Smart devices kit for recessed light housing

• US 10,310,464 B1
• Filed: 01/21/2017
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Phorena, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Phorena, Inc.
• Inventors: Lu, Lawrence Trung
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Daniel D
• Application Number:
  US15/411,994
• Time in Patent Office: 864 Days
• Field of Search: 315 32
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/105 in response to determined parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

The present invention relates to an assembly kit that fits inside are recessed light fixture, flush mount light fixture, tube light fixture, track light fixture or light tube that is mounted in/on the ceiling or wall for retrofitting various combinations of smart devices and sensors, as part of ambient intelligence.

Claims

1. A kit assembly to interchangeably connect at least one of a computing device, a plurality of smart devices, and a plurality of sensors, and to be installed in a recessed light fixture, comprising:

a first socket connector including at least one electrical connector appropriate for the light fixture being retrofitted;

a retrofitting kit comprising a second socket connector, at least one spring connector, and a communication unit;

the plurality of smart devices, within a building or any logical boundary, managed and provisioned by a software; and

a bladeless fan assembly, comprising;

a motor mounted inside a housing;

a hollow airflow guiding frame and a flow guiding set affixed to the housing; and

an electronic control unit that controls the speed and direction of the fan, and the pivot and rotation of the housing.

2. The kit assembly of claim 1, wherein the software controls at least one of a pivot and rotation of a base of the kit to direct an input and an output of the plurality of smart devices and the plurality of sensors.

3. The kit assembly of claim 1, wherein a communication among the plurality of sensors, the computing device, and the plurality of smart devices is a combination of wired and/or wireless protocol such as Wi-Fi, Li-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, UWB, USB, HDMI, Ethernet, and/or fiber optic.

4. The kit assembly of claim 1, wherein the plurality of smart devices and the plurality of sensors are wired or wireless network access points and/or repeaters including but not limited to Wi-Fi access points, Wi-Fi repeaters, microcell repeater, or microcell access point.

5. The kit assembly of claim 1, wherein the plurality of smart devices and the plurality of sensors are part of one or more mesh networks with other devices and/or computers.

6. The kit assembly of claim 5, wherein the plurality of smart devices and the plurality of sensors are controlled by the software running on the computing device in the kit, other kit(s), and/or other devices remotely over the network.

7. The kit assembly of claim 1, wherein the plurality of smart devices and the plurality of sensors and/or the computing device interact with a plurality of electronic devices, animals, and people through their respective input and output interfaces.

8. The kit assembly of claim 1, wherein the software runs digital assistant, music players, video games, video streaming, instructional videos, video/audio conferencing, telepresence, virtual reality, augmented reality, map, direction guidance, object locator and monitoring, people locator and monitoring, building monitoring, event monitoring, intercom, thermostat, humidity monitor, air filter, humidifier, cooling, heating, cloud services, and other applications.

9. The kit assembly of claim 1, wherein the computing device, the plurality of smart devices and the plurality of sensors are one or more of a microphone, a camera, a security camera, an infrared camera, a temperature sensor, chemical sensors, a light sensor, a moisture sensor, a touch sensor, a motion sensor, a smoke detector, a carbon monoxide detector, a radar, a LIDAR, a radio waves receiver, an RFID reader, a GPS receiver, a video projector, a 2D/3D hologram projector, speakers, lights, a fan, a bladeless fan, lasers, a heater, an air conditioner, a humidifier, a dehumidifier, battery, wireless battery charger, and/or chemical dispensers, wherein projectors, cameras, sensors, and/or software the assembly are used to interact and monitor people, animals, robots, events and/or the environment.

10. The kit assembly of claim 1, further comprising:

an input interface configured to receive a plurality of input signals such as voice, visual, motion, gesture, temperature, humidity, chemical, radar signal, and laser, and wherein the output is a combination of at least one of a light, a laser, an image, a video, a 3D hologram, a sound, a warm air, a cool air, a water vapor, a chemical, and an electronic alarm.

11. The kit assembly of claim 1, further comprising an electrical light source of fixed or variable color temperature and intensity controlled by the computing device running programmable software or remotely across a wired or wireless network.

12. The kit assembly of claim 1, further comprising:

a fan assembly, comprising;

a motor mounted inside a housing; and

a plurality of blades each affixed to the housing.

13. The kit assembly of claim 1, further comprising:

a retrofitted can with connectors for additional input and output, comprising;

air ducts/pipes for cool air and warm air;

water pipe for water sprinkler, cool air mist;

data communication wires;

electrical wires; and

locks for securing the kit.

14. The kit assembly of claim 1, wherein the retrofitting kit comprising of the light tube, light tube fixture, or flush mount fixture retrofit kit with smart devices, sensors, and/or fan(s).

15. The kit assembly of claim 1, wherein a kit power source is obtained from a connection of a male Edison screw socket for the light fixture being retrofitted to a female Edison screw socket in the light fixture.