Control methods for tintable windows

A tinting, controller technology, used in windows/doors, door/window protectors, construction, etc., to solve problems that have not yet begun to realize commercial potential

Active Publication Date: 2018-03-27
VIEW INC
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[0006] Although electrochromic was discovered in the 1960s, unfortunately, electrochromic devices and especially electrochromic windows still have various problems, and despite electrochromic technology, equipment and manufacturing and / or use Many recent advances have been made in related approaches to electrochromic devices, but they have not yet begun to realize their full commercial potential

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[0046] In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the presented embodiments. The disclosed embodiments may be practiced without some or all of these specific details. In other instances, well known process operations have not been described in detail in order not to unnecessarily obscure the disclosed embodiments. While the disclosed embodiments will be described in conjunction with particular embodiments, it will be understood that no limitation of the disclosed embodiments is intended.

[0047] I. Overview of Electrochromic Devices

[0048] It should be understood that while the disclosed embodiments focus on electrochromic windows (also known as smart windows), the concepts disclosed herein may be applicable to other types of tintable windows. For example, tintable windows incorporating liquid crystal devices or suspended particle devices rather than electrochromic devices may be incorporated in an...

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Methods of controlling tint of a tintable window to account for occupant comfort in a room of a building. Some methods include receiving weather feed data from one or more weather services (or other data sources) over a communication network, determining a weather condition based on the weather feed data, and determining a tint level for the tintable window based on the weather condition and basedon whether a current time is within a time delay period at sunrise or sunset.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 189,673, entitled "CONTROL METHOD FOR TINTABLE WINDOWS," filed July 7, 2015, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety and for all purposes . This application is also a continuation-in-part of International PCT Application PCT / US2015 / 029675, filed May 7, 2015, entitled "CONTROL METHOD FOR TINTABLE WINDOWS," which claims an application filed on May 9, 2014, entitled Benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 991,375 for "CONTROL METHOD FOR TINTABLE WINDOWS"; and a continuation-in-part of U.S. Patent Application No. 13 / 772,969, filed February 21, 2013, entitled "CONTROL METHOD FORTINTABLE WINDOWS" ; said patent application is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety and for all purposes. field of invention [0003] Embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to window controllers and associated control l...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G02F1/15E06B3/67E06B9/24
CPCG02F1/163E06B3/67E06B9/24E06B9/68E06B2009/2464E06B2009/6827Y02B80/00E06B2009/2417
Inventor 斯蒂芬·C·布朗贾森·策德利茨
Owner VIEW INC
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