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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2007
Marcus D. Stoner, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Robert J. Schnell, Plymouth, MN (US);
David A. Schultz, Savage, MN (US);
Cary Leen, Hammond, WI (US);
Marcus D. Stoner, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Robert J. Schnell, Plymouth, MN (US);
David A. Schultz, Savage, MN (US);
Cary Leen, Hammond, WI (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A building controller for controlling the comfort level in a building is described. The building controller may include a thermostat and wireless remote controller for communicating with the thermostat from a remote location. The thermostat may have access to a first temperature sensor for sensing a first temperature, sometimes at or near the thermostat. The remote controller may likewise have a second temperature sensor for sensing a second temperature, sometimes at or near the remote controller. Under some conditions, the thermostat may use the second temperature sensed by the remote controller to control the comfort level in a building unless or until a predetermined condition is detected, after which the thermostat may use a different temperature, such as the first temperature at or near the thermostat, to control the comfort level in a building.