Control system for SPD device and home automation
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1. A control system for controlling one or more devices including a suspended particle device (“
- SPD”
) window, the control system comprising;
a control device in communication with the one or more devices;
a remote control unit configured to transmit device control instructions based on user input from a user and current environmental information obtained by the remote control unit; and
the control device configured to control the operation of the one or more devices including the SPD window according to the device control instructions received from the remote control unit,wherein the current environmental information includes sound level information indicating a present sound level in the vicinity of the remote control unit,wherein the remote control unit transmits instructions to the one or more devices to operate the SPD window when the sound level is above a desired sound level.
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Abstract
A control system controls one or more appliances or devices and includes a remote control unit, or other device, to provide instructions for controlling the devices and appliances based on user input and other information provided to the remote control unit or other device. The other information may be information provided by sensors in the remote control device itself, or elsewhere, or information obtained by the remote control device from outside the remote control device. Information may be provided from outside the remote control device via a communication system and/or a computer system.
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1. A control system for controlling one or more devices including a suspended particle device (“
- SPD”
) window, the control system comprising;a control device in communication with the one or more devices; a remote control unit configured to transmit device control instructions based on user input from a user and current environmental information obtained by the remote control unit; and the control device configured to control the operation of the one or more devices including the SPD window according to the device control instructions received from the remote control unit, wherein the current environmental information includes sound level information indicating a present sound level in the vicinity of the remote control unit, wherein the remote control unit transmits instructions to the one or more devices to operate the SPD window when the sound level is above a desired sound level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
- SPD”
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23. A control system for controlling one or more devices including a suspended particle device (“
- SPD”
) window in an automobile, the control system comprising;a control device in communication with the one or more of the devices; a data processor device configured to provide information to the control device; and the control device configured to control operation of the one or more of the devices including the SPD window by providing instructions to the one or more devices including the SPD window based on the information received from the data processor device, wherein the data processor device is a second central computer of another automobile. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
- SPD”
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