US 11,739,965 B2
Thermostat with segmented display
Richard David Friend, Levittown, PA (US)
Assigned to Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed by Johnson Controls Technology Company, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/108,758.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/942,632, filed on Dec. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0164679 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. F24F 11/52 (2018.01); G09G 3/04 (2006.01); F24F 11/65 (2018.01); F24F 11/54 (2018.01)
CPC F24F 11/52 (2018.01) [F24F 11/54 (2018.01); F24F 11/65 (2018.01); G09G 3/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control device for a building, the control device comprising:
a segment display comprising:
a first character comprising at least seven segments;
a second character comprising at least nine segments proximate to the first character; and
a connecting character comprising at least two segments located between the first character and the second character; and
a processing circuit configured to:
in a first operation, illuminate at least one segment of each of the first character, the second character, and the connecting character to form a first letter; and
in a second operation, illuminate at least one segment of each of the first character, the second character, and the connecting character to form a second letter.