Rapid programming of thermostat with multiple programming mode
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1. M TU W TH F SA SU SIE E 157 165 Figure 4 U S Patent Aug 27 2013 Sheet 4 of 4 US 8 517 088 B2 7 Day Programming Call Individual PROG Button Day Duration Programming Routine Call 7 Day Routine Display C all 7 Days Display First Event Hour Flashes Adjust Hour for Event Press NEXT Button Minute Flashes Adjust Minute for Event Press NEXT Button Temperature Flashes Adjust Increment to Temperature for Next Event Event Press NEXT Button Fan Setting Flashes Adjust Fan Control for Event Press NEXT Button Exit 7 Day Routine and Display Home Screen US 8 517 088 B2 1 RAPID PROGRAMMING OF THERMOSTAT WITH MULTIPLE PROGRAMMING MODE CONDITIONS The present invention pertains to a display and method for rapid programming of a thermostat in order to control mul tiple functions of an HVAC system controlled by the thermo stat BACKGROUND Thermostats typically have multiple functions that require user input such as setting time of day day of week program ming temperature set points or programming user settings Control panels typically include an assortment of buttons for operating the thermostat and adjusting the settings Adjust ment of the thermostat settings using the assortment of but tons can often times be confusing to the user require detailed review of user manual and consume much time in order to properly operate the thermostat and adj2. 55 60 65 6 MORN icon 125 is displayed Other icons such as DAY EVE and NIGHT will be displayed in order to allow for rapid programming by a fractional period such as the day time evening or night periods A first event is selected by touching the SYSTEM button 152 to select HEAT mode for winter or COOL mode for summer In a commercial programming mode the time and tem perature set points may be adjusted for a fractional period such as an OCCUPIED or UNOCCUPIED period Fol lowing selection of the HEAT or COOL mode the OCCUPIED period event time and temperature can be pro grammed and the OCCUPIED icon 167 can be pro grammed and the OCCUPIED icon will be displayed FIG 4 Thereafter the UNOCCUPIED period event may be programmed and an UNOCCUPIED icon can be dis played The microprocessor 14 advances the display logic to Step D which provides for the alpha numeric icon 160 indicating the set point for the time of day The alpha numeric icon 160 will flash e g on and off or lighter and darker to identify for the user that the time of day may be adjusted As depicted in FIG 3 the alpha numeric icon 160 is a display of the time 6 00 a m and the numeral 6 is flashing along with the a m flashing to indicate that the user may adjust the hour set point In an embodiment the set point for the time may be adjuste
3. the display screen functionality The display screen 12 includes displayable touch sensitive areas see FIG 2 As will be discussed in greater detail below the combination of the actuation of Switch 1 and Switch 2 via the rocker switch 20 and the touch sensitive areas 13 on the display screen 12 allow the microprocessor 14 to monitor and control the air handler HVAC system 21 or any other system to which the thermostat 10 is connected The physical construction of the invention is described with respect to FIG 2 as follows A thermostat 10 or control ler includes a display screen 12 and a printed circuit board mounted within a housing A rocker switch mechanical but ton 20 is formed of a longitudinal bar having a first end 22 and a second end 23 The thermostat 10 includes a front face The rocker switch 20 is mounted so that the switch button is exposed in the front face 17 and may be easily operated by a user As shown in FIG 2 the thermostat 10 is oriented so that the first end 22 of the rocker switch 20 is oriented at the upper portion of the thermostat 10 and the second end 23 of the rocker switch 20 is located toward the lower portion of the thermostat In this orientation the rocker switch 20 may provide for the first end 22 to act as the up incrementation or adjustment of a set point and the second end 23 indicates down decrementation or adjustment of a set point The rocker switch 20 may also adjust modes of the the
4. areas provided by a touch sensitive area above the display screen 12 For example in the display for the touch sensitive area on the right side of the display screen 12 including CLEAN CONFIG HUMIDITY OUTDOOR form ing a row of four icon touch sensitive area 50a 1505 a single long touch activation area on the touch membrane above the screen layer 12 will be provided Likewise on the left side of the display screen 12 an L shape touch sensitive area on the membrane below the touch screen layer 12 will be provided over the touch sensitive area 150a 1505 on the display screen 12 coinciding with the SYSTEM FAN PROG HOLD AND DAY TIME icons Thus in the embodi ment described above it may be understood that there is no touch sensing capabilities in the center of the display screen 12 where the numeric icons 110 for the current room tem perature set point or time set point are displayed In the embodiment depicted in FIG 2 the alpha numeric icons 120 provided in each of the touch sensitive area 150a 1505 are modes of operation for the thermostat 10 Generally speak ing the modes of operation may be activated by touching the display screen 12 associated with the particular mode as identified by the alpha numeric icons 120 For example the action of the user s finger applied to the display screen 12 at the area identified by the alpha numeric icon CLEAN 120 bounded by the
