Insulated glazing unit including an integrated sensor
A insulated glazing unit is disclosed. The insulated glazing unit can include a first panel, a second panel, an electrochromic device coupled to the first panel, and one or more sensors. The one or more sensors can be located within a sealed space defined by the spacer, the first panel, and the second panel.
1 . An insulated glazing unit, comprising:
a first panel;
a second panel;
an electrochromic device coupled to the first panel, wherein the electrochromic device has a viewing area;
a spacer between the first panel and the second panel;
one or more sensors within the space between the first panel and the second panel, wherein the one or more sensors are closer to the first panel than the second panel and within the viewing area of the electrochromic device; and
an obscuration film between the one or more sensors and the electrochromic device.
2 . The insulated glazing unit of claim 1 , wherein the insulated glazing unit comprises a first sensor on a first side of the first panel and a second sensor on a second side of the second panel, wherein the first panel is opposite and parallel to the second panel.
3 . The insulated glazing unit of claim 1 , further comprising one or more obscuration films between the sensor and the first panel.
4 . The insulated glazing unit of claim 3 , wherein each obscuration film has an area that is less than an area of the sensor.
5 . The insulated glazing unit of claim 3 , wherein each obscuration film has an area that is more than an area of the sensor.
6 . The insulated glazing unit of claim 3 , wherein each sensor has a width that is greater than a width of each obscuration film.
7 . The insulated glazing unit of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors are within a sealed space defined by the spacer, the first panel, and the second panel.
8 . The insulated glazing unit of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors are configured to measure LUX, temperature, irradiance, direction, levels of light, and weather conditions.
9 . The insulated glazing unit of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is closer to the first panel than to the second panel.
10 . An insulated glazing unit, comprising:
a first panel;
a second panel;
an electrochromic device coupled to the first panel, wherein the electrochromic device comprises a viewing area;
a spacer between the first panel and the second panel;
one or more sensors within the spacer between the first panel and the second panel; and
one or more obscuration films between the one or more sensors and the first panel, wherein the one or more sensors are closer to the first panel than the second panel and within the viewing area of the electrochromic device and
an obscuration film between the one or more sensors and the electrochromic device.
11 . The insulated glazing unit of claim 10 , wherein the insulated glazing unit comprises a first sensor on a first side of the first panel and a second sensor on a second side of the second panel, wherein the first panel is opposite and parallel to the second panel.
12 . The insulated glazing unit of claim 10 , further comprising one or more obscuration films between the sensor and the first panel.
13 . The insulated glazing unit of claim 10 , wherein the electrochromic device, comprises:
a first transparent conductive layer;
a second transparent conductive layer;
an electrochromic layer between the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer;
a counter electrode layer between the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer; and
an electrolyte layer between the electrochromic layer and the counter electrode layer.
14 . The insulated glazing unit of claim 13 , wherein the substrate comprises a material selected from the group consisting of glass, sapphire, aluminum oxynitride, spinel, polyacrylic compound, polyalkene, polycarbonate, polyester, polyether, polyethylene, polyimide, polysulfone, polysulfide, polyurethane, polyvinylacetate, another suitable transparent polymer, co-polymer of the foregoing, float glass, borosilicate glass, or any combination thereof.
15 . The insulated glazing unit of claim 13 , wherein the first transparent conductive layer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of indium oxide, indium tin oxide, doped indium oxide, tin oxide, doped tin oxide, zinc oxide, doped zinc oxide, ruthenium oxide, doped ruthenium oxide, silver, gold, copper, aluminum, and any combination thereof.
16 . The insulated glazing unit of claim 13 , wherein the second transparent conductive layer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of indium oxide, indium tin oxide, doped indium oxide, tin oxide, doped tin oxide, zinc oxide, doped zinc oxide, ruthenium oxide, doped ruthenium oxide and any combination thereof.
17 . The insulated glazing unit of claim 13 , wherein the anodic electrochemical layer comprises an inorganic metal oxide electrochemically active material, such as WO 3 , V 2 O 5 , MoO 3 , Nb 2 O 5 , TiO 2 , CuO, Ir 2 O 3 , Cr 2 O 3 , Co 2 O 3 , Mn 2 O 3 , Ta 2 O 5 , ZrO 2 , HfO 2 , Sb 2 O 3 , a lanthanide-based material with or without lithium, another lithium-based ceramic material, a nickel oxide (NiO, Ni 2 O 3 , or combination of the two), and Li, nitrogen, Na, H, or another ion, any halogen, or any combination thereof.
18 . The insulated glazing unit of claim 13 , wherein the electrochromic layer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of WO 3 , V 2 O 5 , MoO 3 , Nb 2 O 5 , TiO 2 , CuO, Ni 2 O 3 , NiO, Ir 2 O 3 , Cr 2 O 3 , Co 2 O 3 , Mn 2 O 3 , mixed oxides (e.g., W—Mo oxide, W—V oxide), lithium, aluminum, zirconium, phosphorus, nitrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine, boron, a borate with or without lithium, a tantalum oxide with or without lithium, a lanthanide-based material with or without lithium, another lithium-based ceramic material, or any combination thereof.