Device and method for reducing the dazzle effect in a room of a building
AssigneeSignum Bildtechnik GmbH
InventorHainfellner Martin
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Abstract
A device comprising a dimmable panel comprising a plurality of individually dimmable cells attached to a window glass, an optical sensor to detect an image of one or more objects, a computation unit, communicably coupled to the dimmable panel and the optical sensor, to: i) cause to darken one or more cells of the plurality of individual dimmable cells of the dimmable panel, ii) cause the optical sensor to capture an image of the one or more objects, and, iii) determine, based on the image, whether a shadow is cast on the one or more objects due to the one or more darkened cells.
Claims20
1-15. (canceled)
A device, comprising:
- a dimmable panel comprising a plurality of individually dimmable cells attached to a window glass;
- an optical sensor to detect an image of one or more objects;
- and
- a computation unit, communicably coupled to the dimmable panel and the optical sensor, to:
- i) cause to darken one or more cells of the plurality of individual dimmable cells of the dimmable panel,
- ii) cause the optical sensor to capture an image of the one or more objects, and
- iii) determine, based on the image, whether a shadow is cast on the one or more objects due to the one or more darkened cells.
A device, comprising:
- a dimmable panel comprising a plurality of individually dimmable cells attached to a window glass;
- a first optical sensor which to detect a first image of one or more objects;
- a second optical sensor to detect a second image of at least one light source;
- and
- a computation unit, communicably coupled to the dimmable panel, the first optical sensor and the second optical sensor, to:
- cause the first optical sensor to capture the first image of the one or more objects,
- identify, based on the first image, a respective position of the one or more objects,
- cause the second optical sensor to capture the second image of the at least one light source,
- identify, based on the second image, a position of the at least one light source, and
- cause to darken, based on the position of the one or more objects and the position of the at least one light source, one or more cells of the plurality of individual dimmable cells.
A method comprising:
- causing, by a processor, to darken an area of a dimmable panel, wherein the dimmable panel is arranged between one or more objects and a light source;
- detecting an image of the one or more objects;
- and
- determining, based on the image, whether a shadow is cast on the one or more objects due to the one or more darkened cells.
A method comprising:
- detecting, by a processor, a first image of the one or more objects;
- identifying, based on the first image, a respective position of the one or more objects;
- detecting a second image of at least one light source;
- identifying, based on the second image, a position of the at least one light source;
- and
- causing to darken, based on the position of the one or more objects and the position of the at least one light source, an area of a dimmable panel arranged between the at least one light source and the one or more objects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.