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EP0057970A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Control systems including control panels

Assignee: Honeywell Inc
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Filing: 1982-01-07
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2002-01-07
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Abstract

Abstract A control panel (10) is connected to a remote control device (11) for controlling remote apparatus (12), the control panel having a visual display device (13) and a closely associated manually operated switching apparatus (15) mounted below the display. Specifically, the display comprises twenty individual multi-segment character display units (14) capable of displaying a word or plurality of words. The switching apparatus has twenty individual button type switches (20) which can be interconnected or ganged to operate as a single switch unit, depending upon the length of the switch button area desired. Upon the digital display being divided into two words, the switch apparatus is ganged to provide two corresponding switch units, one under each word, for the convenience of the operator selecting the particular operation desired by pushing any one of the switching units directly beneath the selected visual display information.

Inventors

  • 👤 Edward W. Bruggeman
  • 👤 Ivar Sanders

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 04:21
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05B; G05B19/00; G05B19/02; G05B19/04; G05B19/10; G05B19/102; G05B19/104

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 97 words
A control system comprising a control panel having a row of character display units and a row of switch units, and means operable to display a plurality of groups of characters each group presenting a different control option to the system user, characterized by means (21) to form the switch units (15) into a plurality of groups each associated with a respective one of the groups of characters display units (13), each switch group acting as a single switch whereby the user by operating any switch unit within a switch group can effect the corresponding control option.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 97 words
A control system comprising a control panel having a row of character display units and a row of switch units, and means operable to display a plurality of groups of characters each group presenting a different control option to the system user, characterized by means (21) to form the switch units (15) into a plurality of groups each associated with a respective one of the groups of characters display units (13), each switch group acting as a single switch whereby the user by operating any switch unit within a switch group can effect the corresponding control option.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 31 words
The control system of Claim 1, characterized in that ,said group forming means is a microcomputer (21) which also controls display units (14), the display units being multi-segment character forming units.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 29 words
The control system of Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the control panel (10) includes selection means (24,25,30) for selecting the type of operation of environmental conditioning apparatus.

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