Artificial intelligence (AI) computing device with one or more lighting elements

• US 10,349,493 B2
• Filed: 04/10/2018
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ShadeCraft, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ShadeCraft, Inc.
• Inventors: Gharabegian, Armen Sevada
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Tung X
• Application Number:
  US15/950,134
• Publication Number:
  US 20190014643A1
• Time in Patent Office: 455 Days
• Field of Search: 315152, 315307
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 9/037 the solar unit and the lighting unit being located within or on the same housing
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/26 Pivoted arms
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/008 the casing being outside the housing of the lighting device
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/045 the sensor receiving a signal from a remote controller
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/04 Inference or reasoning models
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/12 by detecting audible sound
• 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

A lighting system including a lighting support frame and lighting fabric and a lighting support assembly connected to the lighting support frame and lighting fabric, the lighting support frame or the lighting support assembly including one or more lighting elements. The lighting system further includes an artificial intelligence (AI) device housing coupled to the lighting support assembly, the AI device housing including one or more microphones, one or more processors, one or more memory devices, and computer-readable instructions stored in the one or more memory devices and executable by the one or more processors to receive audible commands and convert the received audible commands to one or more sound files.

Claims

1. A lighting assembly, comprising:

a lighting support frame and lighting fabric;

a lighting support assembly connected to the lighting support frame and lighting fabric, the lighting support frame or the lighting support assembly comprising one or more lighting elements;

an artificial intelligence (AI) device housing coupled to the lighting support assembly, the AI device housing comprising;

one or more microphones;

one or more processors;

one or more memory devices; and

computer-readable instructions stored in the one or more memory devices and executable by the one or more processors to;

receive audible commands; and

convert the received audible commands to one or more sound files; and

a wireless transceiver,

the computer-readable instructions further executable by the one or more processors to;

communicate the one or more sound files, via the wireless transceiver, to an external computing device for voice recognition; and

receive one or more recognized device commands, via the wireless transceiver, the recognized one or more device commands to be based, at least in part, on the communicated one or more sound files.

2. The lighting assembly of claim 1, wherein the received recognized device command is related to operation of a camera,

the computer-readable instructions further executable by the one or more processors to:

activate the camera to initiate capture of images or video around the lighting assembly.

3. The lighting assembly of claim 1, wherein the received recognized device command is related to operation of one or more sensors,

the computer-readable instructions further executable by the one or more processors to activate the one or more sensors to capture sensor measurements from an area surrounding the lighting assembly.

4. The lighting assembly of claim 1, wherein the received recognized device command is related to operation of the one or more lighting elements,

the computer-readable instructions further executable by the one or more processors to activate the one or more lighting elements.

5. The lighting assembly of claim 1, wherein the received recognized device commands is related to operation of an audio system,

the computer-readable instructions further executable by the one or more processors to activate the audio system to play audio music files.

6. The lighting assembly of claim 5, wherein the audio files are received, via the wireless transceiver, from an external computing device.

7. The lighting assembly of claim 1, wherein the one or more microphones are integrated with the AI device housing.

8. The lighting assembly of claim 1, wherein the wireless transceiver is a WiFi wireless communications transceiver.

9. The lighting assembly of claim 1, wherein the wireless transceiver is a wireless cellular communication transceiver.

10. The lighting assembly of claim 1, further including a base assembly coupled to the AI device housing.

11. The lighting assembly of claim 10, the base assembly comprising wheels, wherein the base assembly is a movable base assembly.

12. The lighting assembly of claim 10, wherein the AI device housing is rotatable with respect to the base assembly.

13. The lighting assembly of claim 1, wherein the lighting support assembly is rotatable with respect to AI device housing.

14. The lighting assembly of claim 1, the AI device housing further comprising an imaging device to capture images of an area around the lighting assembly.

15. A lighting assembly, comprising:

an artificial intelligence (AI) body housing, the AI body housing comprising one or more microphones;

one or more processors;

one or more memory devices; and

computer-readable instructions executable by the one or more processors to

receive audible commands; and

convert the received audible commands to one or more sound files; and

;

a cantilever support assembly connected to the AI body housing;

a pivoting assembly connected to the cantilever support assembly; and

a cantilever lighting assembly connected to the pivoting assembly, the cantilever lighting assembly to comprise one or more lighting elements on a first surface and one or more solar panels on a second surface, wherein the pivoting assembly to lift the cantilever support assembly to a deployed position; and

a wireless transceiver,

the computer-readable instructions further executable by the one or more processors to;

communicate the one or more sound files, via the wireless transceiver, to an external computing device for voice recognition; and

receive one or more recognized device commands, via the wireless transceiver, the recognized one or more device commands to be based, at least in part, on the communicated one or more sound files.

16. The lighting assembly of claim 15, the cantilever support assembly further comprising one or more lighting elements.

17. The lighting assembly of claim 15, further comprising a rotation assembly, the rotation assembly connected to the AI body housing and the cantilever support assembly and rotating the cantilever support assembly about the AI body housing.

18. A lighting assembly, comprising:

a lighting support frame;

a lighting support assembly connected to the lighting support frame and lighting fabric, the lighting support frame or the lighting support assembly comprising one or more lighting elements;

an artificial intelligence (AI) device housing coupled to the lighting support assembly, the AI device housing comprising;

one or more microphones;

one or more processors;

one or more memory devices; and

computer-readable instructions stored in the one or more memory devices and executable by the one or more processors to;

receive audible commands; and

convert the received audible commands to one or more sound files; and

a wireless transceiver,

the computer-readable instructions further executable by the one or more processors to;

communicate the one or more sound files, via the wireless transceiver, to an external computing device for voice recognition; and

receive one or more recognized device commands, via the wireless transceiver, the recognized one or more device commands to be based, at least in part, on the communicated one or more sound files.