmented by a user to include a definition of a second part relating a first component of the components to one or more second components of the components. In some embodiments, the instructions cause the one or more processors to generate a particular metadata string of the metadata strings including a first part representing the first component and the second part representing the one or more second components.
In some embodiments, the instructions cause the one or more processors to generate, based on the building metadata, the entities by identifying, based on the BIM, the naming data for each of the components, the naming data representing the entities with an entity type and an entity identifier.
In some embodiments, the instructions cause the one or more processors to determine, based on the building metadata, the relationships between the entities by identifying relational information between the components indicated by the BIM.
In some embodiments, each metadata string of the metadata strings include a first part represented by first characters, wherein the first part represents the first entity, one or more separation characters separating the first part from one or more second parts and the one or more second parts from each other, and the one or more second parts, each of the one or more second parts representing one of the one or more second entities.
In some embodiments, the first entity ordered within the first part with one or more other first entities according to a predefined entity type hierarchy of the universal building schema.
In some embodiments, the predefined entity type hierarchy lists entities according to entity type from a building entity type to a floor entity type to a room entity type to an equipment entity type to a point entity type.
Another implementation of the present disclosure is a method including receiving, by a processing circuit, building metadata, the building metadata describing components of a building, generating, by the processing circuit, based on the building metadata, entities, each of the entities representing one of the components, determining, by the processing circuit, based on the building metadata, relationships between the entities, and generating, by the processing circuit, metadata strings in a universal building schema, one metadata string of the metadata strings including characters representing a first entity of the entities, one or more second entities of the entities related to the first entity, and one or more relationships between the first entity and the one or more second entities.
In some embodiments, the characters represent each of the one or more relationships with at least one of a single reserved character, the single reserved character linked to a particular relationship of predefined relationships or a character set, the character set representing the particular relationship of the predefined relationships.
In some embodiments, the first entity and the one or more second entities are each represented by one or more type characters representing an entity type and one or more identifier characters identifying a particular instance of the entity type.
In some embodiments, the entity type is a particular entity type of a set of predefined entity types.
In some embodiments, the one metadata string of the metadata strings is referenced by a fully qualified name (FQN), wherein the FQN is an ending entity of the one metadata string.
In some embodiments, a second metadata string of the metadata strings includes a first part represented by first characters, wherein the first part is the FQN, a separation character separating the first part from a second part, and the second part, the second part representing one of one or more other entities related to the one metadata string.
Another implementation of the present disclosure is one or more computer readable storage media configured to store instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive building metadata, the building metadata describing components of a building, generate, based on the building metadata, entities, each of the entities representing one of the components, determine, based on the building metadata, relationships between the entities, and generate metadata strings in a universal building schema, one metadata string of the metadata strings including characters representing a first entity of the entities, one or more second entities of the entities related to the first entity, and one or more relationships between the first entity and the one or more second entities.
Various objects, aspects, features, and advantages of the disclosure will become more apparent and better understood by referring to the detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters identify corresponding elements throughout. In the drawings, like reference numbers generally indicate identical, functionally similar, and/or structurally similar elements.
Overview
Referring generally to the FIGURES, systems and methods for a universal naming schema that encodes entity types and entity relationships for a building are shown, according to various exemplary embodiments. The universal naming schema can be a schema that can universally encode, in a single string, types and relationships of an entity in any building data format such as BACnet, BRICK, or Building Information Modeling (BIM). Entities may be data points (e.g., sensor points, actuator points, virtual points calculated from measured points), pieces of equipment (e.g., thermostats, boilers, chillers, air handler units (AHUs), variable air volume (VAV) units, controllers, etc.), spaces (e.g., rooms, zones, buildings, lobbies), people (building owners, tenants, office personal, etc.), and/or any other type of entity.
In some embodiments, the building system is configured to construct one or more strings in the universal naming schema that define the entity, the entity type, and the relationships between the entities. In some embodiments, the building system is configured to generate strings in the universal schema from manually entered information. For example, in some embodiments, a user may define each entity, the type of each entity, and relationships between each entity in a user interface. In some embodiments, the building system is configured to automatically construct the strings from one or more data sources. Data sources may be IFC files, BACnet objects, etc. In some embodiments, the building system is configured to receive data such as BACnet objects and is configured to extract the entities, entity types, and entity relationships from the BACnet objects and construct the strings in the universal naming schema.
In some embodiments, building applications can directly consume and/or operate based on one or more strings in the universal naming schema. Furthermore, when entities in buildings are named following the universal naming schema, the strings formatted in the universal naming schema can be translated into knowledge or space graphs that are consumed by the building applications. In some embodiments, the universal naming schema can be integrated with specific building systems, tools, and/or software processes. In some embodiments, the universal naming schema defines all the necessary elements and/or parts that could be used directly for integration with the building systems, tools, and/or software processes. In some embodiments, the vocabularies utilized in the universal naming schema are defined in BRICK, a unified semantic representation of building resources.
With respect to BACnet, it may be difficult for a user to understand the vocabulary used to define elements of the BACnet. However, the universal naming schema may provide a user readable schema. Because the universal naming schema is human readable and includes rich data, a user or system may gain greater information reading the universal naming schema as compared to BACnet where there are numeric values that do not provide significant contextual information. Furthermore, BACnet may have a limited number of available characters and/or character sets which reduce the amount of information that can be included with the BACnet. This is addressed by the context rich structure of the universal naming schema.
