AUDIO ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20140125451A1
• Filed: 10/04/2013
• Published: 05/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: SAKO, YOICHIRO, OKADA, HIROSHI, WATANABE, KAZUHIRO, SAKODA, KAZUYUKI, ASADA, KOHEI, TAKEHARA, MITSURU, NAKAMURA, TAKATOSHI, KAMADA, YASUNORI, KON, TAKAYASU, HAYASHI, KAZUNORI, TANGE, AKIRA, HANAYA, HIROYUKI, KOGA, YUKI, ONUMA, TOMOYA
• Granted Patent: US 9,544,979 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/4.2
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/115 by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/125 by using cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/155 Coordinated control of two or more light sources
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

There is provided an audio illumination apparatus including an illumination unit, an audio output unit, a setting unit configured to set a parameter of at least one of illumination of the illumination unit and audio output of the audio output unit in accordance with a recognized user who is in a neighborhood, a transmission unit configured to transmit the parameter set by the setting unit to an audio illumination apparatus in the neighborhood, and a control unit configured to control the at least one of the illumination of the illumination unit and the audio output of the audio output unit in accordance with the set parameter.

Claims

1. An audio illumination apparatus comprising:

an illumination unit;

an audio output unit;

a setting unit configured to set a parameter of at least one of illumination of the illumination unit and audio output of the audio output unit in accordance with a recognized user who is in a neighborhood;

a transmission unit configured to transmit the parameter set by the setting unit to an audio illumination apparatus in the neighborhood; and

a control unit configured to control the at least one of the illumination of the illumination unit and the audio output of the audio output unit in accordance with the set parameter.

2. The audio illumination apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the transmission unit transmits the parameter in a transmission range according to priority of the user.

3. The audio illumination apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the transmission unit transmits the parameter to another audio illumination apparatus disposed on a route according to a destination of the user.

4. The audio illumination apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an imaging unit;

wherein, when a person is detected, the control unit performs control in a manner that a captured image captured by the imaging unit is transmitted to a server.

5. The audio illumination apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a detection unit configured to detect a person based on the captured image captured by the imaging unit.

6. The audio illumination apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a sound collection unit,

wherein, when a person is detected, the control unit performs control in a manner that audio data collected by the sound collection unit to a server.

7. The audio illumination apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

a detection unit configured to detect a person based on a sound reflected on a sound output from the audio output unit.

8. The audio illumination apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

a detection unit configured to detect a person based on a footstep or a voice of the person collected by the sound collection unit.

9. The audio illumination apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the setting unit sets at least one of an illumination pattern, a color, and a luminous intensity as an illumination parameter of the illumination unit according to the user.

10. The audio illumination apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the setting unit sets at least one of a timbre, sound intensity, pitch, a tempo, and equalizing as a parameter of the audio output of the audio output unit according to the user.

11. The audio illumination apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the setting unit sets a genre of music or a specific composition as a parameter of the audio output of the audio output unit according to the user.

12. The audio illumination apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the setting unit sets directivity of the audio output unit as a parameter of the audio output of the audio output unit according to the user.

13. The audio illumination apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the setting unit sets a sound volume of the audio output unit as a parameter of the audio output of the audio output unit according to the user.

14. The audio illumination apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the setting unit sets at least one of an illumination parameter and an audio output parameter in accordance with a preference of the recognized user, the preference having been registered in advance.

15. The audio illumination apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a recognition unit configured to recognize the user who is in the neighborhood of the audio illumination apparatus.

16. The audio illumination apparatus according to claim 15,

wherein the recognition unit recognizes the user by performing face recognition based on a captured image obtained by an imaging unit capturing an area in the neighborhood.

17. The audio illumination apparatus according to claim 15,

wherein the recognition unit recognizes the user by performing sound recognition or speaker recognition based on sound collection data obtained by the sound collection unit collecting a sound in the neighborhood.

18. The audio illumination apparatus according to claim 15,

wherein the recognition unit recognizes the user by performing authentication based on ID information acquired from a wireless tag.

19. The audio illumination apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the parameter includes a time code, and

wherein the control unit starts at least one of the illumination or the audio output in accordance with the time code, or performs control in a manner that the illumination or the audio output synchronizes.

20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a program stored therein, the program causing a computer to function as:

an illumination unit;

an audio output unit;

a setting unit configured to set a parameter of at least one of illumination of the illumination unit and audio output of the audio output unit in accordance with a recognized user who is in a neighborhood;

a transmission unit configured to transmit the parameter set by the setting unit to an audio illumination apparatus in the neighborhood; and

a control unit configured to control the at least one of the illumination of the illumination unit and the audio output of the audio output unit in accordance with the set parameter.