US 12,305,875 B2
Building automation system with flexible architecture
Abu Bakr Khan, Franklin, WI (US); Trent M Swanson, Wellington, FL (US); Sastry Malladi, Fremont, CA (US); Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Brookfield, WI (US); Tazmin Pirani, Toronto (CA); Rajesh Venkat, Indianapolis, IN (US); Miguel Galvez, Boca Raton, FL (US); and Eric G. Lang, Cedarburg, WI (US)
Assigned to Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall (CH)
Filed by Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/115,447.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/315,463, filed on Mar. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0288193 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. F24F 11/64 (2018.01); F24F 11/54 (2018.01); F24F 11/58 (2018.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 11/64 (2018.01) [F24F 11/54 (2018.01); F24F 11/58 (2018.01); G05B 13/0265 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a first unit of building equipment operable to provide heating, ventilation, or cooling to a building, the first unit of building equipment comprising local processing circuitry integrated with the first unit of building equipment;
a plurality of additional units of building equipment serving the building, wherein the plurality of additional units of building equipment are directly communicable with the local processing circuitry of the first unit of building equipment, wherein the local processing circuitry is configured to perform a first set of analytics using data for the first unit of building equipment and data from the plurality of additional units of building equipment as inputs to a pattern recognition or machine learning algorithm; and
an off-premise computing system located remotely from the building and communicable directly with the local processing circuitry, the off-premise computing system configured to perform a second set of analytics using the data for the first unit of building equipment and the data from the plurality of additional units of building equipment;
wherein the local processing circuitry is programmed to operate the first unit of building equipment in accordance with a combination of a first output of the first set of analytics and a second output of the second set of analytics.