A method of controlling tint of a tintable window to account for occupant comfort in a room of a building. The tintable window is between the interior and exterior of the building. The method predicts a tint level for the tintable window at a future time based on a penetration depth of direct sunlig
A method of controlling tint of a tintable window to account for occupant comfort in a room of a building. The tintable window is between the interior and exterior of the building. The method predicts a tint level for the tintable window at a future time based on a penetration depth of direct sunlight through the tintable window into the room at the future time and space type in the room. The method also provides instructions over a network to transition tint of the tintable window to the tint level.
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1. A method of controlling tint of one or more tintable windows to account for occupancy comfort in a room of a building, the method comprising: determining an intersection between an occupancy region and a three-dimensional projection of light through the one or more tintable windows;using the inte
1. A method of controlling tint of one or more tintable windows to account for occupancy comfort in a room of a building, the method comprising: determining an intersection between an occupancy region and a three-dimensional projection of light through the one or more tintable windows;using the intersection to determine a tint level of the one or more tintable windows; andproviding instructions to transition tint of the one or more tintable windows to the determined tint level. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional projection is a projection of the one or more tintable windows into the room from the sun's rays. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the three-dimensional projection of light comprises determining a direction of the projection using the sun's azimuth and altitude. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein when the determined intersection is zero, the tint level determined is a clear tint state. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the intersection of the three-dimensional projection of light with a plane of interest is a P-image, andwherein determining the tint level comprises determining an amount of overlap of the P-image with the occupancy region and determining the tint level based on the amount of overlap. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the intersection of the three-dimensional projection of light with a plane of interest is a P-image, andwherein determining the tint level comprises determining a percentage of the occupancy region that is overlapped by the P-image and determining the tint level based on the determined percentage. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the intersection of the three-dimensional projection of light with a plane of interest is a P-image,wherein determining the P-image comprises: determining an effective aperture of the one or more tintable windows and a geometric center of the effective aperture;determining a P-image offset from the geometric center based on Sun azimuth and altitude; anddetermining the P-image by generating the effective aperture area around the P-image offset at the plane of interest. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the intersection of the three-dimensional projection of light with the plane of interest is a P-image, and wherein determining the tint level comprises determining a percentage of an occupancy region overlapped by the P-image and determining the tint level based on the determined percentage. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional projection of light is determined at a future time. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the future time is at least about 5 minutes from the present time and tinting is initiated before the future time. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the instructions are provided over a network to transition tint of the one or more tintable windows to the determined tint level. 12. A controller for controlling tint of one or more tintable windows to account for occupancy comfort in a room, the controller comprising a processor configured to: determine an intersection of a three-dimensional projection of light through the one or more tintable windows with a plane of interest;determine an overlap of the intersection with an occupancy region;use the determined overlap to determine a tint level of the one or more tintable windows; andprovide instructions to transition tint of the one or more tintable windows to the determined tint level. 13. The controller of claim 12, further comprising a pulse width modulator in communication with the processor and with the tintable window over a network, the pulse width modulator configured to receiving the determined tint level from the processor and send a signal with tint instructions over the network to transition the tint of the one or more tintable windows to the determined tint level. 14. The controller of claim 12, wherein the three-dimensional projection is a projection of the one or more tintable windows into the room from the sun's rays. 15. The controller of claim 12, wherein determining the three-dimensional projection of light comprises determining a direction of the projection using the sun's azimuth and altitude. 16. The controller of claim 12, wherein when the determined intersection is zero, the tint level determined is a clear tint state. 17. The controller of claim 12, wherein the intersection of the three-dimensional projection of light with the a plane of interest is a P-image, andwherein determining the tint level comprises determining an amount of overlap of the P-image with the occupancy region and determining the tint level based on the amount of overlap. 18. The controller of claim 12, wherein the intersection of the three-dimensional projection of light with a plane of interest is a P-image, andwherein determining the tint level comprises determining a percentage of the occupancy region that is overlapped by the P-image and determining the tint level based on the determined percentage. 19. The controller of claim 12, wherein the intersection of the three-dimensional projection of light with a plane of interest is a P-image,wherein determining the P-image comprises: determining an effective aperture of the one or more tintable windows and a geometric center of the effective aperture;determining a P-image offset from the geometric center based on Sun azimuth and altitude; anddetermining the P-image by generating the effective aperture area around the P-image offset at the plane of interest. 20. The controller of claim 12, wherein the intersection of the three-dimensional projection of light with the plane of interest is a P-image, and wherein determining the tint level comprises determining a percentage of an occupancy region overlapped by the P-image and determining the tint level based on the determined percentage. 21. The controller of claim 12, wherein the three-dimensional projection of light is determined at a future time. 22. The controller of claim 21, wherein the future time is at least about 5 minutes from the present time and tinting is initiated before the future time. 23. A method of controlling tint of one or more tintable windows to account for occupancy comfort in a room of a building, the method comprising: determining whether one or more timers is set at the current time; andif one or more timers is not set, determining a filtered tint level; andproviding instructions to transition tint of the one or more tintable windows to the filtered tint level. 24. The method of claim 23, wherein determining the filtered tint level comprises: determining a short box car value of a short box car based on one or more sensor readings;determining a first long box car value of a first long box car based on one or more sensor readings;setting an illumination value to the short box car value and setting a first timer if the difference between the short box car value and the long box car value is positive and greater than a positive threshold value; andsetting the illumination value to the first long box car value if the difference between the short box car value and the long box car value is positive and less than the positive threshold value or negative and more negative than a negative threshold value. 25. The method of claim 23, further comprising if the difference between the short box car value and the first long box car value is more negative than the negative threshold value, setting a second timer. 26. The method of claim 25, further comprising if the difference between the short box car value and the first long box car value is more negative than the negative threshold value, resetting the first long box car.
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