US 12,333,130 B2
Systems and methods for visually indicating value changes in a building management system
Michael J. Zummo, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall (CH)
Filed by Johnson Controls Technology Company, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2016, as Appl. No. 15/258,854.
Prior Publication US 2018/0067635 A1, Mar. 8, 2018
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2019.01); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/62 (2018.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/04847 (2013.01) [F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/62 (2018.01); H04L 12/2823 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A building management system (BMS) comprising:
building equipment that controls a building environment; and
a configuration tool comprising a processor and a memory, the configuration tool configured to receive data values from the building equipment, provide control parameters to the building equipment, and present a user interface to a user of the BMS via a user device;
wherein the user interface displays the data values received from the building equipment and allows the user to modify the control parameters, and wherein a control parameter modification causes a corresponding change in operation of the building equipment, thereby resulting in changes to one or more of the data values affected by operating the building equipment in accordance with the control parameter modification; and
wherein the user interface displays a primary visual indication over a data value in response to detecting that the data value has changed by an amount that exceeds a predetermined threshold within a predetermined time period, wherein the user interface displays a secondary visual indication over a second data value in response to the control parameter modification causing a change in the second data value that exceeds the predetermined threshold and occurs within a predetermined time period after the primary visual indication is displayed, wherein the primary visual indication is a first color, and wherein if the primary visual indication is displayed when the secondary visual indication is initiated, the secondary visual indication is a second color different than the first color, and wherein if the primary visual indication is not displayed, when the secondary visual indication is initiated the secondary visual indication is the first color.