Method and apparatus for controlling an electrochromic device

Optical: systems and elements – Optical modulator – Light wave temporal modulation

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359267, 359275, 351 44, G02F 115, G02F 1153, G02F 1163

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ABSTRACT:
A method and concomitant apparatus for use in an electrochromic control system in which components causing the charging and discharging of an electrochromic device are subject to drift errors and other errors. In the case of such errors, the actual programming level and the desired programming level as indicated by, e.g., a count value, may diverge. The invention periodically determines the actual programming level of the electrochromic device and responsively adjusts a parameter representative of the desired programming level.

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Copending U.S. application No. 09/157,724 entitled "Apparatus for Controlling an Electrochromic Device", filed Sept. 21, 1998, by Walter P. Sjursen.
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