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：US10907852B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-02

申请号：US16156954

申请日：2018-10-10

Applicant: Ademco Inc.

Inventor： Christopher Heintzelman ,  David Johnson ,  Steven Hoglund ,  Jeffrey Boll ,  David Schultz ,  Steven C. Nichols

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

Abstract: The occupancy status of a building space may be determined by sensing an indication of motion in the building space, in response to sensing the indication of motion in the building space, starting an occupied time period having a length during which the building space is indicated as being occupied, determining a measure related to a number of subsequent sensed indications of motion in the building space during the occupied time period, and selectively adjusting the length of the occupied time period based on the measure related to the number of subsequent sensed indications of motion in the building space during the occupied time period.

公开(公告)号：US10895397B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-19

申请号：US16157000

申请日：2018-10-10

Applicant: Ademco Inc.

Inventor： Eric Barton ,  Mohammad Aljabari ,  Jeffrey Boll

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

Abstract: An HVAC controller includes a first input terminal configured to be electrically coupled with a first field wire and a second input terminal configured to be electrically coupled with a second field wire, and a double pole relay including two input terminals and two output terminals. Control circuitry is operably coupled to the temperature sensor and the double pole relay and is configured to determine whether the first field wire is electrically coupled with the first input terminal and whether the second field wire is electrically coupled with the second input terminal.

公开(公告)号：US20200370774A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-26

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 ,  F24F11/64 ,  F24F11/65

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：US11846438B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-19

申请号：US17507865

申请日：2021-10-22

Applicant: Ademco Inc.

Inventor： Nathaniel D. Kraft ,  Bernard T. Geary ,  Ajay Pai ,  Michael Albright ,  Sharath Venkatesha ,  Jeffrey Boll

IPC: F24F11/30 ,  G05B19/409 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04L41/084 ,  G06V30/224 ,  G06K7/14 ,  H04N7/18 ,  F24F120/20

CPC classification number: F24F11/30 ,  G05B19/409 ,  G06K7/1417 ,  G06V30/224 ,  H04L12/2807 ,  H04L41/0846 ,  H04N7/185 ,  F24F2120/20 ,  G05B2219/2614 ,  H04L2012/2841

Abstract: A Heating, Ventilation, and/or Air Conditioning (HVAC) controller configured to control at least part of an HVAC system of a building. The HVAC controller may include a user interface and a controller. In response to a selection by a user at the user interface, the controller may assemble and present via the user interface an output that encodes settings in a machine readable form. The controller may display the encoded settings on the display with fixed segments of a fixed segment display. An application program code on a remote device may be utilized to capture the displayed fixed segments that encode the settings in an image. The captured image of fixed segments may be decoded at the remote device or may be sent to a remote computing device for processing and/or decoding.

公开(公告)号：US11156375B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-26

申请号：US15217808

申请日：2016-07-22

Applicant: Ademco Inc.

Inventor： Nathaniel D. Kraft ,  Bernard T. Geary ,  Ajay Pai ,  Michael Albright ,  Sharath Venkatesha ,  Jeffrey Boll

IPC: F24F11/30 ,  G05B19/409 ,  G06K9/18 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04L12/24 ,  G06K7/14 ,  H04N7/18 ,  F24F120/20

Abstract: A Heating, Ventilation, and/or Air Conditioning (HVAC) controller configured to control at least part of an HVAC system of a building. The HVAC controller may include a user interface and a controller. In response to a selection by a user at the user interface, the controller may assemble and present via the user interface an output that encodes settings in a machine readable form. The controller may display the encoded settings on the display with fixed segments of a fixed segment display. An application program code on a remote device may be utilized to capture the displayed fixed segments that encode the settings in an image. The captured image of fixed segments may be decoded at the remote device or may be sent to a remote computing device for processing and/or decoding.

公开(公告)号：US10563876B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-18

申请号：US14088268

申请日：2013-11-22

Applicant: Ademco Inc.

Inventor： Aaron J. Klein ,  Jeffrey Boll ,  Paul Derby ,  Heidi J. Finch ,  Dan Murr

IPC: F24F11/30

Abstract: An HVAC controller may be programmed to execute a guided set up routine that may guide a user through configuring the thermostat to control a particular HVAC system configuration based, at least in part, on which wires from the HVAC system are connected to terminals of the HVAC controller. The guided set-up routine may be accessible through a user interface provided at a remote device that a user may utilize to interact with the HVAC controller from a remote location.