公开(公告)号：US11067307B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-20

申请号：US16156854

申请日：2018-10-10

Applicant: Ademco Inc.

Inventor： Christopher Heintzelman ,  Christopher R. Jones ,  Joseph Carlos Vargas

IPC: F24F11/523 ,  F24F11/67 ,  F24F11/59

Abstract: An HVAC controller includes a housing, a user interface and a controller that is operably coupled to the user interface and is configured to display a HOME screen on the user interface that provides the user with current system operating information and enabling the user to access a hierarchical menu structure for viewing and/or editing one or more settings of the HVAC controller. The hierarchical menu structure includes a plurality of menu branches each having two or more hierarchical menu levels with a leaf menu at the bottom of each branch, where for a first group of the leaf menus, the user must navigate “back” to return to the HOME screen while for a second group of the leaf menus, the user is returned to the HOME screen after the user indicates the user is done with the leaf menu, without having to wait for the timeout period.

公开(公告)号：US20210148595A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-20

申请号：US17162854

申请日：2021-01-29

Applicant: Ademco Inc.

Inventor： Christopher Heintzelman ,  Christopher R. Jones ,  Joseph Carlos Vargas

IPC: F24F11/67 ,  F24F11/47 ,  F24F11/88 ,  F24F11/59 ,  F24F11/61 ,  F24F11/523

Abstract: An HVAC controller is configured to automatically change between a HEAT mode and a COOL mode in accordance with a sensed temperature in the building structure, a HEAT temperature set point and a COOL temperature set point. The user is allowed to adjust the HEAT temperature set point and the COOL temperature set point, with the HVAC controller automatically adjusting one of the set points in response to the user making a change to the other of the other of the set points that violates a minimum deadband. If the user readjusts the user-adjusted set point in a way that no longer violates the minimum deadband, the HVAC controller will adjust the other set point back towards its previous setting.

公开(公告)号：US10907854B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-02

申请号：US16156940

申请日：2018-10-10

Applicant: Ademco Inc.

Inventor： Christopher Heintzelman ,  Christopher R. Jones ,  Joseph Carlos Vargas

IPC: F24F11/67 ,  F24F11/523 ,  F24F11/47 ,  F24F11/88 ,  F24F11/59 ,  F24F11/61 ,  F24F130/10 ,  F24F120/14

Abstract: An HVAC controller is configured to automatically change between a HEAT mode and a COOL mode in accordance with a sensed temperature in the building structure, a HEAT temperature set point and a COOL temperature set point. The user is allowed to adjust the HEAT temperature set point and the COOL temperature set point, with the HVAC controller automatically adjusting one of the set points in response to the user making a change to the other of the other of the set points that violates a minimum deadband. If the user readjusts the user-adjusted set point in a way that no longer violates the minimum deadband, the HVAC controller will adjust the other set point back towards its previous setting.

公开(公告)号：US20230019648A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-19

申请号：US17934830

申请日：2022-09-23

Applicant: Ademco Inc.

Inventor： Brian Moy ,  Christopher R. Jones ,  Michael Crites ,  Arnold Kalla

IPC: F24H9/20 ,  G08B21/18 ,  G05D23/00 ,  G05D23/19 ,  G06F3/0484

Abstract: This disclosure is related to devices, systems, and techniques for controlling a temperature of water contained by a water tank. A controller includes a user interface configured to receive one or more user inputs indicative of a request to set a control parameter of the controller and communication circuitry configured to receive, from a user device, an electronic signal. Additionally, the controller includes processing circuitry configured to identify, from the electronic signal, one or more first data packets that include a request to disable an ability to change, based on the one or more user inputs received by the user interface, the control parameter of the controller and in response to receiving the one or more first data packets, disable the ability to change the control parameter of the controller.

公开(公告)号：US20230006858A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-05

申请号：US17756763

申请日：2020-12-03

Applicant: Ademco Inc.

