Building management system with mode-based control of spaces and places

US10295964B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Johnson Controls Technology Company · US

Inventors

• Beth A. Ray · Oak Creek, US
• Sheri L. Meyer · Waukesha, US
• Radu M. Dorneanu · Greendale, US
• Gregory B. Cebasek · New Berlin, US
• Donald A. Gottschalk · Racine, US
• Rachel D. M. Ellerman · Shorewood, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 2018
• Grant date: May 21, 2019
• Expiry date: Nov 9, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y04S10/50
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A building management system includes a plurality of devices of building equipment and a control engine configured to, for at least one space of one or more spaces, associate the space with a group of the plurality of devices. The control engine is also configured to select a first space profile of a plurality of space profiles associated with a first type of space. The first space profile includes a plurality of modes each corresponding to a different functional state of the space. The control engine is also configured to select a mode of the plurality of modes of the first space profile, determine a setting of the set of settings of the first space profile based on the selected mode, and control the one or more devices that serve the space in accordance with the settings defined by the first space profile and the selected mode.