Thermostat with direction handoff features
AssigneeJohnson Controls Technology Company
InventorWilliam P. Alberth, JR.
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Abstract
A thermostat in a building includes an occupancy sensor configured to collect occupancy data. The thermostat includes a communications interface configured to communicate with one or more display devices for the building and a user interface configured to display information to a user and receive input from the user. The thermostat includes a processing circuit configured to identify the user based on the occupancy data and generate building navigation directions based on the identity of the user and cause the user interface to display at least a portion of the building navigation directions. The processing circuit is configured to cause the communications interface to send at least a portion of the building navigation directions to at least one of the display devices in the building.
Claims20
A first thermostat of a building, the first thermostat comprising:
- a communications interface configured to communicate with one or more other thermostats of the building comprising a second thermostat;
- a user interface configured to display information to a user and receive input from the user;
- and
- a processing circuit configured to:
- generate building navigation directions, wherein the building navigation directions comprise a first building navigation direction and a second building navigation direction;
- cause the user interface to display the first building navigation direction;
- and
- cause the communications interface to send the second building navigation direction to the second thermostat of the building.
A first thermostat of a building, the first thermostat comprising:
- an occupancy sensor configured to collect occupancy data;
- a communications interface configured to communicate with one or more other thermostats of the building comprising a second thermostat;
- a user interface configured to display information to a user and receive input from the user;
- and
- a processing circuit configured to:
- identify the user based on the occupancy data;
- generate building navigation directions comprising a first building navigation direction and a second building navigation direction based on the identity of the user;
- cause the user interface to display the first building navigation direction;
- and
- cause the communications interface to send the second building navigation direction to the second thermostat of the building.
A method for displaying building navigation directions via a first thermostat of a building, the method comprising:
- collecting, by the first thermostat, occupancy data from an occupancy sensor and identifying a user based on the occupancy data;
- generating, by the first thermostat, the building navigation directions based on the identity of the user, wherein the building navigation directions comprise a first building navigation direction and a second building navigation direction;
- causing, by the first thermostat, a user interface of the first thermostat to display the first building navigation direction;
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- sending, by the first thermostat, the second building navigation direction to a second thermostat of the building.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.