The universal naming schema can include a significant amount of information without needing a significant amount of characters. For example, the phrase, “hasLocation” could be represented by the character “@”. Furthermore, the character set “measures” could be represented by the character “?”. Furthermore, characters in the universal naming schema might not be legal in BACnet. In some embodiments, a building system can be configured to select an optimal small number of point names in the universal naming schema. In some embodiments, a query that retrieves strings in the universal naming schema may return more information in a single query (e.g., an entire string of elements) than compared to multiple queries in other systems. Without returning the entire string, a system might have to make multiple queries for each element.
It may be difficult to translate BRICK (e.g., RDF and/or turtle data) into BACnet. However, the universal naming schema may provide a method for translating BRICK data into BACnet. For example, data in the universal naming schema can be translated into BACnet without requiring a significant amount of processing. Furthermore, the BACnet data can be translated back into the universal naming schema without requiring a significant amount of processing.
Building with Building Systems
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Both the building 100 and the parking lot 110 are at least partially in the field of view of the security camera 102. In some embodiments, multiple security cameras 102 may be used to capture the entire building 100 and parking lot 110 not in (or in to create multiple angles of overlapping or the same field of view) the field of view of a single security camera 102. The parking lot 110 can be used by one or more vehicles 104 where the vehicles 104 can be either stationary or moving (e.g. delivery vehicles). The building 100 and parking lot 110 can be further used by one or more pedestrians 106 who can traverse the parking lot 110 and/or enter and/or exit the building 100. The building 100 may be further surrounded or partially surrounded by a sidewalk 108 to facilitate the foot traffic of one or more pedestrians 106, facilitate deliveries, etc. In other embodiments, the building 100 may be one of many buildings belonging to a single industrial park, shopping mall, or commercial park having a common parking lot and security camera 102. In another embodiment, the building 100 may be a residential building or multiple residential buildings that share a common roadway or parking lot.
The building 100 is shown to include a door 112 and multiple windows 114. An access control system can be implemented within the building 100 to secure these potential entrance ways of the building 100. For example, badge readers can be positioned outside the door 112 to restrict access to the building 100. The pedestrians 106 can each be associated with access badges that they can utilize with the access control system to gain access to the building 100 through the door 112. Furthermore, other interior doors within the building 100 can include access readers. In some embodiments, the doors are secured through biometric information, e.g., facial recognition, fingerprint scanners, etc. The access control system can generate events, e.g., an indication that a particular user or particular badge has interacted with the door. Furthermore, if the door 112 is forced open, the access control system, via door sensor, can detect the door forced open (DFO) event.
The windows 114 can be secured by the access control system via burglar alarm sensors. These sensors can be configured to measure vibrations associated with the window 114. If vibration patterns or levels of vibrations are sensed by the sensors of the window 114, a burglar alarm can be generated by the access control system for the window 114.
The building 100 can further include HVAC systems. For example, waterside systems, airside systems, building management systems, and/or various other HVAC systems can be included within the building 100. For example, equipment such as chillers, boilers, rooftop units, air handler units, thermostats, sensors, actuators, dampers, valves, and other equipment can be implemented within the building 100 to control the environmental conditions of the building 100. Examples of building equipment that can be implemented within the building 100 can be found in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/048,052 filed Jul. 27, 2018, the entirety of which is incorporated by reference herein.
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BMS 200 provides a system architecture that facilitates automatic equipment discovery and equipment model distribution. Equipment discovery can occur on multiple levels of BMS 200 across multiple different communications busses (e.g., a system bus 254, zone buses 256-260 and 264, sensor/actuator bus 266, etc.) and across multiple different communications protocols. In some embodiments, equipment discovery is accomplished using active node tables, which provide status information for devices connected to each communications bus. For example, each communications bus can be monitored for new devices by monitoring the corresponding active node table for new nodes. When a new device is detected, BMS 200 can begin interacting with the new device (e.g., sending control signals, using data from the device) without user interaction.
Some devices in BMS 200 present themselves to the network using equipment models. An equipment model defines equipment object attributes, view definitions, schedules, trends, and the associated BACnet value objects (e.g., analog value, binary value, multistate value, etc.) that are used for integration with other systems. Some devices in BMS 200 store their own equipment models. Other devices in BMS 200 have equipment models stored externally (e.g., within other devices). For example, a zone coordinator 208 can store the equipment model for a bypass damper 228. In some embodiments, zone coordinator 208 automatically creates the equipment model for bypass damper 228 or other devices on zone bus 258. Other zone coordinators can also create equipment models for devices connected to their zone busses. The equipment model for a device can be created automatically based on the types of data points exposed by the device on the zone bus, device type, and/or other device attributes. Several examples of automatic equipment discovery and equipment model distribution are discussed in greater detail below.
