公开(公告)号：US10481780B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-19

申请号：US15044096

申请日：2016-02-15

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Joseph Adam Ruff ,  Jonathan P. Solnit ,  Edwin H. Satterthwaite

IPC: G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G01R31/26 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G05D23/19 ,  F24F11/00 ,  G06F3/0487 ,  G01J5/00 ,  G01J5/04 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G01K1/02 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G05D23/24 ,  G05D23/275 ,  G05D23/27 ,  G06F1/3231 ,  G06F1/3234 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/03 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/16 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F24F11/62 ,  F24F11/70 ,  F24F11/89 ,  F24F11/50 ,  H01H25/06 ,  F24F110/00 ,  F24F110/10 ,  F24F120/10 ,  F24F120/12 ,  F24F120/14 ,  F24F140/60 ,  F24F11/63 ,  F24F11/56 ,  F24F11/58 ,  F24F11/46 ,  F24F11/52 ,  F24F11/47

Abstract: A smart-home device includes a user interface including an electronic display having a first display mode and a second display mode, the first display mode generally requiring more power than said second display mode. The device also includes a processing system in operative communication with one or more environmental sensors for determining at least one environmental condition. The device additionally includes at least one sensor configured to detect a physical closeness of a user to the at least one sensor. The processing system may be configured to cause the electronic display to be in the first display mode when a closeness threshold has been exceeded, where the processing system is further configured to automatically adjust the closeness threshold based at least in part on a historical plurality of physical closeness events as detected by the at least one sensor.

公开(公告)号：US10241484B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-26

申请号：US15261203

申请日：2016-09-09

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Yoky Matsuoka ,  Rangoli Sharan ,  Mark D. Stefanski ,  Joseph Adam Ruff

IPC: F24F11/00 ,  H04L12/28 ,  G05B17/02 ,  H04L12/40 ,  G05D23/19 ,  G05B13/04 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F24F11/62 ,  F24F11/63 ,  F24F11/61

Abstract: The current application is directed to intelligent controllers that continuously, periodically, or intermittently calculate and display the time remaining until a control task is projected to be completed by the intelligent controller. In general, the intelligent controller employs multiple different models for the time behavior of one or more parameters or characteristics within a region or volume affected by one or more devices, systems, or other entities controlled by the intelligent controller. The intelligent controller collects data, over time, from which the models are constructed and uses the models to predict the time remaining until one or more characteristics or parameters of the region or volume reaches one or more specified values as a result of intelligent controller control of one or more devices, systems, or other entities.

公开(公告)号：US10151501B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-11

申请号：US15595708

申请日：2017-05-15

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Anthony Michael Fadell ,  Yoky Matsuoka ,  Matthew Lee Rogers ,  David Sloo ,  Michael Plitkins ,  Rangoli Sharan ,  Joseph Adam Ruff

IPC: F24F11/30 ,  F24F11/89 ,  G05D23/19 ,  F24F11/00 ,  F24D19/10 ,  B01D46/00 ,  G05B15/02 ,  H01R9/24 ,  G05B13/02 ,  F24F11/62 ,  H04W4/70 ,  F24F110/00 ,  F24F110/10 ,  F24F120/10 ,  F24F140/60 ,  F24F11/32 ,  F24F130/40 ,  F24F120/20 ,  F24F11/63 ,  F24F11/64 ,  F24F11/56 ,  F24F11/61 ,  F24F11/46 ,  F24F11/52 ,  F24F11/39 ,  F24F11/47

Abstract: A thermostat includes a control unit, a plurality of connection ports, and a user interface operatively coupled to the control unit an having an electronic display. The control unit may be configured and programmed to operate the wire insertion sensing circuits to identify a set of the plurality of connection ports into which corresponding ones of the plurality of HVAC wires have been inserted; cause the electronic display to display a photograph of the plurality of connection ports as they actually appear to a user; and cause the electronic display to visually highlight the set of the plurality of connection ports into which the corresponding ones of the plurality of HVAC wires have been inserted.