US 12,716,602 B2 · Intelligent brightness lock for smart thermostat

Abstract

Features described herein pertain to smart thermostats, and more particularly, an intelligent brightness lock for smart thermostats. A smart thermostat can include a display, an ambient light sensor, and a radar sensor. Using the ambient light sensor, ambient light level values of an environment surrounding the smart thermostat can be measured. Radar data can be received from the radar sensor, and based on the radar data, a determination can be made that a distance between a person and the smart thermostat is less than a predetermined distance. In response, a brightness lock mode is started which causes content to be displayed on the display at a second brightness level that is equal to or greater than a first brightness level.

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Dependent claims

A smart thermostat comprising:

a display;
an ambient light sensor;
a radar sensor;
a processing system;
and
at least one computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processing system, cause the smart thermostat to perform operations comprising:
measuring, using the ambient light sensor, a plurality of ambient light level values of an environment surrounding the smart thermostat;
displaying, on the display, content at a first brightness level;
acquiring, from the radar sensor, radar data indicative of motion in the environment surrounding the smart thermostat;
determining, based on the radar data, that a distance between a person and the smart thermostat is equal to or less than a predetermined distance;
and
in response to determining that the distance is less than the predetermined distance, starting a brightness lock mode, wherein starting the brightness lock mode causes the content to be displayed on the display at a second brightness level that is equal to or greater than the first brightness level.

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A method controlling a display of a smart thermostat, the method comprising:

measuring, using an ambient light sensor of the smart thermostat, a plurality of ambient light level values of an environment surrounding the smart thermostat;
displaying, on the display, content at a first brightness level;
acquiring, from a radar sensor of the smart thermostat, radar data indicative of motion in the environment surrounding the smart thermostat;
determining, based on the radar data, that a distance between a person and the smart thermostat is less than a predetermined distance;
and
in response to determining that the distance is less than the predetermined distance, starting a brightness lock mode, wherein starting the brightness lock mode causes the content to be displayed on the display at a second brightness level that is equal to or greater than the first brightness level.

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One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions which, when executed by a processing system, cause a smart thermostat to perform operations comprising:

measuring, using an ambient light sensor of the smart thermostat, a plurality of ambient light level values of an environment surrounding the smart thermostat;
displaying, on a display of the smart thermostat, content at a first brightness level;
acquiring, from a radar sensor of the smart thermostat, radar data indicative of motion in the environment surrounding the smart thermostat;
determining, based on the radar data, that a distance between a person and the smart thermostat is less than a predetermined distance;
and
in response to determining that the distance is less than the predetermined distance, starting a brightness lock mode, wherein starting the brightness lock mode causes the content to be displayed on the display at a second brightness level that is equal to or greater than the first brightness level.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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