SMART WALL

• US 20170255178A1
• Filed: 03/01/2017
• Published: 09/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wall.a.be Inc.
• Original Assignee: Wall.a.be Inc.
• Inventors: Logue, Michael
• Application Number:
  US15/446,993
• Publication Number:
  US 20170255178A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house

Abstract

Sensors of smart walls for collecting data regarding are described. A sensor of a first smart wall can generate sensor data regarding a room. That sensor data can be provided to a data portal of a second smart wall and used to determine information regarding the room. Some information can include characteristics of the room, interactions with objects upon a smart wall, and conditions within the smart wall.

Claims

1. A smart wall, comprising:

a first portion configured to house a removable modular component providing an amenity for a room including the smart wall; and

a second portion configured to route utilities through the smart wall, the second portion also including one or more sensors to monitor one or both of conditions within the second portion of the smart wall or conditions regarding mechanisms used to route the utilities through the smart wall to determine a problem regarding the utilities in the second portion of the smart wall.

2. The smart wall of claim 1, wherein the smart wall further includes one or more sensors configured to generate sensor data regarding the room to determine information regarding characteristics of the room, interactions with objects upon the smart wall, or conditions within the smart wall.

3. The smart wall of claim 2, wherein the information regarding the room includes one or more of temperature of the room, humidity of the room, occupancy of the room, ambient light of the room, or energy consumption of the room.

4. The smart wall of claim 3, wherein the energy consumption of the room is based on providing electricity to the removable modular component of the first portion of the smart wall using the utilities.

5. The smart wall of claim 1, further comprising:

a third portion configured to provide insulation material of the smart wall, the first portion and the second portion positioned on a same side of the third portion of the smart wall.

6. The smart wall of claim 5, wherein the insulation material includes one or both of acoustic insulation material or fire insulation material.

7. A method for collecting data using sensors of smart walls, comprising:

generating, by a sensor of a first smart wall, sensor data regarding a room;

providing, by the sensor, the sensor data regarding the room to a data portal of a second smart wall corresponding to an entryway of the room; and

determining, by the data portal, information regarding the room based on the sensor data provided by the sensor, the information including one or more of information regarding characteristics of the room, interactions with an object upon the first smart wall, or conditions within the first smart wall of the room.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the information regarding the room includes one or more of temperature of the room, humidity of the room, occupancy of the room, ambient light of the room, or energy consumption of the room.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

displaying, on a display of the data portal, the information regarding the room.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the data portal is adjacent to a doorway modular component of the second smart wall, the doorway providing the entryway to the room.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the interactions with the object upon the first smart wall is based on a unique identifier corresponding to the first object.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the unique identifier includes one or more of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag or a near field communication (NFC) tag.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein conditions within the first smart wall of the room include characteristics regarding utilities routed through the first small wall.

14. An electronic device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions such that the processor and memory are configured to;

receive sensor data regarding a room at a data panel of a second smart wall from a sensor of a first smart wall, the data portal of the second smart wall corresponding to an entryway of the room; and

determine information regarding the room based on the sensor data provided by the sensor, the information including one or more of information regarding characteristics of the room, interactions with an object upon the first smart wall, or conditions within the first smart wall of the room.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the information regarding the room includes one or more of temperature of the room, humidity of the room, occupancy of the room, ambient light of the room, or energy consumption of the room.

16. The electronic device of claim 14, the electronic device further comprising a display screen, and the processor and memory are further configured to:

display, on the display panel, the information regarding the room.

17. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the data portal is adjacent to a doorway modular component of the second smart wall, the doorway providing the entryway to the room.

18. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the interactions with the object upon the first smart wall is based on a unique identifier corresponding to the first object.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the unique identifier includes one or more of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag or a near field communication (NFC) tag.

20. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein conditions within the first smart wall of the room include characteristics regarding utilities routed through the first small wall.

21. A computer program product, comprising one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer program instructions stored therein, the computer program instructions being configured such that, when executed by one or more computing devices, the computer program instructions cause the one or more computing devices to:

receive sensor data regarding a room at a data panel of a second smart wall from a sensor of a first smart wall, the data portal of the second smart wall corresponding to an entryway of the room; and

determine information regarding the room based on the sensor data provided by the sensor, the information including one or more of information regarding characteristics of the room, interactions with an object upon the first smart wall, or conditions within the first smart wall of the room.

22. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the information regarding the room includes one or more of temperature of the room, humidity of the room, occupancy of the room, ambient light of the room, or energy consumption of the room.

23. The computer program product of claim 21, the electronic device further comprising a display screen, and the processor and memory are further configured to:

display, on a display panel of the data panel, the information regarding the room.

24. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the data portal is adjacent to a doorway modular component of the second smart wall, the doorway providing the entryway to the room.

25. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the interactions with the object upon the first smart wall is based on a unique identifier corresponding to the first object.

26. The computer program product of claim 25, wherein the unique identifier includes one or more of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag or a near field communication (NFC) tag.