Intelligent window blind adjustment
US9834983B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 7, 2016 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/2653
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An apparatus for automating a set of window blinds is described. The apparatus includes a motor and a microcontroller. The motor includes a window blind coupler that couples a window blind tilt rod to the motor. The microcontroller stores instructions that, when executed, instruct the microcontroller to dynamically actuate the window blind coupler via the motor. The instructions include obtaining a desired room temperature, calculating a first temperature gradient between the window-side of the window blinds and the room-side of the window blinds based on a window-side temperature and a room-side temperature, and calculating a second temperature gradient between the room-side temperature and the desired temperature. The instructions further include retrieving a tilted state related to the first temperature gradient, the desired room temperature, and a zero-value second temperature gradient, and activating the motor to turn the window blind coupler to tilt the window blinds to the tilted state.
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