Controller interface with multiple day programming

US7890195B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. · US

Inventors

• Gabriel A. Bergman · Minneapolis, US
• Eugene J. Takach · Eden Prairie, US
• Marcus D. Stoner · Minnetonka, US
• John B. Amundson · Plymouth, US
• Philip O. Readio · Savage, US
• Paul G. Schwendinger · St. Louis Park, US
• Jeff D. Boll · Brooklyn Park, US
• Ian Thomson · Lesmahagow, GB
• Colin T. Ferguson · Lesmahagow, GB
• George J. Mcleod · Bannockburn, GB
• James A. Wolfbauer · Ramsey, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 4, 2010
• Grant date: Feb 15, 2011
• Expiry date: Feb 4, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05D23/1904
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A controller equipped with a user interface having multiple-day programming capabilities, including methods of programming such devices, are disclosed. The user interface may include one or more menus or screens that can be used to program a schedule for one or more selected days during the week. An illustrative method of programming the controller may include the steps of entering a scheduling routine, selecting multiple days for schedule modification, changing the schedule parameters for one or more periods during the selected days, and then exiting the scheduling routine.