WINDOW DARKENING SYSTEM

• US 20090015740A1
• Filed: 07/12/2007
• Published: 01/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Marina Meliton, Ravil Sagitov
• Original Assignee: Marina Meliton, Ravil Sagitov
• Inventors: Meliton, Marina, Sagitov, Ravil
• Application Number:
  US11/777,158
• Publication Number:
  US 20090015740A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 349/16
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 3/04 adjustable in transparency

Abstract

A window darkening system that includes glass panels. Glass panels can be provided in the form of at least one side window, a windshield, and rear window. Glass panels include electrically activated liquid crystals embedded therein. A control module includes access to a power source, and a user interface provided to manipulate liquid crystals embedded within the glass panels. The liquid crystals are sandwiched between a pair of electrodes which are electrically connected to the power source via the control panel via at least one switch means. The crystals become activated and darken the windowpane when they are electrically connected to a power source via activation their activation at user interface.

Claims

1. A window darkening system comprising:

a glass panel which comprises a plurality of panel sections, each panel section comprises at least one layer of liquid crystals sandwiched therein; and

a control module comprising a user interface, said control module activates selectively and independently the at least one layer of liquid crystals in said each panel section to darken one or more selected panel sections.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the user interface comprises a touch screen.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the user interface comprises a touch screen showing an image representative of the glass panel,

wherein the control module responsive to a user'"'"'s touch darkens the at least one layer of liquid crystals corresponding to a touched region on the touch screen.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the panel section comprises a first, a second and a third panel sub-section,

wherein the first panel sub-section is tinted red, the second panel sub-section is tinted green, and the third panel sub-section is tinted blue,

and wherein the at least one layer of liquid crystal is independently activated in each panel sub-section to allow for various ratios of red light, green light and blue light to pass through each panel section.