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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2015
David R. Hall, Provo, UT (US);
David R. Hall, Provo, UT (US);
Austin Benjamin Carlson, Provo, UT (US);
Clint J. Cook, American Fork, UT (US);
Kevin Dean Rees, Herriman, UT (US);
Davido Loyal Hyer, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Jerome Lee Miles, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Emily Brimhall, Alpine, UT (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method in accordance with the invention includes prompting a user to align a mobile device with a geometric feature (e.g., a window sill, corner, etc.) of a window. The method further determines a position and orientation of the window using sensors of the mobile device. Based on the position and orientation of the window, the method determines a position of the sun over time relative to the window. The method automatically adjusts a window covering of the window to take into account the position of the sun over time. For example, the method may automatically tilt slats of a window blind or open or close a window covering to take into account the position of the sun over time. A corresponding system is also disclosed herein.