Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Distributed device network-based control system with decoupled intelligence for smart windows
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Application No.: US15265760Application Date: 2016-09-14
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Publication No.: US10678109B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Paul Nagel , Wally Barnum , Stephen Coffin , Jonathan Ziebarth
- Applicant: KINESTRAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Hayward
- Assignee: KINESTRAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: KINESTRAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Hayward
- Agency: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
- Main IPC: G02F1/153
- IPC: G02F1/153 ; G02F1/163 ; G02F1/01 ; G09G3/16 ; G09G3/19 ; B60R1/08 ; E06B9/24 ; G05B19/042 ; G01R19/00 ; G02F1/155 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
A distributed device control system is provided. The system includes a plurality of windows, each window of the plurality of windows having at least one electrochromic window, a voltage or current driver for the at least one electrochromic window, and a first control system local to the window. The system includes a plurality of window controllers, each window controller configured to couple to one or more of the plurality of windows and having a second control system, for the one or more of the plurality of windows, local to the window controller. The system includes a command and communication device configured to couple to each of the plurality of window controllers, configured to couple to a network, and having a third control system, for the plurality of windows, wherein control of the plurality of windows is distributed across the plurality of windows, the plurality of window controllers, the command and communication device, and a portion of the network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170003567A1 DISTRIBUTED DEVICE NETWORK-BASED CONTROL SYSTEM WITH DECOUPLED INTELLIGENCE FOR SMART WINDOWS Public/Granted day:2017-01-05
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