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In some embodiments, system manager 202 is connected with zone coordinators 206-210 and 218 via a system bus 254. System manager 202 can be configured to communicate with zone coordinators 206-210 and 218 via system bus 254 using a master-slave token passing (MSTP) protocol or any other communications protocol. System bus 254 can also connect system manager 202 with other devices such as a constant volume (CV) rooftop unit (RTU) 212, an input/output module (TOM) 214, a thermostat controller 216 (e.g., a TEC2000 series thermostat controller), and a network automation engine (NAE) or third-party controller 220. RTU 212 can be configured to communicate directly with system manager 202 and can be connected directly to system bus 254. Other RTUs can communicate with system manager 202 via an intermediate device. For example, a wired input 262 can connect a third-party RTU 242 to thermostat controller 216, which connects to system bus 254.
System manager 202 can provide a user interface for any device containing an equipment model. Devices such as zone coordinators 206-210 and 218 and thermostat controller 216 can provide their equipment models to system manager 202 via system bus 254. In some embodiments, system manager 202 automatically creates equipment models for connected devices that do not contain an equipment model (e.g., IOM 214, third party controller 220, etc.). For example, system manager 202 can create an equipment model for any device that responds to a device tree request. The equipment models created by system manager 202 can be stored within system manager 202. System manager 202 can then provide a user interface for devices that do not contain their own equipment models using the equipment models created by system manager 202. In some embodiments, system manager 202 stores a view definition for each type of equipment connected via system bus 254 and uses the stored view definition to generate a user interface for the equipment.
Each zone coordinator 206-210 and 218 can be connected with one or more of zone controllers 224, 230-232, 236, and 248-250 via zone buses 256, 258, 260, and 264. Zone coordinators 206-210 and 218 can communicate with zone controllers 224, 230-232, 236, and 248-250 via zone busses 256-260 and 264 using a MSTP protocol or any other communications protocol. Zone busses 256-260 and 264 can also connect zone coordinators 206-210 and 218 with other types of devices such as variable air volume (VAV) RTUs 222 and 240, changeover bypass (COBP) RTUs 226 and 252, bypass dampers 228 and 246, and PEAK controllers 234 and 244.
Zone coordinators 206-210 and 218 can be configured to monitor and command various zoning systems. In some embodiments, each zone coordinator 206-210 and 218 monitors and commands a separate zoning system and is connected to the zoning system via a separate zone bus. For example, zone coordinator 206 can be connected to VAV RTU 222 and zone controller 224 via zone bus 256. Zone coordinator 208 can be connected to COBP RTU 226, bypass damper 228, COBP zone controller 230, and VAV zone controller 232 via zone bus 258. Zone coordinator 210 can be connected to PEAK controller 234 and VAV zone controller 236 via zone bus 260. Zone coordinator 218 can be connected to PEAK controller 244, bypass damper 246, COBP zone controller 248, and VAV zone controller 250 via zone bus 264.
A single model of zone coordinator 206-210 and 218 can be configured to handle multiple different types of zoning systems (e.g., a VAV zoning system, a COBP zoning system, etc.). Each zoning system can include a RTU, one or more zone controllers, and/or a bypass damper. For example, zone coordinators 206 and 210 are shown as Verasys VAV engines (VVEs) connected to VAV RTUs 222 and 240, respectively. Zone coordinator 206 is connected directly to VAV RTU 222 via zone bus 256, whereas zone coordinator 210 is connected to a third-party VAV RTU 240 via a wired input 268 provided to PEAK controller 234. Zone coordinators 208 and 218 are shown as Verasys COBP engines (VCEs) connected to COBP RTUs 226 and 252, respectively. Zone coordinator 208 is connected directly to COBP RTU 226 via zone bus 258, whereas zone coordinator 218 is connected to a third-party COBP RTU 252 via a wired input 270 provided to PEAK controller 244.
Zone controllers 224, 230-232, 236, and 248-250 can communicate with individual BMS devices (e.g., sensors, actuators, etc.) via sensor/actuator (SA) busses. For example, VAV zone controller 236 is shown connected to networked sensors 238 via SA bus 266. Zone controller 236 can communicate with networked sensors 238 using a MSTP protocol or any other communications protocol. Although only one SA bus 266 is shown in
Each zone controller 224, 230-232, 236, and 248-250 can be configured to monitor and control a different building zone. Zone controllers 224, 230-232, 236, and 248-250 can use the inputs and outputs provided via their SA busses to monitor and control various building zones. For example, a zone controller 236 can use a temperature input received from networked sensors 238 via SA bus 266 (e.g., a measured temperature of a building zone) as feedback in a temperature control algorithm. Zone controllers 224, 230-232, 236, and 248-250 can use various types of control algorithms (e.g., state-based algorithms, extremum seeking control (ESC) algorithms, proportional-integral (PI) control algorithms, proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control algorithms, model predictive control (MPC) algorithms, feedback control algorithms, etc.) to control a variable state or condition (e.g., temperature, humidity, airflow, lighting, etc.) in or around building 10.
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In some embodiments, the entities 302-320 are nodes of a graph while the relationships 322-338 are edges of the graph. The relationships 322-338 represent semantic relationships between the entities 302-320. The relationships 322-338 can be directional, i.e., represent a relationship between a first entity and a second entity. In some embodiments, the relationships 322-338 can be bidirectional, i.e., a first relationship between the first entity and the second entity and a second relationship between the second entity and the first entity. In some embodiments, the relationships 322-338 are defined according to types and are identified with words and/or phrases.
