ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,438, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to View Operating Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Multipurpose controller for multistate windows" was invented by Stephen C. Brown (San Mateo, Calif.) and Dhairya Shrivastava (Los Altos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ""Smart" controllers for windows having controllable optical transitions are described. Controllers with multiple features can sense and adapt to local environmental conditions. Controllers described herein can be integrated with a building management system (BMS) to greatly enhance the BMS's effectiveness at managing local environments in a building. The controllers may have one, two...