ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES AND METHODS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH

    公开(公告)号:US20230161214A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-25

    申请号:US18152621

    申请日:2023-01-10

    IPC分类号: G02F1/163 E06B9/24

    摘要: A method of operating an electrochromic device comprising: coupling a logic device to the electrochromic device; applying a voltage to the electrochromic device; receiving a current from the electrochromic device in response to the provided voltage; and with the logic device, determining an exact operating condition of the electrochromic device from the received current. A method of operating a plurality of electrochromic devices comprising: adjusting a frequency of voltage applied to the plurality of electrochromic devices, wherein each of the plurality of electrochromic devices is adjusted by a different frequency; measuring a duration of time required to change tint states of each of the electrochromic devices; and identifying a location of each of the plurality of electrochromic devices in response to the measured duration of time required to change the tint states of each of the electrochromic device.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE AUTHORIZATON AND CONTROLLING OF ELECTROCHROMIC GLASS UNITS

    公开(公告)号:US20230097149A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-30

    申请号:US17936266

    申请日:2022-09-28

    发明人: Dallas Akre Leo Su

    IPC分类号: G02F1/163

    摘要: Various embodiments of systems and methods for remote authorization and controlling of electrochromic glass units (“EGUs”) are described. In some embodiments, a device monitoring and control system can provide a first authorization code to a communication gateway for an installation site for EGUs to authorize mobile applications to control at least some of the EGUs of the installation site. The device monitoring and control system can receive, via a control interface, a second authorization code from a mobile application, and compare the provided first authorization code to the received second authorization code. If the authorization codes compare, the mobile application can be authorized to control the EGUs of the installation site. The device monitoring and control system can also receive control instructions from the authorized mobile application to control the EGUs, and transmit control messages based on the control instructions to the installation site to implement the control instructions.

    Apparatus to maintain a continuously graded transmission state

    公开(公告)号:US11409179B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-09

    申请号:US16530850

    申请日:2019-08-02

    摘要: An apparatus can include an electrochromic device. When using the apparatus, the electrochromic device can be switched from a first transmission state to a continuously graded state and maintained at continuously graded transmission state. An apparatus can include an active stack with a first transparent conductive layer, a second transparent conductive layer, an anodic electrochemical layer between the first and the second transparent conductive layers, and a cathodic electrochemical layer between the first and the second transparent conductive layers. The apparatus can further include a first bus bar electrically coupled to the first transparent conductive layer, a second bus bar electrically coupled to the second transparent conductive layer, where the second bus bar is generally non-parallel to the first bus bar, and a third bus bar electrically coupled to the first transparent conductive layer, where the third bus bar is generally parallel to the first bus bar.

    SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20220197100A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17645091

    申请日:2021-12-20

    IPC分类号: G02F1/153

    摘要: A frameless support system for electroactive devices is disclosed. The frameless system can include a non-penetrating mount, a first electroactive device, and a second electroactive device adjacent the first electroactive device where the non-penetrating mount connects the first electroactive device to the second electroactive device, and where the non-penetrating mount is on only a single surface of the first and second electroactive devices. In a further embodiment, and least one of the first and second electroactive devices can further include: a substrate; a first transparent conductive layer; a second transparent conductive layer between the substrate and the first transparent conductive layer; an electrochromic layer between the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer; and an anodic electrochemical layer between the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BATCHING DATA FOR ELECTROCHROM GLASS CONTROL SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20220121078A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17482129

    申请日:2021-09-22

    IPC分类号: G02F1/163

    摘要: Various embodiments of systems and methods for remote monitoring and controlling of electrochromic glass are described. In some embodiments, a device monitoring and control system can receive messages via a communication hub from a plurality of remote installation sites for electrochromic glass units. The messages include telemetry data associated with the electrochromic glass units. The system can stream the telemetry data to a data analytics engine that can perform analytics functions on the telemetry data. The system provides results of the analytics functions to remote destinations via a data analytics interface. The system can also receive, via a control interface, control instructions from remote sources to control one or more of the electrochromic glass units. The system can transmit control messages to the installation sites to implement the control instructions. The system can also establish a connection for a requestor to an installation site using a site's specific connection protocol.

    Methods for producing lower electrical isolation in electrochromic films

    公开(公告)号:US11194211B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-07

    申请号:US15439612

    申请日:2017-02-22

    摘要: The present invention provides for an electroactive device having a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and one or more electroactive layers sandwiched between the first and second conductive layers. One or more adjacent layers of the electroactive device may include a physical separation between a first portion and a second portion of the adjacent layers, the physical separation defining a respective tapered sidewall of each of the first and second portions. The one or more adjacent layers may include one of the first and second conductive layers. The remaining layers of the electroactive device may be formed over the physical separation of the one or more adjacent layers. The remaining layers may include the other of the first and second conductive layers.