Device for controlling home automation equipment of a building
First Claim
1. A control device for controlling home automation equipment of a building, comprisinga display screen, in which a first portion of the screen is assigned to the display of type icons,a type icon representing a set of home automation equipment of one and the same type, this first portion also being assigned to the display of location icons,a location icon representing a set of home automation equipment installed in one and the same place in the building such as a room or a group of rooms,wherein an equipment icon can be associated with a type icon and one or more location icons;
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Abstract
Device (60; 100) for controlling home automation equipment (1a, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, 4a, 5a) of a building, comprising a display screen (101), in which the screen is assigned to the display of type icons (ITYP1, ITYP2, ITYP3, ITYP4, ITYP5), a type icon representing a set of home automation equipment of one and the same type, the screen also being assigned to the display of location icons (ILOC0, ILOC1, ILOC2, ILOC3, ILOC4, ILOC5), a location icon representing a set of home automation equipment installed in one and the same place in the building, which control device comprises a first selection or navigation means (103, 104, 105, 106) making it possible to position, in a reduced area (98) of the screen, either, a selected type icon or location icon, so as to display on the screen equipment icons (4, 5, 123, 123′, 125, 125′, 131, 131′) representative of the home automation equipment assigned to said selected type icon or location icon.
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1. A control device for controlling home automation equipment of a building, comprising
a display screen, in which a first portion of the screen is assigned to the display of type icons, a type icon representing a set of home automation equipment of one and the same type, this first portion also being assigned to the display of location icons, a location icon representing a set of home automation equipment installed in one and the same place in the building such as a room or a group of rooms, wherein an equipment icon can be associated with a type icon and one or more location icons; - and
wherein the control device comprises a first selection or navigation means making it possible to position, in a reduced area of the screen, either a selected type icon or location icon, so as to automatically display in a second portion of the screen equipment icons representative of the home automation equipment assigned to said selected type icon or location icon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16)
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15. A control device for controlling home automation equipment of a building, comprising a display screen in which a first portion of the screen is assigned to the display of type icons, a type icon representing a set of home automation equipment of one and the same type, wherein the control device comprises means for automatically creating and displaying new type icons as new equipment belonging to a new type is recognized in the installation.
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