SMART CHAIR

• US 20180199716A1
• Filed: 01/13/2017
• Published: 07/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Palm Beach Technology LLC
• Original Assignee: Palm Beach Technology LLC
• Inventors: BERTINATO, DIEGO, RAVAIOLI, ELIO
• Application Number:
  US15/405,330
• Publication Number:
  US 20180199716A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/008 Use of remote controls
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/72 Adaptations for incorporating lamps, radio sets, bars, telephones, ventilation, heating or cooling arrangements or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/723 with display screens
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/727 with speakers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2816 Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station; in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A seating/reclining furniture includes at least one component selected from a seat part, a back part, a headrest, a footrest, and an armrest, an actuator which manipulates the at least one component, and a control device which controls the actuator. The control device includes a command recognition module and a command conversion module. The command recognition module checks at least one command pattern initiated by a user for a correspondence with at least one predefined command pattern which is representative of an actuation mode of the actuator. The command conversion module converts the command pattern into a control command for controlling the actuator based on the correspondence of the at least one command pattern to the at least one predefined command pattern.

Claims

1. A seating/reclining furniture comprising:

at least one component selected from a seat part, a back part, a headrest, a footrest, and an armrest;

at least one actuator, each of the at least one actuator being configured to manipulate one of the at least one component; and

a control device configured to control the at least one actuator, the control device comprising,

a command recognition module configured to check at least one command pattern initiated by a user for a correspondence with at least one predefined command pattern which is representative of an actuation mode of the at least one actuator, and

a command conversion module configured to convert the command pattern into a control command for controlling the at least one actuator based on the correspondence of the at least one command pattern to the at least one predefined command pattern.

2. The seating/reclining furniture as recited in claim 1, wherein, the at least one command pattern initiated by the user includes at least one of a voice command, a gesture command, and a tactile command sequence.

3. The seating/reclining furniture as recited in claim 2, further comprising:

at least one microphone configured to detect the voice command initiated by the user, the at least one microphone being provided,

so as to be integrated into the seating/reclining furniture, or

as a component of a separate operating unit which communicates via a wireless communication with the control device.

4. The seating/reclining furniture as recited in claim 3, further comprising at least one of:

a camera integrated into at least one of the back part and the headrest, the camera being configured to detect the gesture command initiated by the user, and

a touch unit configured to detect the gesture command initiated by the user, the touch unit either being integrated into the seating/reclining furniture or being provided as a component of the separate operating unit which communicates via the wireless communication with the control device.

5. The seating/reclining furniture as recited in claim 4, wherein, for the detection of the tactile command sequence initiated by the user, the seating/reclining furniture further comprises:

at least one pressure-sensitive sensor that is integrated into at least one of the seat part, the back part, and the headrest.

6. The seating/reclining furniture as recited in claim 5, wherein the command recognition module is further configured to compare a predefined start command with a start command initiated by the user which is input via at least one command pattern detection unit which is selected from the at least one microphone, the camera, the touch unit, and the at least one pressure-sensitive sensor, the command recognition module comprising a command pattern conversion which is configured to only be activated when the start command initiated by the user corresponds to the predefined start command.

7. The seating/reclining furniture as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

a rechargeable battery configured to supply at least one electrical consumer with electrical energy,

wherein, the at least one electrical consumer includes at least one of the at least one actuator and the control device.

8. The seating/reclining furniture as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

at least one of a loudspeaker and a display device, each of which is configured so that the seating/reclining furniture communicates with the user.

16. The seating/reclining furniture as recited in claim 3, wherein,

the at least one microphone is integrated into the at least one component of the seating/reclining furniture so as to be manipulatable by the at least one actuator,

the component of the separate operating unit which communicates via the wireless communication with the control device is a smartphone, and

the wireless communication is provided via at least one of Bluetooth and infrared.

17. The seating/reclining furniture as recited in claim 4, wherein,

the touch unit is integrated into the armrest, or

the component of the separate operating unit which communicates via the wireless communication with the control device is a smartphone with the wireless communication being provided via at least one of Bluetooth and infrared.

18. The seating/reclining furniture as recited in claim 6, wherein the predefined start command corresponds to a voice pattern “

Hi Molla”

.

9. A seating/reclining furniture comprising:

an input unit configured to input a command, each command representing an operating mode or an actuation mode of at least one an infrastructure device;

a processing unit configured to convert the command which is input into the input unit into a control command so as to control the at least one infrastructure device; and

a communication unit configured to provide a wireless communication with the internet and to transmit at least one control command to the at least one infrastructure device for the control thereof.

10. The seating/reclining furniture as recited in claim 9, wherein,

each command is a command pattern initiated by a user, and

the input unit comprises a control device which comprises,

a command recognition module configured to check a command pattern provided by the user for correspondence with predefined command patterns, each of the predefined command patterns representing an actuation mode of the at least one infrastructure device, and

a command conversion module configured to convert the command pattern into a control command to control the at least one infrastructure device based on a correspondence with the predefined command pattern.

11. The seating/reclining furniture as recited in claim 10, further comprising:

a diagnostic module configured to carry out a functional diagnosis of the seating/reclining furniture.

12. The seating/reclining furniture as recited in claim 11, wherein the diagnostic module is further configured to start the functional diagnosis at least one of by itself and upon receiving the command from the user.

13. The seating/reclining furniture as recited in claim 12, wherein

the command recognition module is further configured to check the command pattern initiated by the user for correspondence with the predefined command pattern which is representative of the start of the functional diagnosis, and

the command conversion module is further configured to convert the command pattern into a start command for starting the functional diagnosis based on a correspondence with the command pattern.

14. The seating/reclining furniture as recited in claim 11, wherein the diagnostic module is further configured to determine a measure which takes into account a diagnosis result of the functional diagnosis, to transmit the diagnosis result of the functional diagnosis via the communication unit to a remote entity that determines a measure which takes into account the diagnosis result of the functional diagnosis, and to receive the measure determined by the remote entity via the communication unit.

15. The seating/reclining furniture comprising:

at least one component selected from a seat part, a back part, a headrest, a footrest, and an armrest;

at least one actuator, each of the at least one actuator being configured to manipulate one of the at least one component;

a control device configured to control the at least one actuator, the control device comprising,

a command recognition module configured to check at least one command pattern initiated by a user for a correspondence with at least one predefined command pattern which is representative of an actuation mode of the at least one actuator, and

a command conversion module configured to convert the command pattern into a control command for controlling the at least one actuator based on the correspondence of the at least one command pattern to the at least one predefined command pattern;

an input unit configured to input a command, each command representing an operating mode or an actuation mode of at least one an infrastructure device;

a processing unit configured to convert the command which is input into the input unit into a control command so as to control the at least one infrastructure device; and

a communication unit configured to provide a wireless communication with the internet and to transmit at least one control command to the at least one infrastructure device for the control thereof.