Multiple interacting systems at a site
AssigneeView, Inc.
InventorsDhairya Shrivastava, Stephen Clark Brown, Ronald F. Cadet
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Abstract
Disclosed are platforms for communicating among one or more otherwise independent systems involved in controlling functions of buildings or other sites having switchable optical devices deployed therein. Such independent systems include a window control system and one or more other independent systems such as systems that control residential home products (e.g., thermostats, smoke alarms, etc.), HVAC systems, security systems, lighting control systems, and the like. Together the systems control and/or monitor multiple features and/or products, including switchable windows and other infrastructure of a site, which may be a commercial, residential, or public site.
Claims17
A window control system, comprising:
- a plurality of smart windows disposed in a building, at least one window including a sensor;
- and the window control system being communicatively coupled with a security system of the building;
- the window control system configured to:
- control an optical state of at least one of the smart windows responsive to data provided by the security system, including one or both of (i) darkening the optical state of the at least one smart window, and (ii) transitioning at least one smart window to a clear state.
A building comprising:
- a security system;
- a window network including a plurality of smart windows and at least one processor;
- the plurality of smart windows each integrating therein one or more sensors and at least one electrochromic window;
- the at least one processor configured to control transmissivity of the at least one electrochromic window of each of the plurality of smart windows;
- wherein:
- the plurality of smart windows includes a distributed device network architecture in which a plurality of processors and the plurality of smart windows, each with one or more sensors, are distributed, the at least one processor configured to control the optical state of at least one of the plurality of smart windows responsive to data provided by the security system, including one or both of (i) darkening the optical state of the at least one smart window and (ii) transitioning the at least one smart window to a clear state.
A method of controlling the optical state of one or more smart windows in a building, the building including security system and a window control system communicatively coupled with the security system, the method comprising:
- transmitting information from the security system to the window control system;
- and
- adjusting the optical state of at least one of the one or more smart windows responsive to the information, including one or both of (i) adjusting the optical state of the at least one smart window to a dark tint state, and (ii) transitioning the at least one smart window to a clear state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.