Thermostat with set point range feedback
First Claim
1. A thermostat control system with set point ranging analysis, the system comprising:
- an energy consumption device having an input to accept an energy resource, an input to accept consumption commands, and an output to supply a controlled temperature medium;
a sensor having an output to supply a temperature measurement responsive to the temperature medium;
a thermostat user interface (UI) to accept a temperature set point input from a user, and to present a set point range, where the set point range is a range of permitted sensor temperature measurement variations from the set point input;
a processor;
a non-transitory memory;
an energy management application stored as a sequence of software instructions in the memory and executed by the processor for managing the energy consumption device and the thermostat UI, the energy management application supplying the set point range to the thermostat UI in response to analyzing the set point input and the sensor temperature measurement;
wherein the thermostat UI includes;
a major thermostat scale for presenting a current temperature and an overall range of feasible temperatures;
a high temperature set point input with respect to the major thermostat scale;
a low temperature set point indictor indicating the low temperature set point input with respect to the major thermostat scale;
a first minor thermostat scale for presenting the high temperature set point range, bracketing the high temperature set point indicator with a maximum temperature value representing a highest temperature in the high temperature set point range, and a minimum temperature value representing a lowest temperature in the high temperature set point range; and
,a second minor thermostat scale for presenting the low temperature set point range, bracketing the low temperature set point indicator with a maximum temperature value representing a highest temperature in the low temperature set point range, and a minimum temperature value representing a lowest temperature in the low temperature set point range.
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Abstract
A thermostat user interface (UI) is provided for presenting calculated set point ranges. The thermostat UI has a major thermostat scale for presenting a current temperature and an overall range of feasible temperatures. A set point indictor indicates a set point input (e.g., desired temperature) with respect to the major thermostat scale. A minor thermostat scale presents a set point range, where the set point range is a range of permitted temperature measurement variations from the set point input. The set point range brackets the set point indicator with a maximum temperature value representing a highest temperature in the set point range, and a minimum temperature value representing a lowest temperature in the set point range. If high and low temperature set point indictors are used, then there are first and second minor thermostat scales bracketing, respectively, the high and low temperature set point indicators.
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22 Claims
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1. A thermostat control system with set point ranging analysis, the system comprising:
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an energy consumption device having an input to accept an energy resource, an input to accept consumption commands, and an output to supply a controlled temperature medium; a sensor having an output to supply a temperature measurement responsive to the temperature medium; a thermostat user interface (UI) to accept a temperature set point input from a user, and to present a set point range, where the set point range is a range of permitted sensor temperature measurement variations from the set point input; a processor; a non-transitory memory; an energy management application stored as a sequence of software instructions in the memory and executed by the processor for managing the energy consumption device and the thermostat UI, the energy management application supplying the set point range to the thermostat UI in response to analyzing the set point input and the sensor temperature measurement; wherein the thermostat UI includes; a major thermostat scale for presenting a current temperature and an overall range of feasible temperatures; a high temperature set point input with respect to the major thermostat scale; a low temperature set point indictor indicating the low temperature set point input with respect to the major thermostat scale; a first minor thermostat scale for presenting the high temperature set point range, bracketing the high temperature set point indicator with a maximum temperature value representing a highest temperature in the high temperature set point range, and a minimum temperature value representing a lowest temperature in the high temperature set point range; and
,a second minor thermostat scale for presenting the low temperature set point range, bracketing the low temperature set point indicator with a maximum temperature value representing a highest temperature in the low temperature set point range, and a minimum temperature value representing a lowest temperature in the low temperature set point range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A thermostat user interface (UI) for presenting calculated set point ranges, the thermostat UI comprising:
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a major thermostat scale for presenting a current temperature and an overall range of feasible temperatures; a set point indictor indicating a set point input with respect to the major thermostat scale, the set point indicator comprising; a high temperature set point indictor indicating the high temperature set point input with respect to the major thermostat scale; a low temperature set point indictor indicating the low temperature set point input with respect to the major thermostat scale; a minor thermostat scale for presenting a set point range, where the set point range is a range of permitted temperature measurement variations from the set point input, the set point range bracketing the set point indicator with a maximum temperature value representing a highest temperature in the set point range, and a minimum temperature value representing a lowest temperature in the set point range, the minor thermostat scale comprising; a first minor thermostat scale bracketing the high temperature set point indicator, with a maximum temperature value representing to highest temperature in the high temperature set point range, and a minimum temperature value representing a lowest temperature in the high temperature set point range; and
,a second minor thermostat scale bracketing the low temperature set point indicator, with a maximum temperature value representing a highest temperature in the low temperature set point range, and a minimum temperature value representing a lowest temperature in the low temperature set point range. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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