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US 2024/0338000 A1Published application
Methods for in situ control of tinted windows and control apparatuses
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsJames Gregory Couillard, Eric Michael Gross, Dragan Pikula
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for in situ control of smart or tinted windows. Also disclosed are methods and apparatuses for controlling at least one internal environmental condition for an interior space including at least one window.
Claims20
A method for controlling at least one environmental condition of an interior space comprising at least one window, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving a first indication of at least one external environmental condition from at least one exterior sensor at a first timepoint;
- (b) receiving a second indication of the at least one external environmental condition from the at least one exterior sensor at a second timepoint;
- (c) determining a change in the at least one external environmental condition between the first timepoint and a second timepoint;
- (d) receiving an indication of at least one internal environmental condition in the interior space from at least one interior sensor at the second timepoint;
- (e) determining if the at least one internal environmental condition satisfies at least one predetermined constraint at the second timepoint;
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- (f) altering a light transmission of the at least one window using a control device configured to adjust at least one physical property of the at least one window to produce a setpoint,
- wherein the at least one internal environmental condition satisfies the at least one predetermined constraint at the setpoint.
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An apparatus for controlling at least one environmental condition of an interior space, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) at least one exterior sensor configured to determine at least one external environmental condition;
- (b) at least one interior sensor configured to determine at least one internal environmental condition;
- (c) a computer processor configured to receive data from the at least one exterior sensor and the at least one interior sensor and to determine at least one setpoint based on the received data;
- (d) a control device in communication with the computer processor and configured to receive the at least one setpoint and send a signal with adjustment instructions to at least one window;
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- (e) at least one window configured to receive the signal and to actuate upon receipt of the signal to adjust at least one physical property of the at least one window based on the adjustment instructions within an adjustment time period of 15 seconds or less.
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