5. refers to the combination ofthe alpha numeric icon for example SYSTEM and the touch sensitive area 150 designated by the rectangular outline ofthe pad Soft button refers to those buttons located on the touch screen display 12 and HARD button refers to a button separate from the touch screen display i e the rocker switch 20 Turning to FIGS 3 5 the operation ofthe seven day whole week programming functionality ofthe present invention will be described The flow chart of FIG 5 indicates the steps A K followed by the thermostat 10 and the displays for such cor responding operations are depicted in FIGS 3 and 4 Step A requires the user to activate the PROG touch sensitive area 156 in order to select the individual day programming mode or the seven day programming mode The system is pro grammed to include a pre determined time trigger with respect to the duration that the program button 156 is depressed In an embodiment the predetermined time trigger is set for3 seconds Ifthe program button is depressed for less than 3 seconds Step B is triggered and there is a call for the individual day programming routine and the individual day icon 122 as shown in FIG 2 will appear on the display 12 so that the user may program the time and temperature set points as the display is incremented day by day As discussed above the individual day programming mode will be more time consuming than the seven day programming mo
6. US008517088B2 az United States Patent 10 Patent No US 8 517 088 B2 Moore et al 45 Date of Patent Aug 27 2013 54 RAPID PROGRAMMING OF THERMOSTAT 7 801 646 B2 9 2010 Amundson et al 700 276 WITH MULTIPLE PROGRAMMING MODE 7 861 941 B2 1 2011 Schultz etal 236 1 C CONDITIONS 7 867 646 B2 1 2011 Rhodes 429 100 8 083 154 B2 12 2011 Schultz etal 236 94 8 167 216 B2 5 2012 Schultz etal 236 51 75 Inventors Glenn A Moore Geneva IL US 8219251 B2 72012 Amundson et al 700 276 Daniel S Poplawski Oswega IL US 8 244 383 B2 8 2012 Bergman et al 700 17 Robert M Rados Yorkville IL US 8 280 536 B1 10 2012 Fadell etal 700 83 8 346 396 B2 1 2013 Amundson et al 700 276 73 Assignee Braeburn Systems LLC Montgomery 2009099 OE SAU Ehlers SER o eerste 190 276 IL US Continued Notice Subject to any disclaimer the term of this OTHER PUBLICALIONS patent is extended or adjusted under 35 Honeywell International Inc VisionPRO TH8000 Series U S C 154 b by 228 days Touchscreen Programmable Thermostat Opening Manual 2009 21 Appl No 13 045 370 Continued 22 Filed Mar 10 2011 Primary Examiner Ramesh Patel 74 Attorney Agent or Firm Arnstein amp Lehr LLP 65 Prior Publication Data US 2012 0232703 Al Sep 13 2012 57 ABSTRACT The inventio
7. d by pressing the rocker switch 20 FIG 2 Once the user is satisfied with the set point for the time as indicated by the alpha numeric icon 160 the user will press the NEXT touch sensitive area 155 In an embodiment the PROG button 156 will disappear once the seven day programming Step D begins as shown in FIG 4 Step E is initiated by flashing the minute icon 160 e g 00 In an embodiment the minutes may be adjusted in ten minute increments by depressing the rocker switch 20 FIG 2 When the NEXT touch sensitive area 155 is pressed the selected item will stop flashing After the minutes are set to the appropriate time setting the user will press the NEXT touch sensitive area 155 to advance to the next step Pressing the BACK touch sensitive area 157 will allow for naviga tion backwards In an embodiment the system will return to home or normal mode if no button is pressed for 30 seconds Step F is implemented by the flashing of the temperature alpha numeric icon 165 as shown in FIG 4 The flashing of the temperature icon 165 demonstrates to the user that he or she may program the set point for the temperature for each of the seven days In an embodiment the temperature may be adjusted in 1 F or 0 5 C increments by pressing the rocker switch 20 FIG 2 As depicted in FIG 4 the temperature is indicated as 75 or 75 degrees Fahrenheit Celsius mode may also be provided Once the set point
8. de However if each day ofthe week requires different set points then the user may prefer to implement the individual day programming mode Step B If for each day of the week the user must determine and input set points for each day using the DAY TIME button 154 and adjusting the hour minute temperature and fan settings the number of decisions the consumer must consider could require more than one hundred inputs In order to avoid such lengthy programming time the present invention provides for the seven day programming mode Step C When the PROG touch sensitive area 156 is depressed for a duration longer than the predetermined time e g 3 seconds a callis made to initiate the seven day programming mode Step C Once the user selects the seven day program ming mode the seven day programming mode icon 124 will be displayed on the display 12 In the embodiment depicted in FIG 3 the seven day programming icon 124 is M TU W TH FSA SU which indicates each ofthe seven days ofthe week simultaneously Other seven day programming icons may be provided such as a 7 DAY or calendar icon Therefore when the seven day programming mode icon 124 is displayed the user will understand that he or she is programming the time and temperature set points for each of the seven days of the week simultaneously In an embodiment the user may program all of the morning times simultaneously when the 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