The entities include an air handler unit (AHU) entity 302 that “hasPoint” relationship 322 to a power meter entity 304. The AHU entity 302 has a “controls” relationship 3211 to a VAV entity 312. The VAV entity 312 includes components, represented by a damper entity 320 and a “hasPart” relationship 338 between the VAV entity 312 and the damper entity 320. The VAV entity 312 also has a point. The point is represented by a temperature sensor entity 318. A “hasPoint” relationship 336 between the VAV entity 312 and the temperature sensor entity 318 indicates that the VAV has the temperature sensor point.
Furthermore, the VAV entity 312 operates a particular area of a building, i.e., the VAV entity 312 feeds, represented by the “feeds” relationship 331, the HVAC zone entity 310. The HVAC zone entity 310 represents a zone that includes a room, i.e., room 101 entity 316. The relationship between the HVAC zone and the room 101 is represented by the “hasPart” relationship 330 between the HVAC zone entity 310 and the room 101 entity 316. The room 101 is further part of a lighting zone represented by lighting zone entity 308. A “hasPart” relationship 326 between the lighting zone entity 308 and the room 101 entity 316 indicates that the room 101 is part of the lighting zone.
Furthermore, the lighting zone includes another room, a room 102. This is represented by the lighting zone entity 308, the room 102 entity 314, and the “hasPart” relationship 328 between the lighting zone entity 308 and the room 102 entity 314. Finally, a lighting controller is configured to control lighting in the lighting zone. This is represented by the lighting controller entity 306 and the “controls” relationship 324 between the lighting controller entity 306 and the lighting zone entity 308.
Universal Naming Schema
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The client devices 404, the building devices 402, the client devices 406, the building systems 414, and/or the building platform 420 can communicate via a network 458. The network 458 can include network components (e.g., routers, switches, transceivers, range extenders, coordinators, etc.) for implementing LANs, wide area networks (WANs), metropolitan area networks (MANs), the Internet, Zigbee, Bluetooth, CAN, BACnet, etc.), in some embodiments.
The building platform 420 includes a processing circuit 422. The processing circuit 422 includes a processor 424 and a memory 436. Although only one processor and one memory are shown in
The memory 426 can include one or more devices (e.g., memory units, memory devices, storage devices, etc.) for storing data and/or computer code for completing and/or facilitating the various processes described in the present disclosure. The memory 426 can include random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), hard drive storage, temporary storage, non-volatile memory, flash memory, optical memory, or any other suitable memory for storing software objects and/or computer instructions. The memory 426 can include database components, object code components, script components, or any other type of information structure for supporting the various activities and information structures described in the present disclosure. The memory 426 can be communicably connected to the processor 424 and can include computer code for executing (e.g., by the processor 424) one or more processes described herein. The memory 426 can include multiple components (e.g., software modules, computer code, etc.) that can be performed by the processor 424 (e.g., executed by the processor 424).
The memory 426 includes building applications 428, a universal naming schema manager 426, and universal naming schema definitions 444. The universal naming schema manager 436 includes an ingestion service 438, a translator 440, and universal naming schema data 442. The universal naming schema manager 436 can be configured to receive data, e.g., from a universal naming schema tool 412 that is manually entered by a user of the client devices 406, or alternatively building schema data 416 that the building systems 414 may store and/or operate on. The universal naming schema manager 436 can generate the universal naming schema data 442 based on the data entered via the universal naming schema tool 412 and/or via the building schema data 416.
The ingestion service 438 can receive data identifying entity names, entity types, and/or relationships between the entities via the universal naming schema tool 412. The ingestion service 438 can compile the data into the universal naming schema. The ingestion service 438 can translate the data received from the universal naming schema tool 408 into the universal naming schema based on the universal naming schema definition 444 that defines the format and/or character assignments for the universal naming schema. Similarly, the ingestion service 438 can receive manually entered data as BIM schema data 410. A BIM modeling tool 408 that allows a user to generate and/or edit a BIM model (e.g., an IFC model) can allow a user to enter entity names, entity types, and/or entity relationships according to the universal naming schema. The BIM schema data 410 can be ingested by the ingestion service 438 and converted into the universal naming schema data 442 by the ingestion service 438.
In some embodiments, the building systems 414 may store and/or operate on building schema data 416. The building schema data 416 can be BRICK data, BACnet data, IFC data, BIM data, and/or any other data schema that defines entities, entity types, and/or entity relationships. The translator 440 can extract and/or infer the entities, entity types, and/or entity relationships from the building schema data 416 and convert the building schema data 416 into the universal naming schema data 442. Extracting entity names, entity types, and/or entity relationships from building data such as BACnet is described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/663,623 filed Oct. 25, 2019, the entirety of which is incorporated by reference herein.
The universal naming schema data 442 may be one or multiple strings that represent entities, entity types, and/or entity relationships. One string may be configured to represent a first entity, a type of the first entity, and/or relationships to other entities of the first entity. The universal naming schema data 442 can be in a format defined by the universal naming schema definitions 444. The definitions 444 include part definitions 446, relationship definitions 448, entity definitions 450, reserved characters 452, and FQN definitions 454.
