Patent ID: 8918219
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: F24F,G05D,G06F

Abstract:
1. In a programmable device for controlling an HVAC system, a method for interacting with a user of the programmable device, comprising: displaying a plurality of background tick marks arcuately arranged within a range area on an electronic display that is centrally mounted on a body of the programmable device, said electronic display and said body each being rounded in shape; displaying a setpoint tick mark on the electronic display within the range area such that the setpoint tick mark is more prominently visible to the user than the background tick marks, the setpoint tick mark representing a setpoint temperature; displaying a numerical representation of the setpoint temperature in a central location on the rounded electronic display; and displaying on the rounded electronic display a background color having a red and/or orange shade when the programmable device is calling for heating from the HVAC system.