9. di cates that a single day programming mode has been selected by depressing the SYSTEM touch sensitive area 152 for less than three seconds The graphical icon 140 in this embodiment is a represen tative pictorial of a fan blade and indicates that the fan mode is on and running Other types of graphical icons may be provided on the display 12 Other alpha numeric icons 120 are included within touch sensitive area 150a 1505 For example as depicted on the display 12 in the embodiment of FIG 2 the touch sensitive area 150a 1505 that are provided and designated with alpha numeric icons 120 are CLEAN CONFIG HUMIDITY OUTDOOR SYSTEM FAN PROG PROGRAM HOLD DAY TIME In the embodiment depicted in FIG 2 the touch sensitive area 150a 1505 are designated by rectangular outlines provided the display screen 12 In an alternate embodiment the display screen 12 may have no touch sensitive areas and may function solely to display alpha numeric 120 graphical 140 and numeric icons 110 In such an alternate embodiment the housing may include the rocker switch 20 and other mechanical buttons to operate the thermostat For example a first mechanical button for the menu or system function and a second mechanical button for the program function may be provided adjacent the rocker switch 20 As depicted in FIG 2 coincident with the touch sensitive area 150a 1505 displayed on the display screen 12 are sens ing
10. entire week worth of set points can be programmed 10 into the thermostat This programming can be undertaken without requiring an increment from a first day to a second day etc such as required during the individual day program ming mode In an embodiment the system may provide for a five day programming mode e g a 5 2 day residential or commercial mode for Monday Friday using one 4 event schedule and Saturday and Sunday programmed with a dif ferent 4 event schedule While various concepts have been described in detail it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications and alternatives to those concepts could be developed in light of the overall teachings of the disclosure Therefore a person skilled in the art applying ordinary skill will be able to practice the invention set forth in the claims without undue experimentation It will additionally be appre ciated that the particular concepts exposed herein are meant to be illustrative only and not limiting to the scope of the inven tion which is to be given the full breath of the appended claims and any equivalents thereof What is claimed is 1 A method for programming a thermostat comprising the steps of providing a thermostat having a display and buttons for controlling at least two modes of the thermostat includ ing a heating mode and a cooling mode and the thermo stat capable of controlling the heating and cooling con ditioning modes for e
11. esent invention may further comprise a thermostat display for programming a thermostat comprising a thermo stat including a system button and a program button a display screen including a seven day icon a temperature icon and a time icon wherein activation of the program button selects the seven day icon and activation of the system button pro vides for selection of one ofa heat mode and a cool mode and for programming all seven days simultaneously for one ofthe modes by adjustment of the temperature and time icons In an embodiment the seven day icon may comprise an alpha numeric representation of each of the seven days ofthe week In an embodiment the icon may comprise M TU W TH F SA SU In an embodiment the temperature and time icons may comprise an alpha numeric representation In an embodiment a rocker switch may be provided for adjusting set points for temperature and time of the modes In an embodiment a fan button may be provided for selecting a fan mode for the heat and cool modes In an embodiment the program button may include a pre determined time trigger so that pressing the program button for a period of time greater than the pre determined time trigger results in activation ofa seven day programming mode and pressing the program button for a period of time less than the predetermined time trigger results in activation of an individual day programming mode In an embodiment the system button and program button may be t