The part definitions 446 can include definitions for parts of the strings of the universal naming schema data 442. Each part may be a substring of a string. For example, the part definitions 446 can include a first part and a second part. The first part can define a particular entity and a type of the entity. The second part can identify entities related to the particular entity and the type of those entities. Parts are shown in greater detail in
The relationship definitions 448 indicate the various relationships that can be defined between entities. The relationships of the relationship definitions 448 can be relationships such as “feeds,” “controls,” “hasPart,” etc. The relationships can be relationships defined according to the BRICK schema.
The entity definitions 450 can define the entities of the universal naming schema data 442. The entity definitions 450 include indications of the various types of entities, e.g., VAVs, AHUs, lighting controllers, zones, rooms, etc. The entity types can be entity types defined according to the BRICK schema. The entity definitions 450 can be names or acronyms describing a defined set of entities.
The reserved characters 452 can be characters that are reserved to represent particular meanings within the string. For example, the character, “:”, may be used to encode an entity and an entity type. For example, “AHU_3:AHU” could indicate that an “AHU_3,” a name of a particular entity, is of an entity type, “AHU.” For example, some characters may be reserved to define relationships as defined according to the relationship definitions 448. For example, the character “/” may represent a “hasPart” relationship. The fully qualified name (FQN) definitions 454 can be a section of the string that uniquely identifies an entity. Other entities can utilize the FQN to reference themselves. FQNs are described in greater detail in
The building applications 428 include visualization applications 430, building monitoring applications 432, and building control applications 434. The visualization applications 430 generate one or more user interfaces that present visualizations to an end user based on the universal naming schema data 442. In some embodiments, the visualization applications 430 cause a user interface of the client devices 404 to display information based on the universal naming schema data 442. For example, the visualization applications 430 can render a graph data structure for display via the universal naming schema data 442. In some embodiments, visual BIM representations can be rendered for display, at least partly based on the universal naming schema data 442.
The building monitoring applications 432 can be applications that operate on the universal naming schema data 442 to monitor the building devices 402 and/or the building control system 418. For example, the building monitoring applications 432 can organize data based on the relationships encoded in the universal naming schema data 442. In some embodiments, the building monitoring applications 432 can perform fault detection and diagnostics. The fault detection and diagnostics can be performed based on operational data collected from the building devices 402 and/or the building control system 418 and the universal naming schema data 442.
The building control applications 434 can operate to control the building devices 402 and/or the building control system 418. The building control applications 434 can generate operating settings (e.g., motor speeds, duct pressure setpoints, temperature setpoints, damper positions, etc.) and communicate the operating settings to the building devices 402 and/or the building control system 418. The building control applications 434 can generate the settings based on the universal naming schema data 442.
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The string 504 illustrates the string 502 reduced in size with reserved relational characters. The characters “/” and “>” represent the relationships “[hasPart]” and “[feeds]” respectively. The string 502, with the relationships “[hasPart]” and “[feeds]” replaced with the reserved relational characters, is the string 504.
The universal naming schema has two parts separated by a comma in the format, “Part1,Part2.” “Part1” is referred to herein as the first part while “Part2” is referred to herein as the second part. The first part and the second part can each be a portion or sub-string of a string, i.e., different components of a particular string. The second part can further divided into one or more sub-parts also separated by commas in the format, “Part2a, Part2b, Part2c, . . . ” (e.g., the second part 508 and the second part 510). In those cases, the strings may be in the form of, “Part1.” As shown in
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The types 608 can include a predefined set of strings that represent common elements of a building. For example, the types may be the buildings, rooms, zones, controllers, VAVs, thermostats, AHUs, etc. In some embodiments, the type 608 can be a type defined in BRICK schema. Some entity types might be “AHU_Automatic_Mode_Command,” “Building,” “AHU,” or “VAV.” The entity 610 can be defined as “T:ID” where T is the type and ID is an identifier, e.g., an entity name. The identifier can be a string that a user or system provides to uniquely identify a particular entity. Examples of entities formed with a type and an identifier may be “Building:EBU3B,” “VAV:2229,” and “AHU_Automatic_Mode_Command:c1.”
The relationships 612 can include a predefined set of strings that represent common relationships between components a building. The relationship 612 is defined in the format “[relationship].” The relationship 612 can be defined in the BRICK schema. For example, the relationship 612 can be “[hasPart],” “[hasPoint],” and “[feeds].” In some embodiments, an application specific table could be defined to map frequently used relationships to a shortcut character. For example, the character “/” could be mapped to the “[hasPart]” relationship while “>” could be mapped to “[feeds]” relationship.
Three strings 602-606 are shown in the block diagram 600, the string 602 is “Building:EBU3B/AHU:1.” The second string 604 is “>VAV:2229.” The third string 606 is “>VAV:3119.” The type 608 for the string 602 is shown as building 614 and AHU 616. The type 608 for the string 604 is shown as VAV 618. The type 608 for the string 606 is shown as VAV 618.
Furthermore, each entity of the strings 602-606 is defined in each string. Each entity includes a name and a reference to the entity type. For example, for entity 622, “Building:EBU3B,” the name is EBU3B identifying a unique instance of the entity type “Building.” Similarly, for the entity 624, the entity name is “1” while the entity type is “AHU,” resulting in an entity “AHU:1.” The entities 626 and 628 define the entities of the strings 604 and 606 respectively.
