HVAC controls and controllers including alphanumeric displays

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9830887-B2
Application number	US-201615230723-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 8, 2016
Priority date	Dec 26, 2013
Publication date	Nov 28, 2017
Grant date	Nov 28, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of controls for heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning systems. In an exemplary embodiment, a control for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system includes an alphanumeric display and one or more input device. A processor of the control is configured to receive a user input through the input device(s), and in response to the user input, reorient a display of a message relative to the alphanumeric display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) appliance, the method comprising:
a HVAC appliance control displaying, on an alphanumeric display of the HVAC appliance control, a plurality of menu options user-selectable therefrom for entering operational parameters whereby to configure the HVAC appliance control to control an HVAC appliance, the menu options further including an option user-selectable for rotating the displaying on the alphanumeric display;
the HVAC appliance control receiving a user input indicating selection of the option for rotating the displaying;
the HVAC appliance control determining a response to the user input; and
the HVAC appliance control implementing the determined response by rotating the displaying from a first display orientation to a second display orientation.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying a message on the alphanumeric display in accordance with the changed orientation.

3. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
before displaying the plurality of menu options user-selectable therefrom for entering operational parameters whereby to configure the HVAC appliance control to control an HVAC appliance, displaying a message on the alphanumeric display to indicate a current message orientation relative to the alphanumeric display.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the alphanumeric display includes one or more of the following: a multiple-segment display, three seven-segment light-emitting diode (LED) displays, and a dot matrix display.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the HVAC appliance control includes one or more of the following: a furnace control, an air conditioning control, a heat pump control, an air handler control, an integrated control, and a unitary control.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
a plurality of two-position switches of the control includes first and second keys for indicating directions in which to change message orientation, and
the method comprises determining a display orientation angle based on one or more signals from the first key and/or second key.

7. A method of controlling a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) appliance, the method comprising:
a HVAC appliance control displaying, on an alphanumeric display of the HVAC appliance control, a plurality of menu options user-selectable therefrom for entering operational parameters whereby to configure the HVAC appliance control to control an HVAC appliance, the menu options further including an option user-selectable for rotating the displaying of a message on the alphanumeric display;
the HVAC appliance control receiving a user input indicating selection of the option for rotating the displaying;
the HVAC appliance control determining a response to the user input; and
the HVAC appliance control implementing the determined response by rotating the displaying from a first display orientation to a second display orientation.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising displaying the message on the alphanumeric display in accordance with the changed orientation.

9. The method of claim 7 , comprising:
before displaying the plurality of menu options user-selectable therefrom for entering operational parameters whereby to configure the HVAC appliance control to control an HVAC appliance, displaying the message on the alphanumeric display to indicate a current message orientation relative to the alphanumeric display.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the alphanumeric display includes one or more of the following: a multiple-segment display, three seven-segment light-emitting diode (LED) displays, and a dot matrix display.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the HVAC appliance control includes one or more of the following: a furnace control, an air conditioning control, a heat pump control, an air handler control, an integrated control, and a unitary control.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein:
a plurality of two-position switches of the appliance control includes first and second keys for indicating directions in which to change message orientation, and the method comprises determining a display orientation angle based on one or more signals from the first key and/or second key.

13. A method of controlling a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) appliance, the method comprising:
a HVAC appliance control sequentially displaying, on an alphanumeric display of the HVAC appliance control, a plurality of menu options user-selectable therefrom for entering operational parameters whereby to configure the HVAC appliance control to control an HVAC appliance, the menu options further including an option user-selectable for rotating the displaying on the alphanumeric display;
the HVAC appliance control receiving a user input indicating selection of the option for rotating the subsequent displaying;
the HVAC appliance control determining a response to the user input; and
the HVAC appliance control implementing the determined response by rotating the subsequent displaying from a first display orientation to a second display orientation.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein, after displaying one or more of the menu options user-selectable therefrom for entering operational parameters, the HVAC appliance control receives the user input indicating selection of the option for rotating the displaying.

Assignees

• Emerson Electric Co

Inventors

• Vie David L
• Moran Michael J
• Heller John J

Classifications

• F24F11/52

  Indication arrangements, e.g. displays · CPC title

• G06F3/04847

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G09G5/00

  Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators (image data processing or generation, in general G06T) · CPC title

• Y02B30/762

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• B60H1/00985

  Control systems or circuits characterised by display or indicating devices, e.g. voice simulators (characterised by the input of sound using a voice synthesizer B60H1/00757; B60H1/00978 takes precedence) · CPC title