Control method for tintable windows

SC Brown, D Khowal, N Vora, SV Phillip - US Patent 9,638,978, 2017 - Google Patents
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PATENT DOCUMENTS 2002/0135881 A1 9/2002 Rukavina et al. 2002fO152298 A1 10 …

Self-contained ec igu

SC Brown, D Shrivastava, ER Klawuhn… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Onboard EC window controllers are described. The controllers are configured in close
proximity to the EC window, for example, within the IGU. The controller may be part of a …

Multipurpose controller for multistate windows

SC Brown, D Shrivastava, DW Groechel… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
Controllers for providing functions for windows capable of undergoing reversible optical
transitions. In some cases, the controllers have multiple features that can sense and adapt to …

Applications for controlling optically switchable devices

D Shrivastava, T Marques, SC Brown - US Patent 10,365,531, 2019 - Google Patents
Software applications are used for controlling the optical state of one or more optically
switchable windows or other optical products installed in a structure such as building. The …

Multiple interacting systems at a site

D Shrivastava, SC Brown, RF Cadet - US Patent 10,514,963, 2019 - Google Patents
Disclosed are platforms for communicating among one or more otherwise independent
systems involved in controlling functions of buildings or other sites having switchable optical …

Photonic-powered EC devices

RW Phillips, SC Brown - US Patent 10,288,971, 2019 - Google Patents
The embodiments herein relate to electrochromic window systems and components thereof.
In particular, the disclosed embodiments relate to systems where electrochromic devices are …

Multipurpose controller for multistate windows

SC Brown, D Shrivastava, DW Groechel… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
(63) Continuation of application No. 13/049,756, filed on (57) ABSTRACT Mar. 16, 2011,
and a continuation-in-part of “Smart” controllers for windows having controllable optical …

Monitoring sites containing switchable optical devices and controllers

D Shrivastava, SC Brown, V Mani… - US Patent 11,054,792, 2021 - Google Patents
Disclosed are platforms for communicating among one or more otherwise independent
systems involved in controlling functions of buildings or other sites having switchable optical …

Controlling transitions in optically switchable devices

G Jack, A Pradhan - US Patent 9,412,290, 2016 - Google Patents
Aspects of this disclosure concern controllers and control methods for applying a drive
Voltage to bus bars of optically switchable devices such as electrochromic devices. Such …

Mitigating thermal shock in tintable windows

RM Parker - US Patent 9,523,902, 2016 - Google Patents
Tintable optical components such as windows are provided with a controller designed or
configured to control the tinting in a manner that resists exposure to damaging thermal …