US 12,093,010 B2
Central plant optimization planning tool with advanced user interface
Payal Pancholi, Navi Mumbai (IN); Vinay Deelip Varne, Pune (IN); Avinash Bajirao Shedge, Pune (IN); Bharat Laxman Bilhore, Dist-Buldhana (IN); and Kaustubh S. Patil, Pune (IN)
Assigned to TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall (CH)
Filed by Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall (CH)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/836,821.
Application 17/836,821 is a continuation of application No. 16/370,632, filed on Mar. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,360,451.
Claims priority of application No. 201821012277 (IN), filed on Mar. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0299965 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 19/04 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0875 (2023.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01)
CPC G05B 19/0426 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06312 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06313 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0875 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising one or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
provide a user interface comprising a workspace with selectable symbols representing multiple devices of building equipment;
evaluate a user input defining a connection between at least two of the selectable symbols on the workspace according to a set of rules to determine whether the connection is valid or invalid;
prevent the user from making the connection in response to determining that the connection is invalid;
generate a valid model of a system comprising the multiple devices of building equipment in response to determining that the connection is valid;
execute a model-based control process or simulation using the valid model to generate control decisions or design decisions for the multiple devices of building equipment; and
operate or design the multiple devices of building equipment in accordance with the control decisions or the design decisions.