Inventor： Michael Crites ,  Christopher R. Jones

IPC: H04L12/28 ,  F24F11/52 ,  F24F11/65

Abstract: A controller device for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system may output, while in a first state, a first user interface for display at a display device, where the first user interface includes first information at a first output size. The controller device may determine, while in the first state and based at least in part on whether an elapsed time since a most recent indication of user input received at a user input device exceeds a timeout period, that no users are physically proximate to the controller device. The controller device may, in response: transition the controller device from the first state to a second state and output a second user interface at the display device, where the second user interface comprises second information at a second output size that is larger than the first output size.

公开(公告)号：US20230003406A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-05

申请号：US17756595

申请日：2020-12-04

Applicant: Ademco Inc.

Inventor： Christopher R. Jones ,  Jaymeson Tucker ,  Michael Crites ,  Christopher Heintzelman

IPC: F24F11/523 ,  F24F11/63

Abstract: In some examples, a device controls a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system within a building. The device includes an analog display including a set of markers. Additionally, the devices includes processing circuitry configured to determine whether one or both of a cooling set point mode and a heating set point mode is activated and cause a set point to change from a first set point value to a second set point value in response to receiving a first rotation input to a dial. Additionally, the processing circuitry is configured to control a set of LEDs to transition from illuminating a first marker of the set of markers to illuminating a second marker of the set of markers, wherein the first marker corresponds to the first set point value and the second marker corresponds to the second set point value.

公开(公告)号：US20220146134A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-12

申请号：US17648916

申请日：2022-01-25

Applicant: Ademco Inc.

Inventor： Christopher Heintzelman ,  Christopher R. Jones ,  Joseph Carlos Vargas

IPC: F24F11/523 ,  F24F11/59 ,  F24F11/61 ,  F24F11/47 ,  F24F11/67 ,  F24F11/88

Abstract: An HVAC controller is configured to receive signals from a plurality of sensors positioned in different spaces. The HVAC controller includes a controller that is configured to display one or more screens on a user interface that include a home screen including a selectable display element that indicates a number of the plurality of sensors that are currently being used by the controller in controlling the HVAC system. Upon selection of the selectable display element, the controller displays a sensor priority screen that includes a plurality of graphic constructs that each identify a building space and a current temperature for that building space. The controller is configured to control the HVAC system in accordance with the current temperature reported by each of the number of the plurality of sensors that are currently being used by the controller in controlling the HVAC system.

公开(公告)号：US11199338B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-14

申请号：US16422748

申请日：2019-05-24

Applicant: Ademco Inc.

Inventor： Christopher R. Jones ,  Derek Weller ,  Jeffrey Boll ,  Steven R Hoglund

IPC: F24F11/46 ,  F24F11/56 ,  F24F11/65 ,  F24F11/64 ,  F24F120/20 ,  F24F120/12

Abstract: In some examples, a method for controlling the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system in a building includes receiving user input indicating a fallback temperature sensor from a plurality of temperature sensors in the building, the plurality of temperature sensors in the building being associated with a plurality of spaces within the building. The method also includes determining, by the controller, that the plurality of spaces within the building are unoccupied. The method further includes determining, by the controller, a temperature sensed by the fallback temperature sensor based on communication between the controller and the fallback temperature sensor. The method includes causing, by the controller, the HVAC system to turn on or off based on the temperature at the fallback temperature sensor in response to determining that the plurality of spaces within the building are unoccupied.

公开(公告)号：US20210172637A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-10

申请号：US17001388

申请日：2020-08-24

Applicant: Ademco Inc.

Inventor： Christopher R. Jones ,  Michael Crites ,  Alexandra Emmons

IPC: F24F11/523 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0482

Abstract: In some examples, a device can control one or more heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) components within a building and control a digital user interface. The device includes a dial, the digital user interface, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to scroll, in response to detecting a set of user inputs to one or both of the digital user interface and the dial, through a sequence of carousel screens for display on the digital user interface and display, on the digital user interface after a period of time following a most recent user input of the set of user inputs, a default carousel screen of the sequence of carousel screens. Additionally, the processing circuitry is configured to display, on the digital user interface, an idle screen corresponding to the default carousel screen of the sequence of carousel screens.