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Patent No.:

US 9740385 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2015

User-friendly, network-connected, smart-home controller and related systems and methods

Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Anthony Michael Fadell, Portola Valley, CA (US);

Matthew Lee Rogers, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Edwin H. Satterthwaite, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Ian C. Smith, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Daniel Adam Warren, San Francisco, CA (US);

Joseph E. Palmer, San Jose, CA (US);

Shigefumi Honjo, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Grant M. Ericson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jonathan Alan Dutra, Saratoga, CA (US);

Hugo Fiennes, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Ziaul Karim

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); F24F 11/02 (2006.01); G01R 31/26 (2014.01); F24F 11/00 (2006.01); G05D 23/19 (2006.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01); G01J 5/04 (2006.01); G06N 99/00 (2010.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G01K 1/02 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G05D 23/24 (2006.01); G05D 23/275 (2006.01); G05D 23/27 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H01H 25/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); F24F 11/00 (2013.01); F24F 11/001 (2013.01); F24F 11/006 (2013.01); F24F 11/0009 (2013.01); F24F 11/0012 (2013.01); F24F 11/0034 (2013.01); F24F 11/0076 (2013.01); F24F 11/0086 (2013.01); F24F 11/02 (2013.01); G01J 5/0025 (2013.01); G01J 5/041 (2013.01); G01K 1/02 (2013.01); G01R 31/26 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G05D 23/19 (2013.01); G05D 23/1902 (2013.01); G05D 23/1919 (2013.01); G05D 23/1932 (2013.01); G05D 23/24 (2013.01); G05D 23/2454 (2013.01); G05D 23/27 (2013.01); G05D 23/275 (2013.01); G06F 1/3231 (2013.01); G06F 1/3265 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/042 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06N 99/005 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); F24F 2011/0035 (2013.01); F24F 2011/0036 (2013.01); F24F 2011/0047 (2013.01); F24F 2011/0061 (2013.01); F24F 2011/0068 (2013.01); F24F 2011/0071 (2013.01); F24F 2011/0075 (2013.01); F24F 2011/0091 (2013.01); F24F 2011/0094 (2013.01); H01H 25/06 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01); Y02T 10/88 (2013.01);
Abstract

A thermostat for controlling an HVAC system in an enclosure may include a passive infrared sensor, an active infrared sensor, and an electronic display having a first mode and a second mode. The thermostat may also include one or more processors programmed to change a setpoint temperature of the thermostat to an energy-saving temperature upon detection of a non-occupancy condition for the enclosure. The processor(s) may detect the non-occupancy condition based at least in part on readings received from the passive infrared sensor. The processor(s) may also be programmed to change the electronic display from the first mode to the second mode upon detection of a person approaching the thermostat. The processor(s) may detect a person approaching the thermostat based at least in part on readings received from the active infrared sensor.

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