12. for the temperature is appropriate the user may press the NEXT touch sensitive area 155 to move to Step G in order to adjust the fan setting As discussed above the FAN icon may flash or provide some other type of icon indicating that that icon may be adjusted via the pressing of buttons on the thermostat 10 After the fan setting is adjusted the user presses the NEXT touch sensitive area 155 to advance to the next step in the sequence At Step H the system determines whether more events need to be programmed For example if the user has just completed setting for the MORN period the next event may be to set the DAY period Then the sequence of steps to adjust the hour will begin again at Step D subsequently followed by the adjustment of the set points at Steps E G Again at Step H the system will determine if there are any more events to program US 8 517 088 B2 7 If there are no more events to program the next step is to exit the seven day programming mode at Step J by completing a 30 second timeout or by pressing the RETURN button 150c which will cause the home screen to be displayed For example the display 12 as depicted in FIG 2 may be dis played Then at Step K the programming has ended and the user may allow the thermostat to run automatically according to the set points inputted Thus it can be understood that in less than twenty steps via use of the seven day programming mode the
13. ing 8 The method of claim 1 wherein the first programming mode is activated by depressing a program button and the program button includes a predetermined time trigger of 3 0 seconds so that pressing the program button for a period of time greater than 3 0 seconds results in activation of a seven day programming mode and pressing the program button for a period of time less than 3 0 seconds results in activation of an individual day programming mode 9 The method of claim 1 wherein the system button and program button are touch sensitive areas on the display screen of the thermostat 10 The method of claim 1 wherein the seven day program ming is for setting one of the heating and the cooling modes 11 A method for programming a thermostat comprising the steps of providing a thermostat having a display and buttons for controlling at least two modes of the thermostat and the thermostat capable of controlling the heating and cool ing conditioning modes for every day of the week activating a first programming mode button having a first pre selected duration trigger in order to select a first day for setting the conditioning mode activating a second programming mode button having a second pre selected duration trigger that is longer than the first pre selected duration trigger in order to select programming for all seven days simultaneously 12 The method of claim 11 wherein the buttons are mechanical buttons disposed on a housing of
14. method for program ming a thermostat comprising the steps of providing a ther mostat having a display and buttons for controlling at least two modes of a thermostat including a heating mode and a cooling mode and a thermostat capable of controlling the heating and cooling modes for each of seven days activating a first programming mode in order to select all seven days simultaneously displaying a seven day icon on the display during the heating mode selection activating a second pro gramming mode in order to select all seven days for the cooling mode for all seven days simultaneously and display ing the seven day icon on the display during the cooling mode selection In an embodiment the buttons may be mechanical buttons disposed on a housing of the thermostat In an embodiment the buttons may be touch sensitive areas displayed on a dis play screen of the thermostat In an embodiment the buttons 5 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 2 may be a combination of a mechanical button and a touch sensitive area button In an embodiment a mechanical button may be a rocker switch In an embodiment the method may comprise the step of selecting the temperature and duration for a fractional day period such as a morning period a daytime period an evening period a night period occupied period or unoccu pied period In an embodiment the method may further com prise the step of selecting a fan setting The pr
15. n provides for a controller such as a thermostat 51 Int Cl for an HVAC System comprising a housing having a circuit GOSD 23 19 2006 01 board and a display screen the display screen having at least G05D 23 00 2006 01 one alpha numeric icon and a group of input control areas A 52 U S Cl microprocessor is provided for control on the display screen USPC 165 238 165 254 700 299 700 300 Buttons are pressed in order to program set points of the 58 Field of Classification Search thermostat so that seven days may be programed simulta USPC 700 17 18 276 278 299 300 165 238 neously The display includes a seven day icon so that the 165 254 236 1 C 91 D 91 E 91 R 94 user can program the thermostat set points rapidly e g set 715 700 702 ting time and temperature settings with minimal steps The See application file for complete search history user may activate a first programming mode wherein the activating occurs by depressing a programming mode button 56 References Cited for a first pre selected duration in order to select a first day for setting the conditioning mode The user may activate a second U S PATENT DOCUMENTS programming mode wherein such activating occurs by 6 595 430 BL 7 2008 Shah 236 46 R depressing the programming mode button for a second pre 2320507 n g 200 joe Am TTE selected duration that is longer than the first pre selected 5 iundson AAA y 7438460 Bl 10 2008 Moore dura
