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Method and system for assessing performance of control systems
Assignee: Tyco Fire and Security GmbH
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Filing: 2007-01-25
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Granted: 2009-02-24
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Expires: 2027-01-25
Abstract
Abstract A method and system is disclosed for scaling performance indicators of control applications in an environmental control system. The method and system include receiving more than one performance indicator from a first control application, wherein the first control application includes a modulating control output and receiving more than one performance indicator from a second control application, wherein the second control application includes a staged-control output. The method and system further include identifying a probability distribution, wherein the probability distribution is characteristic of a fault-free environmental control system and calculating probability distributions associated with the performance indicators of the first and second control applications. The method and system also include displaying the probability distributions of the first and second control applications on a common scale.
Inventors
- 👤 John E. Seem
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-28 17:51
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05B; G05B23/00; G05B23/02; G05B23/0205; G05B23/0208; G05B23/0216; G05B23/0218; G05B23/0224; G05B23/024
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
220 words
A method for displaying, on an electronic display device coupled to computing electronics, scaled performance indicators of control applications in an environmental control system, the method comprising: receiving and storing in a memory device more than one performance indicator from a first control application, wherein the first control application includes a modulating control output to control a first device of the environmental control system; receiving and storing in the memory device more than one performance indicator from a second control application, wherein the second control application includes a staged-control output to control a second device of the environmental control system; using the computing electronics to identify a probability distribution function, wherein the probability distribution function is characteristic of a fault-free environmental control system; retrieving the performance indicators of the first and second control applications from the memory device and using the computing electronics to calculate and store probability distributions associated with the performance indicators of the first and second control applications in the memory device, wherein the calculation is based on the identified probability distribution function; and using the computing electronics to calculate a graphical representation of the probability distributions associated with the first and second control applications and to cause the display, on the electronic display device, of the graphical representation of the probability distributions on a common scale.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
220 words
A method for displaying, on an electronic display device coupled to computing electronics, scaled performance indicators of control applications in an environmental control system, the method comprising: receiving and storing in a memory device more than one performance indicator from a first control application, wherein the first control application includes a modulating control output to control a first device of the environmental control system; receiving and storing in the memory device more than one performance indicator from a second control application, wherein the second control application includes a staged-control output to control a second device of the environmental control system; using the computing electronics to identify a probability distribution function, wherein the probability distribution function is characteristic of a fault-free environmental control system; retrieving the performance indicators of the first and second control applications from the memory device and using the computing electronics to calculate and store probability distributions associated with the performance indicators of the first and second control applications in the memory device, wherein the calculation is based on the identified probability distribution function; and using the computing electronics to calculate a graphical representation of the probability distributions associated with the first and second control applications and to cause the display, on the electronic display device, of the graphical representation of the probability distributions on a common scale.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method for scaling performance indicators according to claim 1 , wherein the step of calculating the probability distributions includes performing a logarithmic transformation of the performance indicators.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
69 words
A method for scaling performance indicators according to claim 2 , wherein the logarithmic transformation for the first control application is given by: x 1 = log 10 ( 1 Pr [ X > x 1 ] ) where X is a random sampling generated from the identified probability distribution function for fault-free systems and Pr[X>x1] is the probability that X is greater than x 1 .
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
149 words
A method for scaling performance indicators according to claim 2 , wherein the logarithmic transformation for the second control application is given by: x 2 = { log 10 ( 1 Pr [ X < 2 E ( X ) - x 2 ] + Pr [ X > x 2 ] ) if x 2 > E ( X ) log 10 ( 1 Pr [ X < x 2 ] + Pr [ X > 2 E ( X ) - x 2 ] ) if x 2 ≤ E ( X ) where X is a random sampling generated from the identified probability distribution function for fault-free systems, E(X) is the expected value of X, and Pr[X>x 2 ] is the probability that X is greater than x 2 .
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method for scaling performance indicators according to claim 1 , wherein the probability distribution function comprises a sample mean and standard deviation function.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method for scaling performance indicators according to claim 1 , wherein the probability distribution function comprises a kernel density function.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method for scaling performance indicators according to claim 1 , wherein the probability distribution function comprises a moments function.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method for scaling performance indicators according to claim 1 , wherein the performance indicators are exponentially weighted moving averages.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method for scaling performance indicators according to claim 1 , wherein the common scale comprises a plurality of dot plots ranging from good to poor performance.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method for scaling performance indicators according to claim 1 , wherein the control applications are associated with an HVAC system.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method for scaling performance indicators according to claim 1 , wherein the performance indicators represent error in the performance of the control application.
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