US 11,733,579 B2
Photonic-powered EC devices
Roger W. Phillips, Santa Rosa, CA (US); and Stephen Clark Brown, San Mateo, CA (US)
Assigned to View, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed by View, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/365,900.
Application 17/365,900 is a continuation of application No. 16/407,080, filed on May 8, 2019, granted, now 11,092,868.
Application 16/407,080 is a continuation of application No. 14/423,085, granted, now 10,288,971, issued on May 14, 2019, previously published as PCT/US2013/056506, filed on Aug. 23, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/692,634, filed on Aug. 23, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2021/0333679 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. G02F 1/163 (2006.01); E06B 9/24 (2006.01); G02F 1/161 (2006.01); H04B 10/80 (2013.01); G02F 1/133 (2006.01); E06B 3/663 (2006.01); E06B 7/28 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/163 (2013.01) [E06B 9/24 (2013.01); G02F 1/13306 (2013.01); G02F 1/161 (2013.01); H04B 10/807 (2013.01); E06B 3/66314 (2013.01); E06B 7/28 (2013.01); E06B 2009/2464 (2013.01); G02F 1/13324 (2021.01); Y02B 80/00 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
i) at least one electrochromic (EC) window;
ii) an EC window controller configured to control tint states of the at least one EC window;
iii) a photovoltaic (PV) power converter; and
iv) an optical fiber; wherein:
the PV power converter is configured to receive photonic energy by way of the optical fiber; and
the EC window controller is configured to receive status information concerning the EC window and encode the status information for upstream transmission on the optical fiber.