Patents by Inventor Kevin C. Luty

Kevin C. Luty has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230266029
    Abstract: A building device includes a plurality of sensors, a display device, and a control circuit. The display device includes a user interface having a set of indicator lights. The display device further includes a plurality of touch-sensitive buttons configured to receive a user input. The control circuit is configured to receive configuration information relating to a preset setpoint value, a maximum setpoint value, and a minimum setpoint value. The control circuit is further configured to receive a user input relating to a temperature adjustment for increasing a current setpoint value or decreasing the current setpoint value. The control circuit is further configured to configure an output of the set of indicator lights to provide a visual representation of the temperature adjustment by associating the current setpoint value with activation of at least one of the indicator light of the set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Daniel R. Rumler, Daniel J. Spacek, Kevin C. Luty, Rex Allen
  • Patent number: 11639805
    Abstract: A building device includes a plurality of sensors, a display device, and a control circuit. The display device includes a user interface having a set of indicator lights. The display device further includes a plurality of touch-sensitive buttons configured to receive a user input. The control circuit is configured to receive configuration information relating to a preset setpoint value, a maximum setpoint value, and a minimum setpoint value. The control circuit is further configured to receive a user input relating to a temperature adjustment for increasing a current setpoint value or decreasing the current setpoint value. The control circuit is further configured to configure an output of the set of indicator lights to provide a visual representation of the temperature adjustment by associating the current setpoint value with activation of at least one of the indicator light of the set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Daniel R. Rumler, Daniel J. Spacek, Kevin C. Luty, Rex Allen
  • Patent number: 11187427
    Abstract: An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is a portable device for managing heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) equipment configuration. The portable device includes a memory, a user-operable switch having a read position and a write position, and a controller interface coupled to the memory and the user-operable switch. The controller interface is configured to be coupled to an HVACR controller. The controller interface is configured to detect whether the user-operable switch is in the read position or the write position. The controller interface is configured to, responsive to detecting that the user-operable switch is in the read position, execute a read operation comprising obtaining a first set of configuration parameters from the HVACR controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Szymon A. Jaworski, Roy M. Rader, Timothy J. Riesch, Kevin C. Luty, Alan D. Carlson, John P. Patterson, Vanitha Aenugu
  • Publication number: 20200224912
    Abstract: A building device includes a plurality of sensors, a display device, and a control circuit. The display device includes a user interface having a set of indicator lights. The display device further includes a plurality of touch-sensitive buttons configured to receive a user input. The control circuit is configured to receive configuration information relating to a preset setpoint value, a maximum setpoint value, and a minimum setpoint value. The control circuit is further configured to receive a user input relating to a temperature adjustment for increasing a current setpoint value or decreasing the current setpoint value. The control circuit is further configured to configure an output of the set of indicator lights to provide a visual representation of the temperature adjustment by associating the current setpoint value with activation of at least one of the indicator light of the set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel R. Rumler, Daniel J. Spacek, Kevin C. Luty, Rex Allen
  • Publication number: 20200056801
    Abstract: An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is a portable device for managing heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) equipment configuration. The portable device includes a memory, a user-operable switch having a read position and a write position, and a controller interface coupled to the memory and the user-operable switch. The controller interface is configured to be coupled to an HVACR controller. The controller interface is configured to detect whether the user-operable switch is in the read position or the write position. The controller interface is configured to, responsive to detecting that the user-operable switch is in the read position, execute a read operation comprising obtaining a first set of configuration parameters from the HVACR controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Szymon A. Jaworski, Roy M. Rader, Timothy J. Riesch, Kevin C. Luty, Alan D. Carlson, John P. Patterson, Vanitha Aenugu
  • Publication number: 20180314276
    Abstract: An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is a system including a mobile device configured to receive a user input requesting a first action to be performed by a refrigeration controller and encode the first requested action into a first command frame formatted for wireless transmission. The first command frame includes a first command code identifying the first requested action. The mobile device is further configured to send the first command frame from the mobile device to the refrigeration controller. The system further includes the refrigeration controller configured to extract the first command code from the first command frame, map the extracted first command code to the first requested action, and perform the first requested action in response to the mapping the extracted first command code to the first requested action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Tai P. Luc, Szymon A. Jaworski, Brian Cabrera, Kevin C. Luty, Robert J. Borchardt