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US 11,635,666 B2Granted
Methods of controlling multi-zone tintable windows
AssigneeView, Inc.
InventorsErich R. Klawuhn, Stephen Clark Brown, Dhairya Shrivastava, Douglas S. Silkwood, Jason Zedlitz, Trevor Frank, Charudatta Joshi, Thomas Anthony Gubiotti
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Abstract
Window controllers and methods for controlling tinting and other functions of tinting zones of multi-zone tintable windows and multiple tinting zones of a group of tintable windows.
Claims24
An insulated glass unit (IGU), comprising:
- a first lite comprising a first electrochromic device disposed on a first transparent substrate, the first electrochromic device comprising a plurality of independently-controllable tinting zones and a resistive zone between adjacent independently-controllable tinting zones of the plurality of independently-controllable tinting zones;
- a second lite comprising a second transparent substrate;
- a spacer disposed between the first lite and the second lite;
- and
- a daylighting zone in a horizontal region of the IGU, the daylighting zone including (i) a set of light tubes, (ii) a set of light scattering elements, (iii) a set of reflectors and/or absorbers, (iv) a diffuser, (v) a set of hexcells, and/or (vi) a set of microshades.
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An insulated glass unit (IGU) comprising:
- a first lite comprising a first electrochromic device disposed on a first transparent substrate, the first electrochromic device comprising a first plurality of independently-controllable tinting zones and a first resistive zone between adjacent independently-controllable tinting zones of the first plurality of independently-controllable tinting zones, wherein the first resistive zone is configured to provide a tinting gradient between different tint states of the adjacent independently-controllable tinting zones;
- a second lite;
- and
- a spacer between the first lite and the second lite.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.