Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and system for controlling window coverings to adjust admitted daylight
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Application No.: US14236927Application Date: 2012-08-06
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Publication No.: US09696693B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Richard Geraint Element
- Applicant: Richard Geraint Element
- Applicant Address: CA Castleton, ON
- Assignee: Richard Geraint Element
- Current Assignee: Richard Geraint Element
- Current Assignee Address: CA Castleton, ON
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
- Agent Niall Cooney
- International Application: PCT/CA2012/000745 WO 20120806
- International Announcement: WO2013/020214 WO 20130214
- Main IPC: G05B11/01
- IPC: G05B11/01 ; E06B9/32 ; E06B9/322 ; G05B15/02 ; H04L12/28 ; H04L12/403

Abstract:
The present invention is an apparatus, system, method, computer program, and computer program product for controlling window coverings to adjust admitted daylight. More particularly, the present disclosure plates to a control system for controlling the amount of daylight admitted through adjustable window coverings. In an embodiment of the present invention, the system includes a stand-alone open loop proportional control subsystem including a calculation or algorithm that is operable to convert a sunlight sensor signal to a blind slat position based on a predetermined curve stored in memory. In another embodiment of the present invention, the system is operable to transmit the sunlight sensor information, for example, such as in Lux, to an external system, which may then provide blind slat position requests based on some other curve, algorithm, or user need. The blind slat position may be controlled by the system to avert undesirable solar heat gains and also achieve significant daylight harvesting.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140163742A1 APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING WINDOW COVERINGS TO ADJUST ADMITTED DAYLIGHT Public/Granted day:2014-06-12
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