Each of the strings 602-606 include a relationship. In the string 602, the relationship 632 is the character 630, “/”. The character “/” encodes the relationships 634, i.e., “hasPart.” In the strings 604 and 606, the relationships 634 are both the character, “>”. The character “>” encodes the relationships 636, i.e., “feeds” for the strings 604 and 606.
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The block diagram 700 includes an entity hierarchy 702 of entities from entity En to entity E0. The entity hierarchy 702 can indicate the format “En/En−1/ . . . E1/.” The entities can be equipment, point, space, or any other type of entity. Entity E0 defines the main entity (i.e., entity type and entity identifier) that is described by a particular string. Furthermore, the entity type hierarchy 704 defines the order of entities in the string by type, i.e., building, floor, room, equipment, and point. The locations of the entity type hierarchy 704 may be the physical location of an entity and may be separate from the location that the entity controls or feeds. The strings 706-710 are in the hierarchy formats defined by the hierarchies 702 and 704. The string 706 is “Building:507/Floor:2/AHU:A2.” The string 708 is “Building:cork/AHU:1/Supply_Fan:1/Supply_Fan_Status:1.” The string 710 is “Building:cork.”
The string 706 is built up of three entities 712-716, i.e., “Building:507,” “Floor:2,” and “AHU:A2.” The string 708 is built up of four entities 718-724, i.e., “Building:cork,” “AHU:1,” “Supply_Fan:1,” and “Supply_Fan_Status:1.” The string 710 is built of a single entity 726, i.e., “Building:cork.” Each of the strings 706-710 is ordered according to the entity hierarchy 702 and the entity type hierarchy 704.
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In
The FQN can be used in both the first part and the second part. In the case of the first part, the alias to a FQN could be used to reduce the length of the first part. For example, given a piece of equipment defined by the string 806, i.e., “Building:EBU3BNAV:4106/Reheat_Valve:4106,” the FQN 814 could be “Reheat_Valve:4106.” The points of the “reheat_Valve:4106” could be defined using the FQN 814. For example, the string 816, i.e., “Reheat_Valve:4106/Reheat_Valve_Command:4106” uses the FQN 814. This is also equivalent to the string 818, i.e., “Building:EBU3BNAV:4106/Reheat_Valve:4106/Reheat_Valve_Command:4106” which can is built from the FQN 812. As can be seen, using the FQN 814 significantly reduces the length of the string 816 as compared to the string 818 that uses the FQN 812.
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The second part can be is divided into one or more sub-parts separated by commas. The FQN can be used to define a sub-part. The FQN can be in in format 902, i.e., “FQNEx[relation]E0.” In some embodiments, the FQN can be in the format 904, i.e., “E0[relation]FQNEx.” The FQN formats 902 and 904 can be fully qualified names of an entity Ex. The element, “[relation]” of the FQN formats 902 and 904 defines the relationship that an entity E0 has with the entity Ex. In some cases, the entity E0 can be skipped. The strings 906 and 908 can both be used as an FQN to reference another entity, i.e., an entity “VAV:2.” A string 910 references the “VAV:2” with an FQN, i.e., “>VAV:1.”
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In the table 1000, the character “,” is indicated as encoding a separation of parts, i.e., the first part and/or one or more second parts. The character “:” is indicated as encoding entities in the universal naming schema, i.e., encode the entity type and entity name. For example, for an entity type “VAV” and an entity name “1,” the character “:” can be used to encode the entity “VAV:1.” Furthermore, the table 1000 indicates that brackets, “[ ]” can be used to encode a relationship, e.g., “[hasPart],” “[isA],” “[controls]” etc.
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The table 1100 illustrates characters reserved for two different types of relationships. However, in some embodiments, any number of relationships can be represented by a single character or multiple characters. In the table 1100, the character, “/” can encode the relationship “[hasPart].” Furthermore, in the table 1100, the character, “>” can encode the relationship “[feeds].”
In some embodiments, if a relationship is not defined in the universal naming schema (or is not defined in BRICK schema), a user can provide input via the client devices 404 that indicate custom relationships. The custom relationships can be defined in the format, “CUSTOME_RELATION_XYZ” where “XYZ” defines a name that the user provides for the custom relationship. For example, for a relationship, “Forward,” that a user provides to the universal naming schema manager 436, the universal naming schema manager 436 could define a relationship, “CUSTOME_RELATION_Forward.” In addition to defining custom relationships in the universal naming schema, the universal naming schema manager 436 can be configured to allow a user to input type definitions. For example, for an entity type, “Switch,” that a user can provide to the universal naming schema manager 436, the universal naming schema can store an entity type, “CUSTOME_TYPE_Switch.”
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The table 1200 further includes use recommendations for the first part and the second part of the universal naming schema for the various entity types. For the building entity type, the recommendations indicate that building names can be used as identifiers in entity E0. The table 1200 further indicates that information such as street address and site reference can be referenced for the building through a second part.
The table 1200 further includes a floor entity type and indicates that integers can be used as identifiers for entity E0 to identify floors as opposed to words, e.g., “Floor:1” as opposed to “Floor:first.” The table 1200 indicates that an entity type, “Room,” can be identified with numbers for entity E0. Furthermore, the table 1200 indicate that, for an entity type, “HVAC_Zone,” entities of the type “HVAC_Zone” can be referenced with room number of section number as identifiers for entity E0.