16. ouch sensitive areas displayed on the display screen of the thermostat The present invention may also provide for a computer readable media having stored thereon computer executable instructions for programming a thermostat the instructions when executed by a computing device perform the steps comprising displaying a system button displaying a program button displaying a seven day icon displaying a time icon displaying a temperature icon selecting the seven day icon upon activation of the program button selecting one of the heat mode or cool mode upon activation of the program button and simultaneously programming seven days for the heat mode or cool mode by adjusting set points via the time and temperature icons In an embodiment the seven day program may comprise an alpha numeric representation of each of the seven days of a week In an embodiment the time and temperature icons may comprise an alpha numeric representation In an embodi ment a rocker switch for adjusting the set points for tempera ture and time modes may be provided for a period In an embodiment the complete programming of the seven days for the heating or cooling may be provided without requiring anincrement from a first day to a second day during user input to program the thermostat BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS For a better understanding of the subject invention refer ence may be had to embodiments shown in the attached drawings in which FIG 1 i
17. rectangle indicating the touch sensitive area 150a will activate the CLEAN mode and allow for setting of the filter cleaning mode or reminder In an embodiment the touch sense regions of the touch sensitive membrane below the touch sensitive area 1505 for SYSTEM and FAN will not be touch reactive For example when the SYSTEM touch sensitive area 1505 is pressed the AUTO alpha numeric icon will be highlighted US 8 517 088 B2 5 or made bold to indicate that the automatic feature of the system has been activated Likewise when the SYSTEM touch region 1506 is pressed a second time by a user s finger the alpha numeric icon 120 COOL will be displayed as being activated Such activation may be indicated by making the COOL alpha numeric icons 120 bold However in this embodiment neither the AUTO or COOL area of the display screen 12 is touch sensitive Similarly the area where the AUTO alpha numeric icon 120 is displayed below the FAN touch area 1505 is not touch sensitive The initial setting of the thermostat 10 involves configura tion of installer settings in the embodiment disclosed in FIG 2 The installer settings are selected by pressing the SYS TEM button 152 and CONFIG button 154 simultaneously By holding down the buttons 152 154 simultaneously for three seconds the installer settings mode will be activated It is noted that the term button
18. rmostat 10 by rocking the switch to the up position by depressing the first end 22 or down position by depressing the second end 23 A housing 31 supports the rocker switch 20 and display 12 Turning to FIGS 2 4 the standard operations of the ther mostat will be described in further detail FIG 2 depicts the thermostat 10 including the display screen 12 having multiple icons displayed thereon The display includes numeric icons 110 alpha numeric icons 120 and graphical icon 140 Also included on the display are touch sensitive input control areas 150a 1505 150c FIG 3 4 In the embodiment dis played in FIG 2 the numeric icon 70 110 is an indication of the current room temperature and is indicated as such by the ROOM icon 110 As well an alpha numeric icon is indicating that the HVAC cooling system is running as indi cated by the COOL ON icon 115 Other numeric icons 110 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 4 are displayed including 70 which is displayed below the alpha numeric icon SET AT 117 so 70 is the set point at which the thermostat is set to trigger the HVAC system Numeric icon 12 00 119 indicates a set point at which the temperature should be at 70 degrees According to the alpha numeric icon TU MORN 122 indicating that on Tuesday mornings at 12 00 p m the set point should be 70 degrees Fahrenheit The display of the TU MORN icon 122 in
19. s a schematic diagram of the present invention FIG 2 is a plan view of a thermostat of the present inven tion US 8 517 088 B2 3 FIGS 3 4 are diagrammatic views of the display screen illustrating examples of operation of the present invention and FIG 5 is flow diagram of the present invention DETAILED DESCRIPTION An embodiment of the present invention is depicted with respect to the following FIGS 1 5 and in particular an over view of the electronic circuitry and components of the ther mostat 10 of the present invention will be described with respect to FIG 1 The thermostat 10 includes a display 12 including touch sensitive area 13 a microprocessor 14 and switch 20 Switch 1 is provided which may be opened and closed in order to signal the microprocessor 14 e g to incre ment the selected set point As well a Switch 2 is provided which may be opened or closed to signal the microprocessor 14 e g to decrement the selected set point The micropro cessor controls the HVAC system 21 attached to the thermo stat 10 and also is connected to the display 12 which allows for user input to adjust the system For example in a typical HVAC system 21 the thermostat 10 would be used to adjust the heating or cooling of the system in order to provide a comfortable environment for the occupants The micropro cessor 14 includes ROM which may have software loaded into it in order to control the thermostat 10 and to provide for
