Three-dimensional building management system visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current building management systems face challenges in intuitively displaying vast amounts of data, particularly in large-scale buildings, leading to confusion and errors during commissioning, monitoring, and control processes, with existing three-dimensional visualization tools being inefficient and costly due to the need for proprietary software and hardware, and experiencing system latencies when rendering large model data via browsers.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for rendering a three-dimensional building management system visualization via a browser, utilizing a database to store geometry and spatial elements, with a processor executing instructions to selectively recall and render these elements, providing an intuitive and cost-effective means for commissioning, monitoring, and control, including scheduling and troubleshooting, through a user interface that allows for real-time status visualization and device control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If three-dimensional building visualization is implemented via browser, then accessibility and cost are improved, but system latency and performance deteriorate due to large data file processing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the building model data into geometry elements and spatial elements stored in separate data files. This segmentation allows the system to load and process only relevant portions of the data needed for current visualization tasks, reducing initial browser loading time and improving responsiveness while maintaining comprehensive 3D visualization capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary processing of building model data by converting it into standardized geometry and spatial element formats before browser access. This pre-processing includes organizing data into hierarchical structures and creating optimized data representations that can be quickly rendered by web browsers without requiring complex client-side processing during runtime.
2Speed
If proprietary software and hardware are used for three-dimensional visualization, then rendering performance is improved, but cost and accessibility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates standardized data representations (geometry elements and spatial elements) that serve as universal copies of building model information. These standardized copies can be processed by any web browser with appropriate JavaScript libraries, eliminating the need for proprietary software while maintaining consistent visualization performance across different platforms and devices.
3Device complexity
If standard grid view is used for building management data, then data organization is improved, but visual interpretation and intuitive understanding deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from two-dimensional grid views to three-dimensional spatial visualization, adding a dimensional perspective that naturally represents building layouts and device locations. This dimensional change allows users to intuitively understand spatial relationships, floor arrangements, and device positions while maintaining systematic data organization through hierarchical element structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs color coding and visual properties of geometry and spatial elements to encode different types of building components, device states, and operational parameters. This visual encoding system allows users to quickly interpret complex building management data and identify issues or patterns without requiring detailed analysis of numerical values in traditional grid interfaces.
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AI summary
Systems, methods, and modes for on-demand rendering of a three-dimensional building management system visualization of a building. The system comprises a database configured for storing geometry elements and spatial elements. The geometry elements are mapped to spatial elements, wherein the geometry elements define three-dimensional geometrical representation of a building's structure, and the spatial elements define three-dimensional representation of spaces in the building. The spatial elements are associated with respective space nodes that identify the spaces located within the building, and the space nodes are associated with respective electronic devices installed within the spaces in the building. The system further comprises at least one processor configured for selectively recalling the geometry elements and spatial elements from the database, and rendering a three dimensional building visualization of the building via a user interface, wherein the three-dimensional building visualization comprises a status information visualization of at least one electronic device.