Outlet device with voice control module having counterweight portion

• US 10,381,792 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2017
• Issued: 08/13/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Powertech Industrial Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Powertech Industrial Company Limited
• Inventors: Hsu, Jung-Hui
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Tulsidas C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Leigh, Peter G
• Application Number:
  US15/792,830
• Publication Number:
  US 20180115108A1
• Time in Patent Office: 657 Days
• Field of Search: 439585, 439535
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6395 for wall or panel outlets
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6675 with built-in power supply
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6683 with built-in sensor
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/70 with built-in switch
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/73 Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/62 Sliding engagements with one side only, e.g. modular jack coupling devices
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/66 with pins, blades or analogous contacts and secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. to a wall
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/76 with sockets, clips or analogous contacts and secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. to a wall
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 25/003 the coupling part being secured only to wires or cables
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 25/006 the coupling part being secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. duplex wall receptacle
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 35/02 Flexible line connectors without frictional contact members
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/081 Bases, casings or covers
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/18 providing line outlets
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20145 Means for directing air flow, e.g. ducts, deflectors, plenum or guides

Abstract

An outlet device includes a counterweight portion, a hanging portion arranged distant from the counterweight portion, an extending portion having two ends respectively connected to the counterweight portion and the hanging portion, a voice controlling module installed in the hanging portion, and a power cord connected to the counterweight portion. The outlet unit of the counterweight portion and the voice controlling module are electrically connected to the power cord. The voice controlling module is to receive voice signal for controlling a corresponding electronic device. When the outlet device is applied to a plate, the counterweight portion is arranged under the plate and the hanging portion is arranged on the plate, and the hanging portion remains hung on the plate by using the weight distribution of the outlet device, thereby maintaining the outlet device in a static balance state.

Claims

1. An outlet device for being hung on a plate, comprising:

a counterweight portion including an outlet unit;

a hanging portion arranged distant from the counterweight portion;

an extending portion having two opposite ends respectively connected to the counterweight portion and the hanging portion, wherein a free end of the hanging portion is arranged distant from the extending portion by a lateral distance, the extending portion has a width parallel to the lateral distance, and the width is less than or equal to the lateral distance;

a voice controlling module including a voice receiver installed to the hanging portion for receiving a voice signal, wherein the voice controlling module is configured to control an electronic device according to the voice signal received from the voice receiver; and

a power cord electrically connected to the outlet unit and the voice controlling module, wherein the power cord has an end connected to the counterweight portion and an opposite end used for detachably inserting into an external power supplying outlet,

wherein when the outlet device is applied to the plate, the counterweight portion is arranged under the plate and the hanging portion is arranged on the plate, and the hanging portion remains hung on the plate by using a weight distribution of the outlet device, thereby maintaining the outlet device in a static balance state.

2. The outlet device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the counterweight portion includes a first case, the outlet unit is disposed in the first case, the hanging portion includes a second case, the voice receiver is arranged in the second case, the extending portion includes a third case, the third case has a first end and an opposite second end, and the first end and the second end are respectively and perpendicularly connected to the first case and the second case.

3. The outlet device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first end and the second end of the third case are integrally connected to the first case and the second case, and the first case, the second case, and the third case jointly form a U-shaped hanging slot for receiving a part of the plate, wherein the voice controlling module is arranged outside the U-shaped hanging slot.

4. The outlet device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of expansion outlets spaced from the counterweight portion, the hanging portion, and the extending portion, wherein the voice controlling module is wirelessly connected to the expansion outlets, for controlling at least one of the expansion outlets according to the voice signal received from the voice receiver.

5. The outlet device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the voice controlling module includes:

a voice identifier electrically connected to the voice receiver, wherein the expansion outlets are respectively identified according to different voice signals, and the voice identifier is to distinguish the voice signals from each other; and

a wireless controller electrically connected to the voice identifier and wirelessly connected to the expansion outlets, wherein the voice identifier is to identify the voice signal received from the voice receiver, thereby opening or closing one of the expansion outlets corresponding to the received voice signal by the wireless controller.

6. The outlet device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a speaker installed on the hanging portion, wherein the voice controlling module includes an AC/DC convertor electrically connected to the power cord, the voice receiver, and the speaker, and the voice controlling module is configured to control volume of the speaker according to the voice signal received from the voice receiver.

7. An outlet device for being hung on a plate, comprising:

a counterweight portion;

a hanging portion arranged distant from the counterweight portion, wherein at least one of the counterweight portion and the hanging portion is provided with an outlet unit;

an extending portion having two opposite ends respectively connected to the counterweight portion and the hanging portion; and

a voice controlling module including a voice receiver installed in the hanging portion or the extending portion for receiving a voice signal, wherein the voice controlling module is configured to control an electronic device according to the voice signal received from the voice receiver,

wherein when the outlet device is applied to the plate, the counterweight portion is arranged under the plate and the hanging portion is arranged on the plate, and the hanging portion remains hung on the plate by using a weight distribution of the outlet device thereby maintaining the outlet device in a static balance state.

8. The outlet device as claimed in claim 7, wherein a free end of the hanging portion is arranged distant from the extending portion by a lateral distance, the extending portion has a width parallel to the lateral distance, and the width is less than or equal to the lateral distance.

9. The outlet device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the voice controlling module includes:

a voice identifier electrically connected to the voice receiver; and

a wireless controller electrically connected to the voice identifier and used for wirelessly connecting to the expansion outlets, wherein the voice identifier is to distinguish the voice signals from each other, the voice identifier is to identify the voice signal received from the voice receiver, thereby opening or closing one of the expansion outlets corresponding to the received voice signal by the wireless controller.