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The strings 1402 are strings that describe spaces of a building. The building is represented as entity “Building:EBU3B” and is further related to a floor, i.e., “Floor:2,” a room, i.e., “Room:2144,” and an “HVAC_Zone,” i.e., “HVAC_Zone:2144.” The string “Building:EBU3B/Floor:2/Room:2144” indicates that the building entity “Building:EBU3B” has a floor, “Floor:2,” and that the floor has a room, “Room:2144.”
The string “Building:EBU3B/Floor:2/HVAC_Zone:2144,/Room:2144” indicates that the floor further includes an HVAC zone, “HVAC_Zone:2144.” The string sub-section “Building:EBU3B/Floor:2/HVAC_Zone:2144” is a first part while the string subsection “/Room:2144” is a second part. The denotation of the first part and the second part is shown with the character, “,”. The second part indicates that the HVAC_Zone:2144 has the room, “Room:2144,” already referenced in the string “Building:EBU3B/Floor:2/Room:2144.”
The strings 1404 represent points. With reference to the string “Building:EBU3B/Chilled_Water_System:3B/Pump:4/VFD:4/Power_Meter:4,” the string indicates that a building, “Building:EBU3B” has a chilled water system, “Chilled_Water_System:3B.” The chilled water system has a pump, “Pump:4,” which in turn has a variable frequency drive (VFD), “VFD:4.” Furthermore, the VFD includes a power meter, “Power_Meter:4.”
The strings 1406 indicate equipment. For example, the string “Building:EBU3B/AHU:1” indicates that the building references in the strings 1402 and 1406 includes an air handler unit (AHU), “AHU:1.” The strings “Building:EBU3B/VAV:4154,/HVAC_Zone:4154,AHU:1>” and “Building:EBU3BNAV:275,/HVAC_Zone:275,AHU:1>” include multiple parts, i.e. the first part and the second part to indicate multiple VAVs that are associated with various HVAC zones in addition to the AHU.
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In step 1502, the universal naming schema manager 436 receives building metadata in a specific building data schema. The universal naming schema manager 436 can receive data in a BRICK format, a BACnet format, BIM data, and/or manually entered data input by a user in the universal naming schema. The data can be received from the client devices 404, the building devices 402, the client devices 406 (e.g., the BIM modeling tool 408 and/or the universal naming schema tool 412), the building systems 414, and/or the building control system 418.
In step 1504, the universal naming schema manager 436 can identity one or more entity types, one or more entity identifiers, and/or one or more relationships in the building metadata received in the step 1502. The universal naming schema manager 436 can, in some embodiments, identity the one or more entity types, entity identifiers, and/or relationships in the building metadata by performing string analysis. For example, string analysis may be performed when the data is BACnet data. The string analysis can be the same as, or similar to, the analysis described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/048,052 filed Jul. 27, 2018, the entirety of which is incorporated by reference herein. In some embodiments, if the data is entered manually or is BRICK data, a mapping or script may be used to identify the various entity types, entity identifiers, and/or entity relationships in the building metadata.
In step 1506, the universal naming schema manager 436 can generate one or more entities based on the entity types and the entity identifiers identified in the step 1504. Generating the entities can include generating a string that is a concatenation of the entity type, the character “:”, and the entity identifier. For example, for an entity type, “AHU” and an entity identifier “3”, the entity may be “AHU:3.”
In step 1508, the universal naming schema manager 436 generates one or more universal naming schema strings based on the one or more entities and/or the one or more relationships. The strings can be the same as or similar to the strings 1400 described in
The universal naming schema manager 436 can apply the universal naming schema definitions 444 in generating the one or more strings. For example, the string parts described in
In step 1510, the building applications 428 can operate based on the universal building schema strings. The operations can include equipment control and/or interface visualization. For example, the building applications 428 can utilize the universal building schema strings to control an environmental condition of a space. For example, one string may indicate a value of a temperature setpoint while other strings may relate the space and equipment to the temperature setpoint. The building applications 428 can determine the appropriate control operations for the building applications 428 to perform. In some embodiments, the building applications 428 can generate building visualizations based on the strings, for example, graph data structure visualizations. Furthermore, in some embodiments, the building devices 402 and/or the building control system 418 can operate based on the universal building schema strings.
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The universal naming schema and/or the BRICK schema can define more entity types and/or relationship types than those defined in BIM (e.g., within Revit or an IFC file). Accordingly, the BIM modeling tool 408 may include an augmentation that allows an entity of a BIM file to be ingested by the universal naming schema manager 436 into universal naming schema data 442. In some embodiments, entities of the BIM file can include a name that a user can encode with an entity type, entity identifier, and/or one or more relationships between entities.
The universal naming schema manager 436 can extract the names from the BIM file and construct strings in the universal naming schema. In some embodiments, the strings constructed by the universal naming schema manager 436 from the BIM files can be used by the building applications 428 to perform equipment control or data visualization. In some embodiments, the strings can be used to manage data storage. For example, the strings can be used to derive relationships between data collected from the building equipment (e.g., timeseries data) and nodes of a BRICK graph (e.g., the graph of
In some embodiments, existing entities and/or relationships of a BIM can be utilized by the universal naming schema manager 436 for translating from BIM to the strings of the universal naming schema. Furthermore, in some embodiments, users can enter entity names, entity types, and/or relationships for identification by the universal naming schema manager 436 via a user interface of a piece of BIM modeling software such as REVIT. Furthermore, the tree structure of a BIM file can be used by the universal naming schema manager 436 to generate the strings in the universal naming schema.
