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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2000
Jerry L. Proffitt, Wabash, IN (US);
Raymond J. Archacki, Jr., Wethersfield, CT (US);
Carrier Corporation, Syracuse, NY (US);
Abstract
A thermostat receives requests to enter into setback modes of operation whereby at least one set point normally used by the thermostat is changed. The thermostat is operative to compute the time that elapses during each setback mode of operation. The thermostat is also operative to maintain a running total of such computed times in order to respond to any request for the total accumulated time that has elapsed in the setback modes of operation. This includes computing, if necessary, the amount of time that has elapsed in a setback mode of operation occurring during a request for the total accumulated time. The thermostat is furthermore operative to set the total accumulated time to zero in response to a request to initialize the total accumulated time.