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Window system for a passenger compartment of a vehicle

  • US 9,994,091 B2
  • Filed: 08/12/2016
  • Issued: 06/12/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A window system for a passenger compartment of a vehicle, comprising:

  • a plurality of windows, each including a transparent layer and a pixelated layer, wherein the pixelated layer includes a two-dimensional array of electrochromic cells and an electrode array electrically connected to the electrochromic cells;

    an incident light monitoring subsystem being disposed to monitor incident light transmitted through the plurality of windows into the passenger compartment, being disposed to monitor spatial locations of passengers in the passenger compartment, and being disposed to determine intensity of the incident light relative to fields of view of the passengers;

    an incident light management subsystem that is electrically connected to the pixelated layer via the electrode array and is disposed to individually activate and deactivate the electrochromic cells of each of the plurality of windows to reduce transparency thereof; and

    a controller, in communication with the monitoring subsystem and the incident light management subsystem, the controller including an instruction set that is executable to;

    determine, via the incident light monitoring subsystem, the fields of view of the passengers of the vehicle,determine, via the incident light monitoring subsystem, the intensity of incident light in relation to the fields of view of the passengers, andcontrol the incident light management subsystem to control one or more of the windows to reduce the transparency based upon the intensity of the incident light in relation to the fields of view of the passengers.

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