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Patent Inventor Names
George N. Catlin0
Nicholas Ashworth0
Robert Burt0
John Gilman Chapman, Jr.0
Date of Patent
November 10, 2009
0Patent Application Number
113304120
Date Filed
January 10, 2006
0Patent Citations Received
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Patent abstract
A thermostat that can display information in multiple different orientations is provided. The thermostat includes a housing, a display, and an input device. As the housing is mounted in a particular orientation, the thermostat changes the orientation of the information for properly displaying same to a user. This is accomplished by sensing the orientation of the housing in one embodiment, and through user selection of a desired orientation in another embodiment. A separate display and input device(s) are provided in one embodiment, and a combined touch screen display and input device is provided in another embodiment.
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