Systems and methods for modeling and controlling building equipment

US11835930B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP · US

Inventors

• Nicholas I. Hull · College Hill, US
• Christopher A. Hunt · Weigelstown, US
• Vaughn H. Hughes · Sandpoint, US
• Christopher R. Felpel · York, US
• Shailendra K. Verma · Mechanicsburg, US
• Stephen J. Gentile, III · Zeigler, US
• Dale S. Smith · Parkville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 16, 2021
• Grant date: Dec 5, 2023
• Expiry date: Feb 8, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/2642
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system comprising one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising receiving a request for a rating for a device of building equipment, the request for the rating including a plurality of attributes characterizing the device of building equipment including at least a first device characteristic, selecting, from a plurality of rating engines, a first rating engine for use in generating the rating based on the plurality of attributes characterizing the device of building equipment, communicating the first device characteristic to the first rating engine, receiving a first rating for the device of building equipment from the first rating engine, and using the first rating to at least one of generate a predictive model for the device of building equipment or control the device of building equipment.