In some embodiments, a user can add entity types and/or relationships directly into the BIM modeling tool 408. The BIM schema data 410 that the BIM modeling tool 408 exports can be analyzed by the universal naming schema manager 436. The universal naming schema manager 436 can extract a brick graph and/or export strings following the universal naming schema. An example of a string generated by the universal naming schema manager 436 from the BIM schema data 410 may be: “Building:1AlbertQuay/Floor:F4/Meeting Room:north/VAV:401/VAV Damper Position Sens or:1”.
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The parameter value can be used as the entity identifier and/or entity type. The universal naming schema manager 436 can identify a type of the entity represented by the BIM element with the first word of the string, “Floor,” and identity the entity identifier with the following characters of the string, “2”. The universal naming schema manager 436 can concatenate the characters with a “:” to form the entity, “Floor:2.” Other examples of strings that a user might enter into the user interface 1700 are “Floor 1,” “Floor 2,” “Floor Basement,” “Floor F4,” etc.
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As an example, in the user interface 1800, the parameter value of the name parameter is “Server Room:CLG-102.” Other examples of rooms could be “Conference Room:103.” The universal naming schema manager 436 can be configured to extract the strings from the BIM file for generating strings in the universal naming schema. The universal naming schema manager 436 can be configured to search the BIM for values of the name parameter for rooms (e.g., user entered values) and generate the strings in the universal naming schema based on the values of the name parameter.
Additional relationships for the room entity can be introduced as the second parts elements. These elements can be entered as “[X]part2” These additional relationships can be entered by a user into the user interface 1800 via the parameter values for the comments parameter. If there is no second part element, a user may enter “[X]” as is shown in the user interface 1800.
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A user can enter an entity into the name parameter uniquely identifying the piece of equipment and the type of the entity via the interface 2000 in the format “Equipment Type:ID.” The user can enter a type of the equipment into the type parameter via the interface 2002. Furthermore, related entities and relationships can be entered as the second part and can be entered as a parameter value of the comments parameter via the interface 2000.
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In step 2302, the universal naming schema tool 412 receives user input defining components of a BIM with universal naming schema data. The user may define components of a building, equipment, spaces, people, etc. via interfaces, e.g., the interfaces shown in
In step 2304, the information received in the step 2302 can be compiled. For example, BIM modeling tool 408 can compile the data to generate a BIM file and/or an IFC file. The result of compiling the information received in the step 2303 can be the BIM schema data 410.
In step 2306, the universal naming schema manager 436 can generate the universal naming schema data based on the components of the compiled BIM and the universal naming schema data of the BIM. The universal naming schema manager 436 can extract universal naming schema data from the BIM and generate the universal naming schema model by generating strings based on the extracted universal naming schema data and the components of the BIM. Based on the generated universal naming schema model, in step 2308, the building applications 428 can operate to control equipment of a building and/or generate graphic visualizations for display on a user interface of the client devices 404.
The construction and arrangement of the systems and methods as shown in the various exemplary embodiments are illustrative only. Although only a few embodiments have been described in detail in this disclosure, many modifications are possible (e.g., variations in sizes, dimensions, structures, shapes and proportions of the various elements, values of parameters, mounting arrangements, use of materials, colors, orientations, etc.). For example, the position of elements may be reversed or otherwise varied and the nature or number of discrete elements or positions may be altered or varied. Accordingly, all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present disclosure. The order or sequence of any process or method steps may be varied or re-sequenced according to alternative embodiments. Other substitutions, modifications, changes, and omissions may be made in the design, operating conditions and arrangement of the exemplary embodiments without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.
The present disclosure contemplates methods, systems and program products on any machine-readable media for accomplishing various operations. The embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented using existing computer processors, or by a special purpose computer processor for an appropriate system, incorporated for this or another purpose, or by a hardwired system. Embodiments within the scope of the present disclosure include program products comprising machine-readable media for carrying or having machine-executable instructions or data structures stored thereon. Such machine-readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer or other machine with a processor. By way of example, such machine-readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of machine-executable instructions or data structures and which can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer or other machine with a processor. When information is transferred or provided over a network or another communications connection (either hardwired, wireless, or a combination of hardwired or wireless) to a machine, the machine properly views the connection as a machine-readable medium. Thus, any such connection is properly termed a machine-readable medium. Combinations of the above are also included within the scope of machine-readable media. Machine-executable instructions include, for example, instructions and data which cause a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or special purpose processing machines to perform a certain function or group of functions.
Although the figures show a specific order of method steps, the order of the steps may differ from what is depicted. Also two or more steps may be performed concurrently or with partial concurrence. Such variation will depend on the software and hardware systems chosen and on designer choice. All such variations are within the scope of the disclosure. Likewise, software implementations could be accomplished with standard programming techniques with rule based logic and other logic to accomplish the various connection steps, processing steps, comparison steps and decision steps.
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