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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2018
Trane International Inc., Davidson, NC (US);
Sriram Sreenivasan, Chennai, IN;
James Brink, Andover, MN (US);
Rick Kloeppner, Dayton, MN (US);
Sean Fuller Mosley, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Susan M. Mairs, St. Paul, MN (US);
Harikrishnan M G, Chennai, IN;
Sagar Sampat Salunkhe, Ghoti Khurd, IN;
Trane International Inc., Davidson, NC (US);
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.