Device for controlling home automation equipment of a building

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8648814
APP PUB NO 20100141602A1
SERIAL NO

12634717

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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.

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SOMFY SAS74300 CLUSES

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Duchene, Isabelle Marignier, FR 15 786
Loiseau, Jean-Noël La Roche-sur-Foron, FR 5 320
Marais, Luc Reignier, FR 5 320

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