Systems and methods for providing an augmented reality interface for the management and maintenance of building systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current building automation systems lack an efficient and scalable method to manage and maintain mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems, particularly HVAC systems, as they struggle to effectively correlate and utilize crowd-sourced data and building automation system data for optimal management and maintenance.
Innovation Solution
A central management information system that correlates crowd-sourced data with building automation system data to provide an augmented reality-like interface for users, allowing interaction with building components for control and maintenance, using QR codes to identify equipment and provide visual diagnostics and maintenance status.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If building automation systems collect and store large amounts of data from multiple sources, then the quantity and quality of information available for management decisions improves, but the complexity of managing, organizing, and accessing this data increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a central management information system as an intermediary that receives, correlates, and processes data from multiple building automation systems and crowd-sourced sources. This mediator consolidates disparate data streams into a unified interface, reducing the complexity of managing multiple data sources while maintaining comprehensive information availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The management information system serves multiple functions simultaneously: it collects data from diverse sources, correlates information across systems, provides visual diagnostics, enables interactive control, and delivers maintenance notifications. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require separate systems into a single unified platform.
2Reliability
If building systems integrate multiple data sources including crowd-sourced data, then the comprehensiveness of system monitoring improves, but the difficulty of correlating and processing diverse data types increases
Solution Approach 1:
The central management information system acts as a mediator that standardizes and correlates diverse data types from building automation systems and crowd-sourced applications. It processes different data formats and sources through unified correlation algorithms, maintaining monitoring reliability while managing data diversity complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms diverse data from multiple sources into standardized parameters and formats that can be uniformly processed and correlated. By converting various data types into consistent parameter representations, the system simplifies the correlation process while maintaining comprehensive monitoring capabilities.
3Ease of operation
If the system provides detailed visual diagnostics and real-time data access, then the ease of operation for maintenance personnel improves, but the amount of information processing and data visualization required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary data processing, correlation, and visualization preparation in advance, so that when maintenance personnel access the interface, the information is already organized and ready for immediate use. This pre-processing reduces the time required for data processing during actual maintenance operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates visual representations and simplified models of complex building system data, presenting processed information in intuitive graphical formats. These visual copies make complex data accessible and easy to interpret for maintenance personnel without requiring them to process raw data themselves.
4Adaptability or versatility
If the system enables interactive control of building components through the interface, then the versatility of system management improves, but the complexity of integrating control functions across multiple systems increases
Solution Approach 1:
The management information system provides universal control capabilities that work across multiple different building systems and components through a single interface. This multi-functional platform enables diverse control operations without requiring separate integration solutions for each system type.
Solution Approach 2:
The central management system serves as an intermediary control layer that abstracts the complexity of multiple building systems behind a unified interface. It handles the integration complexity internally while presenting simplified control functions to users, enabling versatile system management without exposing integration complexity.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to systems and methods for improved building systems management and maintenance. The present invention provides a system for providing an augmented reality-like interface for the management and maintenance of building systems, specifically the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems within a building, including the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems.