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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2014
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Jay Nelson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Hari Thiruvengada, Plymouth, MN (US);
Preston Gilmer, Delano, MN (US);
Thomas Gessner, Plymouth, MN (US);
Martin Adamek, Pelhrimov, CZ;
Martin Skala, Olomouc, CZ;
Juraj Buno, Stara Tura, SK;
Soumitri Kolavennu, Blaine, MN (US);
Max Peterschmidt, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Libor Horky, Brno, CZ;
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Abstract
An HVAC controller may be controlled in response to a natural language audio message that is not recognizable by the HVAC controller as a command, where the natural language audio message is translated into a command recognizable by the HVAC controller. The HVAC controller may be a thermostat and may include a housing that at least partially houses a control module, a microphone, a speaker, a display, and a voice recognition module. The voice recognition module recognizes a predetermined audible trigger from a recorded voice message or streamed voice message, and in response, provide one or more audio clips via the speaker and/or video clips via the display to assist users in operating the thermostat. A user may communicate with the thermostat via the thermostat and/or a remote device.