20. the thermostat 13 The method of claim 11 wherein the buttons are touch sensitive areas displayed on a display screen of the thermostat 14 The method of claim 11 wherein the buttons are a combination of a mechanical button and a touch sensitive area button 15 The method of claim 11 wherein the mechanical button is a rocker switch 16 The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of selecting the temperature and duration of a fractional day period including one of a morning period a daytime period an evening period a night period or an occupied period or an unoccupied period 17 The method of claim 11 wherein the conditioning mode includes selection of one of a heating mode cooling mode on period off period fan period and fan recirculation period
21. tion in order to select programming for all seven days 7 614 567 B2 11 2009 Chapman etal 236 1C Simultaneously 7 636 604 B2 12 2009 Bergman et al 700 17 7 784 705 B2 8 2010 Kasper et al 236 44 C 17 Claims 4 Drawing Sheets TOay B i mm mu i EEJ WA EL eed H E a US 8 517 088 B2 Page 2 56 References Cited U S PATENT DOCUMENTS 2004 0193324 Al 2004 0256472 Al 2005 0033707 Al 2012 0168524 Al 2012 0169675 Al 9 2004 12 2004 2 2005 7 2012 7 2012 Hoog et al 700 276 DeLuca 236 46 R Ehlers et al 705 412 Moore et al 236 1 C Moore et al 345 184 OTHER PUBLICATIONS PROI IAO True Comfort III Model T955 Operating Manual 2010 White Rodgers Big Blue Humidity Universal Thermostat Model 1F95 1291 Instructions admitted prior art cited by examiner US 8 517 088 B2 Sheet 1 of 4 Aug 27 2013 U S Patent 814 OL Josseoo4doiJallAI 0 seur euS Z YOUNG Ped uonoj JOSS920Jd010 JA ejdsig 0 saug jeusis Jossacoldolaiy 0 saul jeu amp iG YMS IOHUO9 OWAH 01 seur jeubig s e oy puo uiejs s OVAH LZ U S Patent Aug 27 2013 Sheet 2 of 4 US 8 517 088 B2 S040 IL LL Fig 2 U S Patent Aug 27 2013 Sheet 3 of 4 US 8 517 088 B2 150b 12 125 120 124 M TU W TH F SA SU ON 160 BON 2 LJ Me PN 150c 157 150b 12 152
22. ust the settings to the user s liking In some cases a liquid crystal display LCD may be pro vided that includes touch sensitive areas populated on the display screen The touch sensitive area may include numer als word phrases or graphics collectively icons that appear on the display screen By touching the appropriate icon the user can make adjustments to the functioning of the thermostat and activate specific modes of operation or make setting adjustments Some thermostats are known to have mechanical buttons or switches hard buttons Such hard buttons are commonly used in combination with touch sen sitive areas soft buttons ona LCD Some thermostats have multiple hard buttons on different portions of the thermostat housing Typically the user must program the thermostat by using the soft or hard buttons to adjust set points e g time and corresponding temperature for each day of the week The process of programming is typically repeated seven times so that the proper set points are programmed for each week day and weekend day When programming includes setting hour minute temperature and fan settings the total number steps and inputs required to complete the programming for seven days may exceed 100 steps The present invention overcomes many of the above mentioned disadvantages of previously known thermostats and allows for more rapid pro gramming of the thermostat SUMMARY The present invention provides for a
23. very day ofthe week activating a first programming mode wherein such activat ing occurs by depressing a programming mode button for a first preselected duration in order to select a first day for setting the conditioning mode activating a second programming mode wherein such acti vating occurs by depressing the programming mode but ton for a second preselected duration that is longer than the first preselected duration in order to select program ming for all seven days for setting the cooling mode for all seven days simultaneously and displaying a seven day icon on the display during the conditioning mode selection 2 The method of claim 1 wherein the buttons are mechanical buttons disposed on a housing ofthe thermostat 3 The method of claim 1 wherein the buttons are touch sensitive areas displayed on a display screen of the thermostat 4 The method of claim 1 wherein the buttons are a combination of a mechanical button and touch sensitive area button 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 8 5 The method of claim 4 wherein the mechanical button is a rocker switch 6 The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of selecting the temperature and duration of a fractional day period including one of a morning period a daytime period an evening period a night period or an occupied period or an unoccupied period 7 The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of selecting a fan sett
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