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.

Methods and systems for controlling tintable windows based on cloud detection.

Disclosed is an electronically-controlled automatic light-shading device, comprising a first glass substrate, a light-shading coating, a polarizing element and a second glass substrate. An image module and a photosensitive element adjacent thereto are embedded in the first glass substrate. The first glass substrate has a first surface on the opposite side to an external light source. The light-shielding coating is applied on the first surface. The polarizing element is disposed on the light-shielding coating. The second glass substrate has a second surface facing the first surface. A plurality of spacers in contact with the polarizing element are disposed on the second surface, and an optical fiber element is disposed in each spacer.

A mobile modular dwelling system comprising a floor; a front semicircular sub-assembly secured to the floor, the front semicircular sub-assembly including a pane arrangement; and a rear polygonal sub-assembly also secured to the floor and to the front semicircular sub-assembly. In combination, the front and rear sub-assemblies provide a shelter in the face of prevailing wind and rain, regardless of the direction from which weather may originate, while offering an interior designer a wider latitude of furniture choices than does a semicircular footprint alone.

A method for electrically controlling at least one functional element having electrically controllable optical properties, wherein the optical properties are controlled by a control unit, wherein the control unit is connected to at least two transparent flat electrodes of the functional element, and an electrical voltage is applied between the flat electrodes by the control unit, wherein the electrical voltage has a periodic signal profile with a first, variably adjustable frequency and the glazing unit is surrounded by light beams of a second frequency, and wherein the light beams are sensed by a sensor unit and the first frequency is changed as a function of the second frequency, wherein the first frequency is synchronized with the second frequency.

Disclosed are liquid crystal devices comprising multiple interdigitated electrodes and at least one liquid crystal layer. Also disclosed are liquid crystal devices comprising at least three interdigitated electrodes.

An insulating glazing includes a first pane, a second pane, an inner spacer frame arranged between the panes, which, together with the panes, delimits an inner interpane space, a surrounding outer spacer frame arranged between the panes, which is arranged on the outward facing side of the inner spacer frame, wherein the inner spacer frame consists substantially of a first hollow profile spacer and the outer spacer frame consists substantially of a second hollow profile spacer, the inner spacer frame and the outer spacer frame are in each case connected together to the first pane and the second pane via a primary sealant, an outer interpane space between the outer side of the outer spacer frame and the first pane and the second pane is filled with a secondary sealant.

Thin-film devices, for example electrochromic devices for windows, and methods of manufacturing are described. Particular focus is given to methods of patterning optical devices. Various edge deletion and isolation scribes are performed, for example, to ensure the optical device has appropriate isolation from any edge defects. Methods described herein apply to any thin-film device having one or more material layers sandwiched between two thin film electrical conductor layers. The described methods create novel optical device configurations.

Provided is a window shading system including a means for shading one or more windows; a means for manually controlling at least one window shading setting; one or more sensors; a processor; and a tangible, non-transitory, machine readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor effectuates operations including capturing, with the one or more sensors, environmental data of surroundings; predicting, with the processor, the at least one window shading setting using a learned function of an artificial neural network that relates the environmental data to the at least one window shading setting; and, applying, with the processor, the at least one window shading setting predicted to the window shading system.

The present disclosure provides dimming glass, a dimming module and an operating method thereof. The dimming glass includes: a first glass substrate and a second glass substrate arranged opposite to each other; a first electrode and a second electrode arranged between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate; a liquid crystal dimming layer arranged between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate; and a heating layer arranged between the liquid crystal dimming layer and the first glass substrate, and configured to heat the liquid crystal dimming layer upon the receipt of an electric signal.