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20080252723 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system for processing video information obtained by a video camera based on a representative view from the camera. The system includes a processor a memory communicably connected to the processor. The memory includes computer code for determining a relative depth for at least two different regions of the representative view. The memory further includes computer code for estimating a scale factor for the different regions of the representative view. The memory yet further includes computer code for determining a unit size for the different regions, the unit size based on the estimated scale factor and the determined relative depth of the different regions. | 10-16-2008 |
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20100058248 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A method for generating a graphical user interface for a building management system is described. The method includes rendering a graphical representation of a three dimensional object in the graphical user interface. One or more surfaces of the graphical representation of the three dimensional object includes a plurality of windows. Each window is configured to host a widget for displaying information from the building management system. The method further includes receiving data from the building management system for the widgets. The method yet further includes rendering the widgets using the data received from the building management system. The method also includes interpreting user input and rotating the graphical representation of the three dimensional object based on the interpretation. | 03-04-2010 |
20100097473 | DEVICE FOR CONNECTING VIDEO CAMERAS TO NETWORKS AND CLIENTS - A device for recording digital video from a plurality of cameras connected to the device includes a communication interface configured to receive compressed digital video from each of the plurality of cameras. The device further includes processing electronics including a digital video recorder module configured to store the compressed digital video. The processing electronics are further configured to identify a parameter indicative of complexity of the compressed digital video from each of the plurality of cameras. The processing electronics are yet further configured to adjust at least one of a camera parameter and a parameter of the digital video recorder module based on the parameter indicative of the complexity of the compressed digital video. | 04-22-2010 |
20100280636 | BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM CONTROLLER INCLUDING NETWORK MANAGEMENT FEATURES - A controller for use with a plurality of BAS devices and a plurality of IT devices includes a housing and communications interfaces for connecting to the plurality of BAS devices and for connecting to the plurality of IT devices. The controller further includes a network communication module configured to serve as a network switch for the BAS devices and the IT devices. The controller yet further includes a BAS module configured to manage the BAS devices. | 11-04-2010 |
20110025847 | SERVICE MANAGEMENT USING VIDEO PROCESSING - A service management system includes a camera capturing video of the site. The service management system further includes a monitoring system remote from the camera and the site. The service management system also includes a video processing system configured to analyze the video for one or more conditions and, in response to a determination that the one or more conditions have been met, to cause a data message to be sent to the monitoring system. The monitoring system is configured to cause a service event relating to the one or more conditions to be scheduled for the site. | 02-03-2011 |
20120011126 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF BUILDING AUTOMATION SUBSYSTEMS - A computer-implemented system for facilitating communication between a plurality of building automation subsystems and a plurality of applications includes a first database storing a hierarchical model of a building automation system. The system further includes a second database storing information for the plurality of building automation subsystems. The second database stores each record with a projected semantic type string. The projected semantic type string includes multiple levels of type information and based on the hierarchical model stored in the first database. The system further includes a messaging engine configured to receive a message from one of the disparate building automation subsystems and for one of the plurality of applications. The messaging engine is configured to use the information in the second database to transform the message into a standard format, to append the projected semantic type string to the transformed message, and to provide the transformed message to one of the plurality of applications. | 01-12-2012 |
20120011141 | QUERY ENGINE FOR BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A computer-implemented system for facilitating cross-subsystem queries of a plurality of building automation subsystems includes a first database storing a logical model for a building automation system. The system further includes a second database storing information for the plurality of building automation subsystems. The second database relates information for the plurality of building automation subsystems based on the logical model of the first database. The system also includes a query engine configured to decompose a cross-subsystem query received from an application into a plurality of subsystem queries using the information of the second database. | 01-12-2012 |
20130010144 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING IMMERSIVE DISPLAYS OF VIDEO CAMERA INFORMATION FROM A PLURALITY OF CAMERAS - A system for providing stitched video from a first camera and a second camera to an electronic display system includes a processing circuit configured to associate a view a first camera with an approximate location. The processing circuit is further configured to build relationship data between the first camera and a second camera using the approximate location. The processing circuit is further configured to transform video from the first camera relative to video from the second camera, the transformation based on the relationship data. The processing circuit is further configured to use the transformed video to cause the stitched video to be provided to the electronic display system. | 01-10-2013 |
20130339292 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF BUILDING AUTOMATION SUBSYSTEMS - A computer-implemented system for facilitating communication between a plurality of building automation subsystems and a plurality of applications includes a first database storing a hierarchical model of a building automation system. The system further includes a messaging engine configured to receive a message from one of the disparate building automation subsystems and for one of the plurality of applications. The messaging engine is configured to use the information in the second database to transform the message into a standard format, to append the projected semantic type string to the transformed message, and to provide the transformed message to one of the plurality of applications. | 12-19-2013 |
20140058539 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING DATA IN BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEMS - A computerized method of assigning a building automation system point type to a plurality of unclassified data points is provided. The method includes receiving unclassified data points and attributes for each data point. The method includes receiving classifications for a first subset of the unclassified data points. Each classification associates a data point with a building automation system point type. The method includes generating a term set containing substrings that appear in the attributes. The method includes generating a first matrix describing a frequency that the substrings appear in the attributes. The method includes calculating an indicator of a probability that the presence of the selected substring results in the data point belonging to the selected point type. The method includes assigning a point type to a second subset by finding the substring and potential point type pair having the greatest indication of probability. | 02-27-2014 |
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