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US 5,937,942 AGranted
Electronic programmable thermostat with temporary reset
AssigneeHunter Fan Company
InventorsLarry Stephen Bias, Chung Ming Cheng
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AssigneeHunter Fan Company
InventorsLarry Stephen Bias, Chung Ming Cheng
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An electronic programmable thermostat having a program set made up of a plurality of program start times and program temperature values for a daily time period which can be automatically vacated upon initiation by the thermostat user. The user may initiate a temporary reset of the program time/temperature values whereby a microprocessor sets a new temperature value corresponding to a comfort temperature value obtained from one of the program temperature values. Preferably, the system automatically sets a temperature value equal to the highest temperature value of the program set temperatures, when in a heating mode, or the lowest temperature value when in a cooling mode. The system maintains such reset values until the beginning of one of the program start times depending upon when the reset feature was selected by the user.
A programmable thermostat for controlling temperature in accordance with program set temperature values, said programmable thermostat including a memory for receiving a program set for at least one of a heating and cooling mode, said program set defined by a plurality of time/temperature programs, over a daily period, each program including a program start time value, and corresponding program temperature values for each of the at least one heating and cooling modes;
A method of pre-programming a thermostat having a display, a plurality of operator selectable input elements, a memory for storing a program set of plural time values over a daily time period and corresponding heating and cooling temperature set point values, and a processor for controlling the thermostat setting of heating and cooling temperatures in accordance with the time and temperature set point values of the program set stored in memory and for temporarily changing the heating and cooling set point temperatures, said thermostat pre-programmed to perform the steps of:
A programmable thermostat operable in a program mode for controlling temperature in accordance with program set temperature values, said programmable thermostat including a memory for receiving a program set for at least one of a heating and cooling operation, said program set defined by a plurality of time/temperature programs, over a daily period, each program including a program start time value, and a corresponding program temperature value;
A method of pre-programming a thermostat having a display, a plurality of operator selectable input elements, a memory for storing a program set of plural time values over a daily time period and corresponding heating and cooling temperature set point values, and a processor for controlling the thermostat setting of heating and cooling temperatures in accordance with the time and temperature set point values of the program set stored in memory and for temporarily changing the heating and cooling set point temperatures, said thermostat pre-programmed to perform the steps of:
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