ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,651, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to View Operating Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Controlling optically-switchable devices" was invented by Dhairya Shrivastava (Los Altos, Calif.) and Mark David Mendenhall (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates generally to optically switchable devices, and more particularly, to methods for controlling optically switchable devices. In various embodiments, one or more optically switchable devices may be controlled via voice control and/or gesture control."
The patent was filed on June 28, 2023, under Application No. 18/215,178.
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