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US 10,705,549 B2Granted
Controller interface with menu schedule override
AssigneeAdemco Inc.
InventorsJohn B. Amundson, Heidi J. Finch, Brent D. Vick
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Abstract
A method of modifying a programmable schedule for a controller and a controller are disclosed having a user interface. The method includes the steps of providing, simultaneously or sequentially, two or more schedule override choices to a user via the user interface, accepting a selection of one of the two or more schedule override choices from the user via the user interface, and modifying temporarily the schedule based on the user responses provided by the user interface.
Claims31
A method of temporarily interrupting a regular
- programmable HVAC schedule in a controller having a user interface wherein the user interface comprises a touchscreen, the method comprising the steps of:
- accepting a regular programmable operating schedule for the controller from a user via the user interface, wherein the regular programmable operating schedule comprises at least one predetermined operating parameter change scheduled to occur at a programmed time in the future, and wherein, in a normal mode of operation, the controller provides control signals to an HVAC system according to the regular programmable operating schedule;
- providing a menu option that presents two or more natural language schedule override choices to a user via the user interface, wherein each of the two or more natural language schedule override menu choices, when selected, results in the controller providing control signals in accordance with a corresponding pre-programmed operating parameter value, that is associated with the selected schedule override menu choice;
- accepting a user selection of one of the two or more natural language schedule override choices from the user via the user interface at a first time;
- in response to accepting the user selection of the one of the two or more natural language schedule override choices, providing a menu option via the user interface that requests from the user a second time, wherein the second time is in the future;
- accepting the second time from the user via the user interface;
- accepting a third time from the user via the user interface;
- automatically temporarily interrupting the regular programmable operating schedule in an override mode according to the selected one of the two or more natural language schedule override choices, the temporarily interrupting step automatically beginning at the second time;
- and
- automatically returning to the regular programmable operating schedule at the third time.
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A controller comprising:
- a controller for accepting a regular programmable operating schedule for the controller from a user via a user interface, wherein the user interface comprises a touchscreen and wherein the regular programmable operating schedule comprises at least one predetermined operating parameter change scheduled to occur at a programmed time in the future, and wherein, in a normal mode of operation, the controller provides control signals to an HVAC system according to the regular programmable operating schedule;
- a menu option that presents two or more natural language schedule override choices to a user via the user interface, wherein each of the two or more natural language schedule override menu choices, when selected, results in the controller providing control signals in accordance with a corresponding pre-programmed operating parameter value, that is associated with the selected schedule override menu choice;
- the user interface configured to accept a user selection of one of the two or more natural language schedule override choices from the user via the user interface at a first time;
- in response to accepting the user selection of the one of the two or more natural language schedule override choices, providing a menu option via the user interface that requests from the user a second time, wherein the second time is in the future;
- the user interface configured to accept the second time from the user via the user interface;
- the user interface configured to accept a third time from the user via the user interface;
- wherein the regular programming operating schedule is automatically temporarily interrupted in an override mode according to the selected one of the two or more natural language schedule override choices, the temporarily interrupting step automatically beginning at the second time;
- and
- wherein the controller is configured to automatically return to the regular programmable operating schedule at the third time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.