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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2017
Lennox Industries, Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Farhad Abrishamkar, Dallas, TX (US);
Anna Vishinsky, Little Elm, TX (US);
Alan E. Bennett, Denton, TX (US);
Lennox Industries Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Abstract
According to certain embodiments, a controller is operable to instruct a climate control system to operate according to an occupied mode or an unoccupied mode based on a pre-defined schedule. The occupied mode uses pre-defined settings associated with an occupied status, and the unoccupied mode uses pre-defined settings associated with an unoccupied status. The controller is operable to receive an indication that an occupancy sensor detects a space as being occupied. In response to receiving the indication when the pre-defined schedule requires the climate control system to operate in the unoccupied mode, the controller is operable to instruct the climate control system to use the pre-defined settings associated with the occupied status during an override time period.