US 2017/0285432 A1Published application

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.

Claims34

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

(a) a window network comprising:
a plurality of windows, each window of the plurality of windows having at least one switchable optical device;
a plurality of end window controllers configured to control the tint level of the at least one switchable optical device of each window of the plurality of windows;
a plurality of intermediate controllers, each intermediate controller coupled with one or more of the plurality of end window controllers;
and
a master controller coupled with each of the plurality of intermediate controllers,
wherein control of the plurality of windows is distributed across the plurality of end window controllers, the plurality of intermediate controllers, and the master controller;
and
(b) an external system configured to communicate with the window network,
wherein the window network is configured to maintain communication with the external system in the event of loss of window network functionality.

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A method comprising:

(a) controlling a plurality of switchable optical devices on a plurality of windows,
wherein control of the plurality of switchable optical devices is distributed across a plurality of end window controllers, a plurality of intermediate controllers, and a master controller coupled with one another on a window network,
wherein the plurality of end window controllers is configured to control the tint level of the at least one switchable optical device of each window of the plurality of windows,
wherein each of the plurality of intermediate controllers is coupled with one or more of the plurality of end window controllers, and
wherein the master controller is coupled with each of the plurality of intermediate controllers;
and
(b) maintaining communication between the window network and an external system in the event of loss of window network functionality, wherein the external system is configured to communicate with the window network.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Application: 15/623,235Filed 14 Jun 2017
Priority: 8 Dec 2014
Published: 5 Oct 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

G06F 9/54
Multiprogramming arrangements: interprogram communication
E06B 9/24
Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction:…
G02F 1/163
Based on an electrochromic effect: operation of electrochromic cells, e.g. electrodeposition cells; Circuit arrangements therefor
G05B 15/02
Systems controlled by a computer: electric

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Application62/088,943Us provisional application · filed 8 Dec 2014
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