Systems and methods for displaying facility information

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to methods for displaying facility information. One such method includes causing a client terminal to render on-screen floorplan data at a desired position and resolution, wherein the floorplan data is defined by a plurality of scalable resolution independent vector images, each resolution independent vector image representing a physical space in a facility. As set of rules are executed thereby to apply determined visual characteristics to one or more of the vector images, wherein each of the one or more vector images is associated with a data point in a building management system, and wherein for a given vector image the set of rules defines a relationship between observed data point values and visual characteristics to be displayed.

1 . A computer implemented method for displaying facility information, the method including:
 maintaining access to a repository of floorplan data, wherein the floorplan data is defined by a plurality of scalable resolution independent vector images, each resolution independent vector image representing a physical space in a facility;   maintaining access to a database that associates a plurality of the vector images with data points defined in a building management system;   in response to a request from a client terminal, enabling the client terminal to render the floorplan data at a desired position and resolution; and   configuring the client terminal to render each of the plurality of vector images with graphical characteristics determined by reference to the data points defined in the building management system.   
     
     
         2 . A method according to  claim 1  wherein the scalable resolution independent vector images include HTML5 Scalable Vector Graphics images. 
     
     
         3 . A method according to  claim 1  wherein, for a given vector image, the graphical characteristics determined by reference to a relationship between: (i) a measured temperature value at the represented physical space; and (ii) a defined temperature setpoint value defined for the represented physical space. 
     
     
         4 . A method according to  claim 1  wherein, for a given vector image, the graphical characteristics include a fill for the vector image. 
     
     
         5 . A method according to  claim 4  wherein the fill is characterized by a colour and/or pattern and/or opacity. 
     
     
         6 . A method according to  claim 4  wherein the fill is characterized by an alphanumeric information. 
     
     
         7 . A method according to  claim 1  including enabling a user to define video data representative of navigation of the rendered floorplan. 
     
     
         8 . A method according to  claim 7  including enabling the user to share the video data with a second user of a further client terminal. 
     
     
         9 . A method according to  claim 1  wherein configuring the client terminal to render each of the plurality of vector images with graphical characteristics determined by reference to the data points defined in the building management system includes configuring data binding between the client terminal and a remote data source that provides data indicative of instructions to modify the graphical characteristics of one or more of the vector images. 
     
     
         10 . A method according to  claim 1  wherein configuring the client terminal to render each of the plurality of vector images with graphical characteristics determined by reference to the data points defined in the building management system includes instructing the client terminal to modify the graphical characteristics of one or more of the vector images in response to changes in the associated data points in the building management system. 
     
     
         11 . A computer implemented method for displaying facility information, the method including:
 causing a client terminal to render on-screen floorplan data at a desired position and resolution, wherein the floorplan data is defined by a plurality of scalable resolution independent vector images, each resolution independent vector image representing a physical space in a facility; and   executing a set of rules thereby to apply determined visual characteristics to one or more of the vector images, wherein each of the one or more vector images is associated with a data point in a building management system, and wherein for a given vector image the set of rules defines a relationship between observed data point values and visual characteristics to be displayed.   
     
     
         12 . A method according to  claim 11  wherein the scalable resolution independent vector images include HTML5 Scalable Vector Graphics images. 
     
     
         13 . A method according to  claim 11  wherein, for a given vector image, the graphical characteristics determined by reference to a relationship between: (i) a measured temperature value at the represented physical space; and (ii) a defined temperature setpoint value defined for the represented physical space. 
     
     
         14 . A method according to  claim 11  wherein, for a given vector image, the graphical characteristics include a fill for the vector image. 
     
     
         15 . A method according to  claim 14  wherein the fill is characterized by a colour and/or pattern and/or opacity. 
     
     
         16 . A method according to  claim 14  wherein the fill is characterized by an alphanumeric information. 
     
     
         17 . A method according to  claim 1  including enabling a user to define video data representative of navigation of the rendered floorplan. 
     
     
         18 . A method according to  claim 17  including enabling the user to share the video data with a second user of a further client terminal. 
     
     
         19 . A non-transitory computer readable medium containing code that, when executed on one or more processors, causes the processors to perform a method according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
         20 . A computer system configured to perform a method according to  claim 1 .