公开(公告)号：US11670833B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-06

申请号：US16949978

申请日：2020-11-23

Applicant: View, Inc.

Inventor： Harold Hughes ,  Stephen Clark Brown ,  Dhairya Shrivastava

IPC: H01Q1/12 ,  H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q1/44 ,  E06B7/28 ,  G02F1/163 ,  H01Q9/04 ,  G02F1/153 ,  H01Q9/40 ,  E06B3/67 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  E06B9/24

CPC classification number: H01Q1/1271 ,  E06B3/6722 ,  E06B7/28 ,  G02F1/1533 ,  G02F1/163 ,  H01Q1/12 ,  H01Q1/246 ,  H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q1/44 ,  H01Q9/0407 ,  H01Q9/40 ,  E06B2009/2464

Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus is described that includes a transparent pane having a first surface and a second surface. An electrochromic device (ECD) is arranged over the second surface that includes a first conductive layer adjacent the second surface, a second conductive layer, and an electrochromic layer between the first and the second conductive layers. The apparatus further includes at least one conductive antenna structure arranged over the second surface.

公开(公告)号：US20230161212A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-25

申请号：US18100773

申请日：2023-01-24

Applicant: View, Inc.

Inventor： Dhairya Shrivastava ,  Stephen Clark Brown ,  Ronald F. Cadet

IPC: G02F1/163 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G02F1/161 ,  E06B9/24 ,  H04L12/28

CPC classification number: G02F1/163 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G02F1/161 ,  E06B9/24 ,  H04L12/2803 ,  E06B2009/2464 ,  G05B2219/2642 ,  Y02A30/24 ,  Y02B80/00

Abstract: A method, system, and/or computer program product are described for generating a graphical user interface for providing information and controlling optically switchable windows connected by a network. Windows are graphically represented using interactive smart objects placed within views of the graphical user interface in a manner corresponding to their physical location. A method, system, and/or computer program product are described for associating network IDs of optically switchable windows with the locations at which the windows are installed. Window locations are determined by analyzing received wireless transmissions that are sent from transmitters associated with each of the optically switchable windows. The determined locations are then compared with a representation of the building that provides the window locations. Upon comparison, the network ID of each window, which is communicated through the window transmissions, is associated with the appropriate window location on the representation of the building.

公开(公告)号：US20230127664A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-27

申请号：US18066799

申请日：2022-12-15

Applicant: View, Inc.

Inventor： Stephen Clark Brown ,  Jason David Zedlitz ,  Jack Kendrick Rasmus-Vorrath ,  Nitin Khanna ,  Ruican Zhong ,  Vashisth Parekh ,  Nidhi Satyacharan Tiwari ,  Kriti Chandra Sharma

IPC: G01J1/02 ,  G01J1/42 ,  E06B9/24 ,  G01W1/12

Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling tintable windows based on cloud detection.

公开(公告)号：US20230082950A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-16

申请号：US17988605

申请日：2022-11-16

Applicant: View, Inc.

Inventor： Jose Fernando Vigano ,  Stephen Clark Brown ,  Dhairya Shrivastava

IPC: G02F1/163 ,  E06B9/24 ,  H04L67/125 ,  G09G3/19 ,  G02F1/155

Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to networks of electrochromic windows. The networks may be configured in particular ways to minimize the likelihood that the windows on the network draw more power than can be provided. The network may include particular hardware components that provide additional power to windows as needed. The network may also be configured to adjust how the windows therein transition to prevent overloading the network. The techniques described herein can be used to design networks of electrochromic windows that are undersized when considering the amount of power that would be needed to simultaneously transition all the windows on the network using normal transition parameters, while still allowing simultaneous transitions to occur.

公开(公告)号：US11566468B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-31

申请号：US16946140

申请日：2020-06-08

Applicant: View, Inc.

Inventor： Jose Vigano ,  Stephen Clark Brown ,  Dhairya Shrivastava ,  Kevin Kazuo Kaneshiro

IPC: E06B9/24 ,  G02F1/163

Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to power distribution networks for optically switchable windows. A number of different topologies are provided. In many embodiments, a control panel may be connected with a trunk line, which is connected to a plurality of optically switchable windows. The plurality of optically switchable windows may be powered by the shared trunk line. This topology provides substantial improvements over topologies in which each optically switchable window is connected to the control panel via separate, individual lines. Further, certain embodiments herein relate to installation kits for installing power distribution networks for optically switchable windows.

公开(公告)号：US20220365494A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-17

申请号：US17870480

申请日：2022-07-21

Applicant: View, Inc.

Inventor： Dhairya Shrivastava ,  Stephen Clark Brown ,  Vijay Mani

IPC: G05B13/02 ,  G06Q50/10 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  E06B9/24 ,  G02F1/163

Abstract: A site monitoring system may analyze information from sites to determine when a device, a sensor, a controller, or other structure associated with optically switchable devices has a problem. The system may, if appropriate, act on the problem. In certain embodiments, the system learns customer/user preferences and adapts its control logic to meet the customer's goals.

