Visual Diagnosis of Building Systems Using Intermediary Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Building maintenance analysts require extensive training and time to diagnose and resolve issues with building systems due to the complexity of operational contexts and the need for specific knowledge of actions to address problems, which can be time-consuming and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for providing a visual diagnosis of building systems, including identification of components, their relationships, operational status, and suggested actions, using a computing device to display architectural layouts or schematics, highlighting problematic components, and offering recommendations for resolution and performance improvement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If building maintenance analysts rely on their own knowledge and experience to diagnose problems, then they can resolve issues independently, but they require extensive training and time to acquire sufficient understanding of operational context and knowledge of corrective actions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a computer-based diagnostic system that acts as an intermediary between the building management system and the maintenance analyst. The system automatically retrieves operational data, identifies problems, determines causes, and recommends corrective actions, thereby mediating the diagnostic process and reducing the analyst's burden for acquiring extensive domain knowledge and experience
Solution Approach 2:
The diagnostic system enables the building management system to perform self-diagnosis and self-assessment by automatically monitoring operational parameters, detecting anomalies, identifying problem causes, and generating corrective action recommendations without requiring extensive human intervention or specialized analyst knowledge
2Reliability
If building maintenance analysts perform comprehensive problem diagnosis and resolution, then they can effectively address building system issues, but the process is time consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors and stores operational data from building systems in advance, so when a problem occurs, the diagnostic information is already available. The system pre-establishes relationships between operational parameters and potential problems, enabling rapid diagnosis without time-consuming manual investigation
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides immediate feedback to the analyst by automatically analyzing operational data, identifying problems, determining causes, and recommending corrective actions in real-time. This closed-loop feedback mechanism accelerates the diagnostic process while maintaining comprehensive problem resolution effectiveness
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AI summary
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.