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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2014
Ademco Inc., Golden Valley, MN (US);
Cary Leen, Hammond, WI (US);
Jan Tesitel, Brno, CZ;
Jan Pospisil, Moravia, CZ;
Jan Vozenilek, Brno, CZ;
Petr Racansky, Vazany Vyskovske, CZ;
Michael Bruce, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Reed Bisson, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Ademco Inc., Golden Valley, MN (US);
Abstract
An HVAC controller including a controller and a display operatively coupled to the controller. The display may include a first region and a second region. The first region of the display may have an array of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns for displaying an image in a dot matrix format. The second region of the display may have a plurality of predefined fixed segment graphical icons. The controller may be configured to display one or more programmable options of the HVAC controller in the first region of the display for selection by a user, where the programmable options may be used to set settings that are capable of controlling subsequent operations and/or functionality of the HVAC controller. The controller may be configured to selectively animate one or more of the programmable options displayed in the first region.