Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems with synchronized windows
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Application No.: US16682221Application Date: 2019-11-13
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Publication No.: US10852573B2Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- Inventor: Martin Melcher , James R. Wilson , Clarisse Mazuir , David E. Kingman
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent G. Victor Treyz; David K. Cole
- Main IPC: G02F1/133
- IPC: G02F1/133 ; G02F1/137 ; G02F1/1334 ; B60J3/06 ; B60J3/04

Abstract:
A system such as a vehicle may have window that exhibit adjustable transparency. The windows may include liquid crystal devices and polymer dispersed liquid crystal devices that exhibit adjustable amounts of light transmission and haze. An optical property of a window such as window transparency may be modulated using an alternating-current modulation waveform. Modulation of the transparency of the window may be synchronized with modulated light output from a light source. The light source may be located inside the vehicle or may be located outside of the vehicle. By synchronizing the modulation of the transparency of the window with the light source output, privacy may be enhanced or glare may be reduced.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200081284A1 Systems With Synchronized Windows Public/Granted day:2020-03-12
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