WO2007027549A2 - Adjustable display resolution for thermostat - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
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- the present invention relates generally to digital thermostats, and more particularly to digital thermostats that have a user interface display screen for displaying of heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) information.
- HVAC heating, ventilating and air conditioning
- HVAC heating, ventilating, and air conditioning
- the present invention provides a new and improved digital thermostat. More particularly, the present invention provides a new and improved digital thermostat having a display system that allows the displayed resolution of the temperature readout displayed thereon to be changed. Even more particularly, the present invention provides a new and improved display system for a digital thermostat that allows to be changed by an installer and/or end user to meet the desires and needs of that end user.
- the adjustable resolution display system that allows the configuration of the display resolution at run time allows an OEM to ship units with the resolution configured to their liking, and also allows a customer to change it if they so desire.
- the ability to modify the display resolution can also be disabled in one embodiment to suit a particular OEM's requirements. Customers who do not care to have the finest resolution displayed can back off the resolution while the unit is installed, thus providing them with more control over their system.
- the display resolution may be varied by accessing a user preferences menu that includes a resolution adjustment selectable item.
- the display resolution maybe adjusted to display tenths of degrees, half degrees, and whole degrees on the user display screen.
- Other embodiments of the present invention include other display resolutions, including even or odd tenths of degrees, quarter degrees, even or odd degrees, etc. as desired by user demands.
- FIG. 1 is a top view illustration of an embodiment of a thermostat constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention.
- FIGs. 2-11 illustrate user display screens generated by and usable with the embodiment of the thermostat of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 1 An embodiment of a thermostat constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention that incorporates the display system of the present invention is illustrated in FIG. 1.
- an internal temperature sensor is included within the thermostat 100.
- this embodiment of the thermostat 100 includes a user display 102 on which is displayed programmatic, system, and ambient information regarding the operation of the HVAC system.
- This user display 102 may take various forms as are well-known in the art, and in a preferred embodiment is a dot matrix LCD display. With such a display 102, the consumer may activate various programmatic and control functions via a pair of soft keys 104, 106.
- the functionality executed by these soft keys 104, 106 varies dependent upon the programmatic state in which the thermostat 100 is at the time one of the soft keys 104, 106 is depressed.
- the particular functionality that will be instituted upon selection of one of the soft keys 104, 106 is displayed in an area of the user display 102 proximate the key 104, 106 which will institute that function. That is, the function that will be instituted upon selection of soft key 104 will be located generally in the lower left hand portion of user display 102 while the functionality that will be instituted by selection of soft key 106 will be located generally in the lower right hand portion of user display 102.
- These functional indicators may change depending on the program state and mode in which the thermostat is currently operating.
- this embodiment of the thermostat 100 of the present invention also includes adjustment keys 108, 110.
- These adjustment keys 108, 110 may serve to adjust a currently selected parameter up or down, such as in the case of setting the control temperature at which the thermostat will maintain the ambient environment. Additionally, these keys 108, 110 may scroll through the available data for a selected parameter, such as scrolling through alphanumeric data that may be selected for a given parameter.
- These keys 108, 110 may also function as soft keys depending on the programmatic state in which the thermostat is operating.
- buttons 104-110 illustrated in the embodiment of FIG. 1.
- the thermostat 100 also includes operating mode visual indicators 112, 114, 116. These indicators 112-116 provide a visual indication of the current operating mode of the thermostat. In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1, indicator 112 will illuminate while the thermostat 100 is operating in the cooling mode. Indicator 116 will illuminate while the thermostat 100 is operating in the heating mode. Finally, indicator 114 will illuminate to indicate that the fan is operating. Depending on the particular application, this indicator 114 may illuminate whenever the fan is running, or may illuminate only when the fan is selected to run continuously.
- these indicators 112-116 may operate as user selectable switches to allow the consumer to select the operating mode of the thermostat 100. For example, during the summer months the consumer may select the cooling mode by depressing indicator 112. In this mode, the furnace will not be turned on even if the interior ambient temperature drops below the setpoint. To switch from the cooling to the heating mode of operation, the consumer, in this alternate embodiment, would need to select indicator 116 to allow the thermostat 100 to operate the furnace. Consumer selection in this embodiment of indicator 114 would operate the fan continuously, as opposed to its normal automatic operation based upon a call for cooling or heat by the thermostat 100. In a still further embodiment of the present invention, the indicators 112-116 may also be utilized to provide a visual indication of system trouble, or that there is a system reminder message being displayed on user screen 102.
- FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary main display screen 120 that may be displayed on the user interface 102 of the digital thermostat 100 illustrated in FIG. 1. It should be noted, however, that the particular items illustrated in each of the screen shots discussed herein are provided by way of example only, and in no way limit the scope of the invention. Such particular menu screens are provided merely to illustrate the inventive features of the present invention in its various forms.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a main, idle or default display screen 120 that includes various items of information that will normally be displayed on the thermostat display 102 during normal operation thereof.
- date and time information is displayed along an upper portion 122 of the screen 120, however this information is not limiting to the scope of the invention.
- this exemplary display screen 120 includes an indication of the outside temperature 124 as well as two selectable options of mode 126 and menu 128 that may be activated by selection of soft key 104 or 106 (see FIG. 1), respectively. Additional or less information may also be displayed on this default display screen 120 as desired by the manufacturer, OEM customer, and/or consumers.
- the default display screen 120 also displays the sensed interior temperature 130. This temperature may be displayed in Fahrenheit or Celsius without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. As illustrated in this FIG. 2, the temperature information 130 included on screen 120 is displayed with a resolution in tenths of a degree. However, as an aspect of the present invention this display resolution may be changed.
- the end user, OEM customer, service personnel and/or manufacturer may change the display resolution by selecting soft key 106 in proximity to the menu function 128.
- a main menu screen 132 such as that illustrated in FIG. 3 is displayed.
- a user would navigate the selectable items in the main menu via selection keys 108, 110 (see FIG. 1) until the user preferences item 134 is highlighted.
- the user would select soft key 106 in proximity to the select functionality 136 to pull up the user preferences menu 138 illustrated in FIG. 4.
- the user would navigate this menu via selection keys 108, 110 until the resolution item 140 is highlighted.
- the resolution item 140 also provides an indication of the current setting of this item, to wit tenths of degrees, at location 142.
- the user would select soft key 106 in proximity to the select functionality 144 to display the display resolution menu 146 illustrated in FIG. 5.
- the display resolution may be set to tenths of a degree 148, half of a degree 150, or whole degrees 152. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the tenths selection 148 is highlighted, which is consistent with the displayed resolution illustrated in FIG. 2.
- the user is able, via selection keys 108, 110 in the illustrated embodiment of thermostat 100, to change the resolution of the temperature displayed on the default menu 120 of FIG. 2. If the user wishes to cancel or abort this resolution change, the user could select soft key 104 in proximity to the cancel functionality 154. If, instead, the user wishes to accept the highlighted display resolution, the user would select soft key 106 in proximity to the accept functionality 156.
- the user would select option 150 on the display resolution screen 146 as illustrated in FIG. 6. Once the half degree item 150 has been highlighted, the user would then depress soft key 106 in proximity to the accept functionality 156 to reset the display resolution to half degrees. This selection is confirmed on the user preferences menu 138 as illustrated in FIG. 7. As may be seen from this FIG. 7, the resolution item 140 now provides an indication at location 142 of the display resolution being half degrees. [0029] Once the display resolution has been adjusted to half degrees, the default or idle display screen 120 will appear as illustrated in FIG. 8. As maybe seen, the display temperature 130 now reads 70.0 as opposed to 69.8 as it did when tenths of a degree resolution was set.
- the temperature displayed on this idle screen 120 will vary in one-half degree steps, e.g., 70.0, 70.5, 71.0, 71.5, etc. Such a resolution may be more pleasing to consumers who do not wish to see the display change for every .1 degree difference in temperature.
- the default display screen 120 With such a whole degree temperature display resolution set, the default display screen 120 will now appear as illustrated in FIG. 11. As may be seen, the temperature display 130 simply displays a temperature of 70 without any decimal point or tenths of a degree displayed on the screen 120. With this display resolution selected, the temperature reading 130 on the default screen 120 will now vary only in whole degrees, e.g., 70, 71, 72, etc.
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