Patent number: 8648814
Abstract: Device (60; 100) for controlling home automation equipment (1a, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, 4a, 5a) of a building, comprising a display screen (101), in which the screen is assigned to the display of type icons (ITYP1, ITYP2, ITYP3, ITYP4, ITYP5), a type icon representing a set of home automation equipment of one and the same type, the screen also being assigned to the display of location icons (ILOC0, ILOC1, ILOC2, ILOC3, ILOC4, ILOC5), a location icon representing a set of home automation equipment installed in one and the same place in the building, which control device comprises a first selection or navigation means (103, 104, 105, 106) making it possible to position, in a reduced area (98) of the screen, either, a selected type icon or location icon, so as to display on the screen equipment icons (4, 5, 123, 123?, 125, 125?, 131, 131?) representative of the home automation equipment assigned to said selected type icon or location icon.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 10, 2009
Date of Patent:
February 11, 2014
Assignee:
Somfy SAS
Inventors:
Isabelle Duchene, Luc Marais, Jean-Noël Loiseau
Publication number: 20100141602
Abstract: Device (60; 100) for controlling home automation equipment (1a, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, 4a, 5a) of a building, comprising a display screen (101), in which the screen is assigned to the display of type icons (ITYP1, ITYP2, ITYP3, ITYP4, ITYP5), a type icon representing a set of home automation equipment of one and the same type, the screen also being assigned to the display of location icons (ILOC0, ILOC1, ILOC2, ILOC3, ILOC4, ILOC5), a location icon representing a set of home automation equipment installed in one and the same place in the building, which control device comprises a first selection or navigation means (103, 104, 105, 106) making it possible to position, in a reduced area (98) of the screen, either, a selected type icon or location icon, so as to display on the screen equipment icons (4, 5, 123, 123?, 125, 125?, 131, 131?) representative of the home automation equipment assigned to said selected type icon or location icon.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 10, 2009
Publication date:
June 10, 2010
Inventors:
Isabelle Duchene, Luc Marais, Jean-Noël Loiseau