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HVAC graphical user interface with visual obscurity and methods of use thereof

US10990261B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC. · US

Inventors

Sriram Sreenivasan · Chennai, IN
James Brink · Andover, US
Rick Kloeppner · Dayton, US
Sean Fuller Mosley · Minneapolis, US
Susan M. Mairs · Windom, US
Harikrishnan M G · Chennai, IN
Sagar Sampat Salunkhe · Ghoti, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 2018
Grant date	Apr 27, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 20, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2203/04804
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An HVAC controller operable in an occupied mode and an unoccupied mode and includes a touch-responsive display. The controller displays an informational region having non-interactive user interface elements, a control region having interactive user-interface elements and an override region having an occupied status display and an occupancy override control having an override state and a non-override state. The visual properties of the variable opacity region is manipulated to guide the user during use of the HVAC controller.

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