LIGHT BULB HOLDER MODULE WITH BUILT-IN SPEAKER

• US 20130114826A1
• Filed: 11/09/2012
• Published: 05/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nai-Chien Chang
• Original Assignee: Nai-Chien Chang
• Inventors: CHANG, Nai-Chien
• Application Number:
  US13/673,660
• Publication Number:
  US 20130114826A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/77
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/028 associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/00 Circuits for transducers , loudspeakers or microphones

Abstract

A light bulb holder module with a built-in speaker is embedded into a light bulb slot. The light bulb holder module includes a light bulb holder, a control unit, a first electronic switch, a second electronic switch, a wireless transceiver unit, and a speaker. Also, a light bulb is installed on the light bulb holder. The wireless transceiver unit receives an external control signal and transmits the control signal to the control unit. The control unit turns on or turns off the first electronic switch and the second electronic switch according to contents of the control signal, thus lightening or extinguishing the light bulb or turning on or turning off the speaker. In addition, the wireless transceiver unit also receives external audio signals and transmits the audio signals to the control unit to be processed. The processed audio signals are played by the speaker.

Claims

1. A light bulb holder module with a built-in speaker embedded into a light bulb slot, the light bulb holder module comprising:

a control unit electrically connected to the light bulb slot and configured to receive electricity produced from a utility power;

a first electronic switch electrically connected to the control unit;

a light bulb holder electrically connected to the first electronic switch, wherein the light bulb holder module is connected to an external light bulb via the light bulb holder and the light bulb receives electricity via the light bulb holder module;

a speaker;

a second electronic switch electrically connected to the control unit and the speaker; and

a wireless transceiver unit electrically connected to the control unit and configured to receive an external control signal and transmit the received control signal to the control unit to be processed, wherein the control unit is configured to control the first electronic switch or the second electronic switch to be turned on or turned off according to the content of the control signal, thus lightening or extinguishing the light bulb or turning on or turning off the speaker;

wherein the wireless transceiver unit further receives an external audio signal and the received audio signal is transmitted to the control unit to be processed so that the control unit transmits the processed audio signal to the speaker to be played.

2. The light bulb holder module in claim 1, wherein the first electronic switch and the second electronic switch are relays.

3. The light bulb holder module in claim 1, wherein the wireless transceiver unit is a Bluetooth transmission unit, the control signal is a Bluetooth control signal, and the audio signal is a Bluetooth transmission signal.

4. The light bulb holder module in claim 1, wherein the wireless transceiver unit is an infrared transmission unit and the control signal is an infrared transmission signal.

5. A light bulb holder module with a built-in speaker embedded into a light bulb slot, the light bulb holder module comprising:

a control unit electrically connected to the light bulb slot and configured to receive electricity produced from a utility power and provide capability of executing and decoding audio files;

a speaker;

a first electronic switch electrically connected to the control unit and the speaker;

a wireless transceiver unit electrically connected to the control unit and configured to receive an external first control signal and transmit the received first control signal to the control unit to be processed, wherein the control unit is configured to control the first electronic switch to be turned on or turned off according to the content of the first control signal, thus turning on or turning off the speaker; and

a memory unit electrically connected to the control unit and configured to store at least one audio file;

wherein the control unit reads at least one audio file stored in the memory unit, executes and decodes the read audio file, and transmits the decoded audio file to the speaker to be played.

6. The light bulb holder module in claim 5, further comprising:

a second electronic switch electrically connected to the control unit; and

a light bulb holder electrically connected to the second electronic switch, wherein the light bulb holder module is connected to an external light bulb via the light bulb holder and the light bulb receives electricity via the light bulb holder module;

wherein the wireless transceiver unit is configured to receive the first control signal and transmit the received first control signal to the control unit to be processed, the control unit is configured to control the second electronic switch to be turned on or turned off according to the content of the first control signal, thus lightening or extinguishing the light bulb.

7. The light bulb holder module in claim 6, wherein the first electronic switch and the second electronic switch are relays.

8. The light bulb holder module in claim 5, wherein the wireless transceiver unit is configured to wirelessly receive an external second control signal, the control unit is configured to read and execute the corresponding audio files stored in the memory unit according to the content of the second control signal.

9. The light bulb holder module in claim 8, wherein the control unit is configured to control the read audio files to be played, paused, stopped, and fast forwarded according to the second control signal.

10. The light bulb holder module in claim 9, wherein the wireless transceiver unit is a Bluetooth transmission unit or an infrared transmission unit, the first control signal and the second control signal are a Bluetooth control signal or an infrared control signal.