Targeted illumination system
AssigneeMechoshade Systems, LLC
InventorsJoel Berman, Alex Greenspan, Xi Ming Liarno
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Abstract
To allow more daylighting and protect against direct solar radiation, the system may include a window shading system that impacts an area (or area of interest). The system may adjust different window shades in different ways and for different periods of time to protect against a direct solar radiation onto an area of interest. The system may provide targeted shadows onto the area of interest. The system may also analyze or predict angles of solar rays that comprise the direct solar radiation and determine an impact of the solar rays on the area of interest, wherein the adjusting of window shades is based on the determining.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by an automated control system, sensor data associated with daylight on an area of interest;
- determining, by the automated control system, an overall pattern of shade that protects against direct solar radiation onto the area of interest, while allowing daylight into one or more regions outside the area of interest;
- determining, by the automated control system, a first pattern of shade, a second pattern of shade and a third pattern of shade that combine to form the overall pattern of shade;
- adjusting, by the automated control system and based on the sensor data, a first window shade a first adjustment to create the first pattern of shade that protects against direct solar radiation onto the area of interest, while allowing daylight into one or more regions outside the area of interest;
- adjusting, by the automated control system and based on the sensor data, a second window shade a second adjustment to create the second pattern of shade that protects against the direct solar radiation onto the area of interest, while allowing daylight into one or more regions outside the area of interest;
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- adjusting, by the automated control system and based on the sensor data, a third window shade a third adjustment to create the third pattern of shade that protects against the direct solar radiation onto the area of interest, while allowing daylight into one or more regions outside the area of interest,
- wherein the overall pattern of shade is created by the combination of the first pattern of shade, the second pattern of shade and the third pattern of shade at the area of interest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.