Interactive user interface functionality for lighting devices or system
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- lighting devices, each respective lighting device comprising;
a light source;
a communication interface configured to enable communication via a network link; and
a processor coupled to control the light source and coupled to communicate via the communication interface and the network link with one or more others of the devices and configured to control operations of at least the respective lighting device, wherein;
at least one of the lighting devices includes a user input sensor configured to detect user activity related to user inputs without requiring physical contact of the user, wherein the user inputs include an audio input and the user input sensor includes a microphone to receive the audio input;
at least one of the lighting devices includes an output component configured to provide information output to the user when the user is in a vicinity of the at least one output component, wherein the output component includes a display, a projector, or a speaker; and
one or more of the processors of the lighting devices is further configured to process user inputs detected by the user input sensor, control lighting and control output to a user via the output component so as to implement an interactive user interface, including to selectively;
digitize, the audio input detected via the microphone, into an audio data segment;
convert the audio data segment into a parsed representation of speech that includes a word string;
recognize a lighting command in the word string by;
sending, to a server, the parsed representation of speech and receiving, from the server, the recognized lighting command in response to sending the parsed representation of speech;
oranalyzing, on one or more of the lighting devices, the word string to recognize the lighting command in the parsed representation of speech;
control a lighting operation of at least a plurality of the lighting devices as a function of the recognized lighting command; and
obtain and provide information as an output via the output component, in response to a processed user input.
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Abstract
An example of a lighting system includes intelligent lighting devices, each of which includes a light source, a communication interface and a processor coupled to control the light source. In such a system, at least one of the lighting devices includes a user input sensor to detect user activity related to user inputs without requiring physical contact of the user; and at least one of the lighting devices includes an output component to provide information output to the user. One or more of the processors in the intelligent lighting devices are further configured to process user inputs detected by the user input sensor, control lighting and control output to a user via the output component so as to implement an interactive user interface for the system, for example, to facilitate user control of lighting operations of the system and/or to act as a user interface portal for other services.
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18 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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lighting devices, each respective lighting device comprising; a light source; a communication interface configured to enable communication via a network link; and a processor coupled to control the light source and coupled to communicate via the communication interface and the network link with one or more others of the devices and configured to control operations of at least the respective lighting device, wherein; at least one of the lighting devices includes a user input sensor configured to detect user activity related to user inputs without requiring physical contact of the user, wherein the user inputs include an audio input and the user input sensor includes a microphone to receive the audio input; at least one of the lighting devices includes an output component configured to provide information output to the user when the user is in a vicinity of the at least one output component, wherein the output component includes a display, a projector, or a speaker; and one or more of the processors of the lighting devices is further configured to process user inputs detected by the user input sensor, control lighting and control output to a user via the output component so as to implement an interactive user interface, including to selectively; digitize, the audio input detected via the microphone, into an audio data segment; convert the audio data segment into a parsed representation of speech that includes a word string; recognize a lighting command in the word string by; sending, to a server, the parsed representation of speech and receiving, from the server, the recognized lighting command in response to sending the parsed representation of speech;
oranalyzing, on one or more of the lighting devices, the word string to recognize the lighting command in the parsed representation of speech; control a lighting operation of at least a plurality of the lighting devices as a function of the recognized lighting command; and obtain and provide information as an output via the output component, in response to a processed user input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system, comprising:
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lighting devices, each respective lighting device comprising; a light source; a communication interface configured to enable communication via a network link; and a processor coupled to control the light source and coupled to communicate via the communication interface and the network link with one or more others of the lighting devices, wherein; each processor of a respective lighting device is configured to control lighting operations of the respective lighting device; at least one of the lighting devices includes a user input sensor configured to detect user activity related to user inputs without requiring physical contact of the user, wherein the user inputs include an audio input and the user input sensor includes a microphone to receive the audio input; at least one of the lighting devices includes an output component configured to provide information output to the user, wherein the output component includes a display, a projector, or a speaker; and the processor of at least one of the lighting devices is further configured to implement a distributed processing procedure to respond to user inputs detected by the user input sensor, control lighting and control output to a user via the output component, in such a manner that the system provides an interactive user interface via one or more of the lighting devices by; digitizing, the audio input detected via the microphone, into an audio data segment; converting the audio data segment into a parsed representation of speech that includes a word string; recognizing a lighting command in the word string by; sending, to a server, the parsed representation of speech and receiving, from the server, the recognized lighting command in response to sending the parsed representation of speech;
oranalyzing, on one or more of the lighting devices, the word string to recognize the lighting command in the parsed representation of speech; and controlling a lighting operation of at least a plurality of the lighting devices as a function of the recognized lighting command. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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