公开(公告)号：US10443879B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-15

申请号：US15675459

申请日：2017-08-11

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Anthony M. Fadell ,  Yoky Matsuoka ,  David Sloo ,  Michael Plitkins ,  Michael J. Matas ,  Matthew L. Rogers ,  Evan J. Fisher

IPC: G06F3/048 ,  F24F11/62 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G05D23/19 ,  G05B19/409 ,  G09G5/37 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F24F11/89 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  F24F120/20 ,  F24F11/56 ,  F24F11/46 ,  F24F11/52

Abstract: Methods and devices for controlling a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system by a thermostat are provided. Input can be received from a user via a thermostat, the input being indicative of an adjustment of an HVAC-related setting. On a real-time basis, the HVAC-related setting that is being adjusted can be compared against a feedback criterion designed to indicate a circumstance under which feedback is to be presented to the user. The circumstance can be indicative of an achievement of a HVAC-related setting of a predetermined responsibility level with respect to an energy usage of the HVAC system. Upon a real-time determination that the feedback criterion is satisfied, visual feedback can be caused to be presented to the user in real-time. The real-time feedback can include a visual icon having a visual appeal corresponding to a desirability of the satisfaction of the feedback criterion.

公开(公告)号：US10241482B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-26

申请号：US15705563

申请日：2017-09-15

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Anthony M. Fadell ,  Matthew L. Rogers ,  David Sloo ,  Michael J. Matas ,  Michael Plitkins

IPC: G05D23/19 ,  G05D23/00 ,  F24F11/00 ,  G05B15/02 ,  F24F11/30 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  F24F11/63 ,  F24F11/46 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  F24F120/20 ,  F24F110/10 ,  F24F120/10 ,  F24F120/12 ,  F24F11/56 ,  F24F11/52 ,  F24F11/64 ,  F24F110/12 ,  H01H25/06

Abstract: A thermostat for controlling an HVAC system is described, the thermostat having a user interface that is visually pleasing, approachable, and easy to use while also providing ready access to, and intuitive navigation within, a menuing system capable of receiving a variety of different types of user settings and/or control parameters. For some embodiments, the thermostat comprises a housing, a ring-shaped user-interface component configured to track a rotational input motion of a user, a processing system configured to identify a setpoint temperature value based on the tracked rotational input motion, and an electronic display coupled to the processing system. An interactive thermostat menuing system is accessible to the user by an inward pressing of the ring-shaped user interface component. User navigation within the interactive thermostat menuing system is achievable by virtue of respective rotational input motions and inward pressings of the ring-shaped user interface component.

公开(公告)号：USD819460S1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-05

申请号：US29561461

申请日：2016-04-15

Applicant: Google LLC

Designer： Anthony M. Fadell ,  Matthew L. Rogers ,  David Sloo ,  Michael Plitkins ,  John Benjamin Filson ,  Eric Daniels ,  Michael J. Matas ,  Fred Bould ,  Brian Huppi

CPC classification number: G06F3/04847 ,  F24F11/00 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F24F11/46 ,  F24F11/47 ,  F24F11/50 ,  F24F11/52 ,  F24F11/56 ,  F24F11/58 ,  F24F11/62 ,  F24F11/63 ,  F24F11/70 ,  F24F11/89 ,  F24F2110/00 ,  F24F2110/10 ,  F24F2120/10 ,  F24F2120/12 ,  F24F2120/14 ,  F24F2140/60 ,  G01J5/0025 ,  G01J5/041 ,  G01K1/02 ,  G01R31/26 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G05D23/19 ,  G05D23/1902 ,  G05D23/1919 ,  G05D23/1932 ,  G05D23/24 ,  G05D23/2454 ,  G05D23/27 ,  G05D23/275 ,  G06F1/3231 ,  G06F1/3265 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/0304 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/0487 ,  G06F3/167 ,  G06N99/005 ,  H01H25/06 ,  H04L67/10 ,  Y02D70/00 ,  Y02T10/88

Abstract: Asmart-home device comprises 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 further comprises a processing system coupled to the user interface. The processing system is configured to be in operative communication with one or more environmental sensors for determining at least one environmental condition, and in operative communication with one or more input devices including said user interface. The device further comprises at least one sensor configured to detect a physical closeness of a user to the at least one sensor. The at least one sensor is in operative communication with the processing system. The processing system is configured to cause the electronic display to be in the first display mode when a closeness threshold has been exceeded. The processing system is further configured to automatically adjust said 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：US09920946B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-20

申请号：US14868325

申请日：2015-09-28

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Alastair R. Gourlay ,  Timo Bruck ,  Anthony M. Fadell ,  Matthew L. Rogers ,  David Sloo ,  Michael Plitkins ,  Shigefumi Honjo ,  John B. Filson ,  Michael J. Matas ,  Fred Bould ,  Brian Huppi

IPC: F24F11/00 ,  G05D23/19 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0488

CPC classification number: F24F11/62 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F24F11/52 ,  F24F11/54 ,  F24F11/56 ,  F24F11/58 ,  F24F11/64 ,  F25B2600/07 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G05D23/1905 ,  G06F3/04845 ,  G06F3/04847 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/04886

Abstract: A system including a thermostat user interface for a network-connected thermostat is described. The system includes a thermostat including a frustum-shaped shell body having a circular cross-section and a circular rotatable ring, which is user rotatable for adjusting a setting of the thermostat. The system further includes a client application that is operable on a touch-screen device separate from the thermostat, that displays a graphical representation of a circular dial, that detects a user-input motion proximate the graphical representation, that determines a user-selected setpoint temperature value based on the user-input motion, that displays a numerical representation of the user-selected setpoint temperature value, and that wirelessly transmits to the thermostat data representative of the user-selected setpoint temperature.

公开(公告)号：US20190155232A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-23

申请号：US16261216

申请日：2019-01-29

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Anthony M. Fadell ,  Matthew L. Rogers ,  David Sloo ,  Michael J. Matas ,  Michael Plitkins

IPC: G05B15/02 ,  F24F11/30 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G05D23/19 ,  F24F11/46 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  F24F11/63

Abstract: A thermostat for controlling an HVAC system is described, the thermostat having a user interface that is visually pleasing, approachable, and easy to use while also providing ready access to, and intuitive navigation within, a menuing system capable of receiving a variety of different types of user settings and/or control parameters. For some embodiments, the thermostat comprises a housing, a ring-shaped user-interface component configured to track a rotational input motion of a user, a processing system configured to identify a setpoint temperature value based on the tracked rotational input motion, and an electronic display coupled to the processing system. An interactive thermostat menuing system is accessible to the user by an inward pressing of the ring-shaped user interface component. User navigation within the interactive thermostat menuing system is achievable by virtue of respective rotational input motions and inward pressings of the ring-shaped user interface component.