Adjustable display resolution for thermostat
AssigneeRanco Incorporated of Delaware
InventorsJohn Gilman Chapman, Jr., Tony Gray
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Abstract
A visual display system for use with a digital thermostat is provided. The visual display system provides an adjustable display resolution for the temperature readout provided thereon. This adjustable display resolution may be changed as desired by a user via a resolution adjustment menu. The display resolution may be adjusted to display the temperature information in tenths of degrees, half degrees, whole degrees, etc. as desired by a user. Such a display system accommodates different display resolution requirements of different original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers who may desire different displayed resolutions without having to manufacture and stock different models.
Claims9
A digital thermostat, comprising;
- a user display screen;
- a temperature display screen displayed o the user displayed screen, the temperature display screen including a display of a current temperature having a user adjustable temperature display resolution;
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- a display resolution menu including thereon a plurality of selectable temperature display resolutions, and wherein the resolution of the display of the current temperature on the temperature display screen is dependent on which one of the plurality of selectable temperature display resolutions is selected.
A method of displaying temperature information on a digital thermostat, comprising the steps of:
- displaying the temperature information using a preset display resolution;
- receiving a user input requesting to change the preset display resolution;
- displaying a display resolution menu having a plurality of selectable display resolutions provided thereon;
- receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of selectable display resolutions;
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- displaying the temperature information using the one of the plurality of selectable display resolutions selected by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.