公开(公告)号：US11493819B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-08

申请号：US17578226

申请日：2022-01-18

Applicant: View, Inc.

Inventor： Nitesh Trikha ,  Stephen Clark Brown ,  Dhairya Shrivastava ,  Robert T. Rozbicki

IPC: G02F1/15 ,  G02F1/163 ,  G05B19/042 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G05B15/02 ,  H01L27/32 ,  B32B17/10 ,  E06B9/24 ,  G02F1/155 ,  G06F3/041 ,  H01L51/52 ,  H04K3/00

Abstract: A tintable window is described having a tintable coating, e.g., an electrochromic device coating, for regulating light transmitted through the window. In some embodiments, the window has a transparent display in the window's viewable region. Transparent displays may be substantially transparent when not in use, or when the window is viewed in a direction facing away from the transparent display. Windows may have sensors for receiving user commands and/or for monitoring environmental conditions. Transparent displays can display graphical user interfaces to, e.g., control window functions. Windows, as described herein, offer an alternative display to conventional projectors, TVs, and monitors. Windows may also be configured to receive, transmit, or block wireless communications from passing through the window. A window control system may share computational resources between controllers (e.g., at different windows). In some cases, the computational resources of the window control system are utilized by other building systems and devices.

公开(公告)号：US11408223B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-09

申请号：US16777758

申请日：2020-01-30

Applicant: View, Inc.

Inventor： Stephen Clark Brown

IPC: G02F1/153 ,  E06B9/24 ,  G02F1/1523 ,  H01R41/00 ,  E06B3/663 ,  E06B3/667 ,  E06B7/28 ,  H01R25/14 ,  E06B3/66 ,  E06B3/673 ,  E06B7/00 ,  H01R13/62 ,  H01R13/631 ,  H01R13/73 ,  G02F1/163 ,  H01R24/76 ,  E06B3/67 ,  E06B9/00 ,  G02F1/1345 ,  H01R4/12 ,  H01R12/79 ,  H01R25/16 ,  G02F1/161 ,  H01R103/00

Abstract: This disclosure provides connectors for smart windows. A smart window may incorporate an optically switchable pane. In one aspect, a window unit includes an insulated glass unit including an optically switchable pane. A wire assembly may be attached to the edge of the insulated glass unit and may include wires in electrical communication with electrodes of the optically switchable pane. A floating connector may be attached to a distal end of the wire assembly. The floating connector may include a flange and a nose, with two holes in the flange for affixing the floating connector to a first frame. The nose may include a terminal face that present two exposed contacts of opposite polarity.

公开(公告)号：US20220244608A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-04

申请号：US17654458

申请日：2022-03-11

Applicant: View, Inc.

Inventor： Stephen Clark Brown ,  Dhairya Shrivastava

IPC: G02F1/163 ,  E06B9/24 ,  G05B15/02 ,  H02M3/158

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to optically-switchable devices, and more particularly, to systems, apparatus, and methods for controlling optically-switchable devices. In some implementations, an apparatus for controlling one or more optically-switchable devices includes a processing unit, a voltage regulator and a polarity switch. The processing unit can generate: a command voltage signal based on a target optical state of an optically-switchable device, and a polarity control signal. The voltage regulator can receive power at a first voltage and increase or decrease a magnitude of the first voltage based on the command voltage signal to provide a DC voltage signal at a regulated voltage. A polarity switch can receive the DC voltage signal at the regulated voltage to maintain or reverse a polarity of the DC voltage signal based on the polarity control signal. The polarity switch can output the DC voltage signal at the regulated voltage and at the polarity based on the polarity control signal to power the optically-switchable device. In some other implementations, the apparatus includes a processing unit, an energy storage device, and first and second voltage regulators.

公开(公告)号：US20220187671A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-16

申请号：US17450950

申请日：2021-10-14

Applicant: View, Inc.

Inventor： Stephen Clark Brown ,  Dhairya Shrivastava ,  David Walter Groechel ,  Anshu A. Pradhan ,  Gordon E. Jack ,  Disha Mehtani ,  Robert T. Rozbicki

IPC: G02F1/163 ,  G02F1/153 ,  E06B9/24 ,  E06B7/28

Abstract: This disclosure provides connectors for smart windows. A smart window may incorporate an optically switchable pane. In one aspect, a window unit includes an insulated glass unit including an optically switchable pane. A wire assembly may be attached to the edge of the insulated glass unit and may include wires in electrical communication with electrodes of the optically switchable pane. A floating connector may be attached to a distal end of the wire assembly. The floating connector may include a flange and a nose, with two holes in the flange for affixing the floating connector to a first frame. The nose may include a terminal face that present two exposed contacts of opposite polarity. Pre-wired spacers improve fabrication efficiency and seal integrity of insulated glass units. Electrical connection systems include those embedded in the secondary seal of the insulated glass unit.