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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2015
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Vivek Goyal, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Stefanski, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Saltzman, Stanford, CA (US);
Mark Stefanski, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Sloo, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Isabel Thornton, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A thermostat may include a user interface configured to display at least a first graphical display and a second graphical display, a first proximity sensor having a first responsive range, and a second proximity sensor having a second responsive range. A processing system may be programmed to control the user interface by receiving an indication of a user presence within the second responsive range from the second proximity sensor while not receiving an indication of a user presence within the first responsive range from the first proximity sensor and causing the user interface to display the second graphical display. The processing system may also be programmed to receive an indication of a user presence within the first responsive range from the first proximity sensor and an indication of the user presence within the second responsive range from the second proximity sensor and cause the user interface to transition from the second graphical display to the first graphical display.