System and method for integrating sensors in thermostats

    公开(公告)号:US09810590B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-07

    申请号:US14596075

    申请日:2015-01-13

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    Abstract: Provided according to one or more embodiments is a thermostat having a housing, the housing including a forward-facing surface, the thermostat comprising a passive infrared (PIR) motion sensor disposed inside the housing for sensing occupancy in the vicinity of the thermostat. The PIR motion sensor has a radiation receiving surface and is able to detect the lateral movement of an occupant in front of the forward-facing surface of the housing. The thermostat further comprises a grille member having one or more openings and included along the forward-facing surface of the housing, the grille member being placed over the radiation receiving surface of the PIR motion sensor. The grille member is configured and dimensioned to visually conceal and protect the PIR motion sensor disposed inside the housing, the visual concealment promoting a visually pleasing quality of the thermostat, while at the same time permitting the PIR motion sensor to effectively detect the lateral movement of the occupant. In one embodiment, the grille member openings are slit-like openings oriented along a substantially horizontal direction.

    THERMOSTAT USER INTERFACE
    16.
    发明申请
    THERMOSTAT USER INTERFACE 有权
    热敏电阻用户界面

    公开(公告)号:US20160018127A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-21

    申请号:US14868325

    申请日:2015-09-28

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    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.

    Abstract translation: 描述了包括用于网络连接的恒温器的恒温器用户界面的系统。 该系统包括恒温器,其包括具有圆形横截面的截头锥形壳体和圆形可旋转环,其可旋转用于调节恒温器的设置。 该系统还包括可在与恒温器分开的触摸屏设备上操作的客户端应用程序,其显示圆形拨盘的图形表示,该图形表示检测靠近图形表示的用户输入运动,其确定用户选择的设定点 基于用户输入运动的温度值,其显示用户选择的设定点温度值的数字表示,以及无线地传送到代表用户选择的设定点温度的恒温器数据。

    Thermostat user interface
    20.
    发明授权
    Thermostat user interface 有权
    恒温器用户界面

    公开(公告)号:US09175871B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-11-03

    申请号:US14464647

    申请日:2014-08-20

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    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.

    Abstract translation: 描述了包括用于网络连接的恒温器的恒温器用户界面的系统。 该系统包括恒温器,其包括具有圆形横截面的截头锥形壳体和圆形可旋转环,其可旋转用于调节恒温器的设置。 该系统还包括可在与恒温器分开的触摸屏设备上操作的客户端应用程序,其显示圆形拨盘的图形表示,该图形表示检测靠近图形表示的用户输入运动,其确定用户选择的设定点 基于用户输入运动的温度值,其显示用户选择的设定点温度值的数字表示,以及无线地传送到代表用户选择的设定点温度的恒温器数据。

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