Controlling motorized window treatments in response to multiple sensors
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United States of America Patent
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Aug 25, 2020
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Dec 21, 2017
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Aug 30, 2017
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Jun 23, 2014
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Abstract
A motorized window treatment system controls a plurality of motorized window treatments to maximize daylight autonomy, while minimizing cognitive dissonance. The system may include motorized window treatments, window sensors, and a system controller. Each motorized window treatment may be operable to adjust a respective covering material to control the amount of light entering a space. Each sensor may be mounted adjacent to at least one of the motorized window treatments, and may be configured to measure an amount of daylight shining on the sensor. The system controller may receive sensor readings from the sensors and may control the motorized window treatments in response to the sensors to keep the covering materials aligned when the sensor readings are within a predetermined amount. The system controller may dynamically group and re-group the sensors into subgroups based upon the sensor readings and may control the motorized window treatments based upon the subgroups.
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- 2017 Application Filing Year
- E06B Class
- 1235 Applications Filed
- 832 Patents Issued To-Date
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