US 11,754,306 B2
HVAC zone control panel electronic display systems and methods
Theresa N. Gillette, Wichita, KS (US); Tyler P. McCune, El Dorado, KS (US); and Jonathan A. Burns, Wichita, KS (US)
Assigned to JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed by Johnson Controls Technology Company, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed on May 29, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/991,970.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/671,811, filed on May 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0353380 A1, Nov. 21, 2019
Int. Cl. F24F 11/65 (2018.01); F24F 11/49 (2018.01); F24F 11/80 (2018.01); F24F 11/54 (2018.01); F24F 11/523 (2018.01); F24F 110/10 (2018.01)
CPC F24F 11/523 (2018.01) [F24F 11/49 (2018.01); F24F 11/54 (2018.01); F24F 11/65 (2018.01); F24F 11/80 (2018.01); F24F 2110/10 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system comprising:
first equipment configured to facilitate supplying first temperature controlled air to a first internal space within a building serviced by the HVAC system, wherein the first equipment comprises a first zone thermostat having a first interface configured to display a first parameter of the first equipment or the first temperature controlled air;
second equipment separate from the first equipment and configured to facilitate supplying second temperature controlled air to a second internal space within the building serviced by the HVAC system, wherein the second equipment comprises a second zone thermostat separate from the first zone thermostat and having a second interface separate from the first interface, wherein the second interface is configured to display a second parameter of the second equipment or the second temperature controlled air; and
a zone control panel separate from the first zone thermostat and the second zone thermostat, wherein the zone control panel is communicatively coupled to the first equipment and the second equipment and programmed to control operational aspects of the first equipment and the second equipment, wherein the zone control panel comprises:
an electronic display separate from the first interface and the second interface; and
a microcontroller communicatively coupled to the electronic display, wherein the microcontroller is programmed to:
receive a user input entered to the zone control panel;
determine, based on the user input, a device targeted by the user input;
determine whether the device targeted by the user input belongs to the first equipment or the second equipment; and
in response to determining that the device targeted by the user input belongs to the first equipment, instruct the electronic display of the zone control panel to reproduce aspects of the first interface of the first zone thermostat by displaying on the electronic display a graphical user interface illustrating the first parameter.