Wireless Emitter BMS Target Location via Mobile Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Interacting with and visualizing components of a building management system (BMS) is cumbersome, requiring specialized skills and training, and often only accessible to a select few, making it difficult for users to locate and utilize information from BMS components, especially in crowded control rooms.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing wireless emitters and mobile devices or visualization devices to detect and display content associated with BMS targets, allowing users to locate and interact with BMS components through emitter identifiers and markers, providing filtered information based on access levels and enabling annunciation and distance determination.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional BMS interfaces are used, then information accuracy is maintained, but ease of operation deteriorates due to specialized skill requirements and cumbersome interaction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces wireless emitters as intermediary devices that bridge the gap between BMS components and users. These emitters contain encoded information about BMS targets and can be detected by mobile devices, allowing users to access BMS information without requiring specialized knowledge of the underlying system architecture or communication protocols.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates simplified copies of BMS target information through wireless emitters. Instead of requiring users to directly interface with complex BMS components, the system generates portable, detectable copies (emitter identifiers) that contain essential target information, making the system accessible to users with varying skill levels.
2Loss of information
If comprehensive BMS information is made available to all users, then information accessibility improves, but device complexity increases due to the need for advanced interfaces and protocols
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments BMS information into discrete, manageable units that can be independently encoded in wireless emitters. Each emitter contains specific target information (emitter identifier) that can be detected and processed by mobile devices through simple protocols, avoiding the need for users to navigate complex integrated BMS interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
Wireless emitters serve as intermediaries that simplify the interface between users and BMS components. The emitters translate complex BMS target information into simple detectable signals (emitter identifiers) that mobile devices can easily process, eliminating the need for users to directly interact with complex BMS protocols and interfaces.
3Ease of operation
If BMS components are located in crowded control rooms, then system integration is maintained, but ease of operation deteriorates due to difficulty in locating components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical/physical location-finding methods (visually searching crowded control rooms) with wireless detection technology. Mobile devices automatically detect emitter identifiers through wireless communication, enabling users to quickly locate BMS targets without physically navigating crowded spaces or visually searching for components.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service location detection where mobile devices automatically detect and identify BMS targets through wireless emitters. Users simply need to approach or be near the target, and the device autonomously detects the emitter identifier and retrieves target information, eliminating the need for manual component location efforts in crowded control rooms.
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AI summary
Implementations herein relate to visualization of interaction with a building management system (BMS). Such interaction may be facilitated with a smart headset that displays a three-dimensional model of an image with real-time data from the BMS to enable monitoring and control of the BMS. In one implementation, a system for locating a target in a building includes a server, a first wireless emitter, and an application on a mobile device. The first wireless emitter is associated with the target and configured to emit a first emitter identifier within a first range. The application is configured to detect the first emitter identifier when the mobile device is within the first range. The application is also configured to transmit the first emitter identifier to the server in response to detecting the first emitter identifier. The application is also configured to receive a first content from the server.