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US 2017/0285433 A1Published application
Monitoring sites containing switchable optical devices and controllers
AssigneeView, Inc.
InventorsDhairya Shrivastava, Stephen Clark Brown, Vijay Mani
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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.
Claims28
A system comprising:
- (a) a plurality of sites, wherein at least one of the sites comprises:
- 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, and configured to couple with an external network,
- wherein control of the plurality of windows is distributed across the plurality of end window controllers, the plurality of intermediate controllers, the master controller, and the external network;
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- (b) a processing center configured to communicate with each of the plurality of sites, the processing center comprising:
- logic for analyzing data gathered from at least some of the plurality of windows and/or controllers in the plurality of sites and learning a modification and/or a mode of operation;
- and
- logic for applying the modification to the at least one site such that the control of the plurality of windows is based in part on the modification and/or mode of operation learned by the logic;
- wherein the data gathered from at least some of the plurality of windows and/or controllers in the plurality of sites is collected and provided to the external network.
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A method implemented on a plurality of sites, wherein at least one of the sites comprises:
- a plurality of windows, each window of the plurality of windows having at least one switchable optical device;
- a plurality of end window controller 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;
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- a master controller coupled with each of the plurality of intermediate controllers, and configured to couple with an external network,
- wherein control of the plurality of windows is distributed across the plurality of end window controllers, the plurality of intermediate controllers, the master controller, and the external network,
- the method comprising:
- (a) analyzing data, by logic, gathered from at least some of the plurality of windows and/or controllers in the plurality of sites and learning a modification and/or a mode of operation;
- (b) applying, by the logic, the modification to the at least one site such that the control of the plurality of windows is based in part on the modification and/or mode of operation learned by the logic;
- and
- (c) providing the data gathered from at least some of the plurality of windows and/or controllers in the plurality of sites to an external system.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.