Noise detector in a light bulb
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1. A lighting apparatus comprising:
- a visible light source capable of outputting 25 lumens or more of luminous flux;
a controller comprising a data transmitter;
an acoustic energy detector with an output, wherein the output is communicatively coupled to the controller; and
structure to couple the visible light source with the controller;
wherein the controller is configured to;
perform speech recognition on acoustic energy received by the acoustic energy detector;
determine that a human being caused the acoustic energy if a word is recognized;
create a message based on the recognized word;
send the message through the data transmitter in response to the determination that the acoustic energy received by the acoustic energy detector was caused by the human being.
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Abstract
Noise may be received through a microphone included in a lighting apparatus. The noise may then be analyzed to determine if a human being may have been the source of the noise, and a message sent over a network alerting other devices that a human-caused noise was detected.
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21 Claims
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1. A lighting apparatus comprising:
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a visible light source capable of outputting 25 lumens or more of luminous flux; a controller comprising a data transmitter; an acoustic energy detector with an output, wherein the output is communicatively coupled to the controller; and structure to couple the visible light source with the controller; wherein the controller is configured to; perform speech recognition on acoustic energy received by the acoustic energy detector; determine that a human being caused the acoustic energy if a word is recognized; create a message based on the recognized word; send the message through the data transmitter in response to the determination that the acoustic energy received by the acoustic energy detector was caused by the human being. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for detecting noise in a room, the method comprising:
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receiving acoustic energy at a lighting apparatus; analyzing the acoustic energy by performing speech recognition on the acoustic energy; determining that a human being caused the acoustic energy if a word is recognized; creating a message based on the recognized word; and sending the message from the lighting apparatus over a network in response to receiving the acoustic energy if the analysis determines that the acoustic energy was caused by the human being. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A lighting fixture comprising:
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a socket with electrical contacts to accept a separate visible light source; a controller comprising a data transmitter; an acoustic energy detector with an output, wherein the output is communicatively coupled to the controller; and structure to couple the socket with the controller; wherein the controller is configured to; perform speech recognition on acoustic energy received by the acoustic energy detector; determine that a human being caused the acoustic energy if a word is recognized; create a message based on the recognized word; send the message through the data transmitter in response to the determination that the acoustic energy received by the acoustic energy detector was caused by the human being. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A light bulb comprising:
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at least one LED with a total combined visible light output of at least 25 lumens; a microphone having an output; a base with an electrical power connection; a shell connected to the base, the shell at least partially transparent to visible light, capable of allowing acoustic energy from outside the shell to be received by the microphone, and containing the at least one LED, the microphone and a controller; and the controller comprising; (a) a processor; (b) a radio frequency transceiver capable of connecting to a radio frequency network; (c) circuitry configured to utilize commands received from the radio frequency network to control an on-off state of the at least one visible light LED; (d) an input communicatively coupled to the output of the microphone; and (e) a non-transitory processor readable storage medium, the non-transitory processor readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the processor and having processor readable program code suitable for execution on the processor embodied therewith, the processor readable program code comprising; processor readable program code configured to receive data from the microphone representing acoustic energy received by the microphone; processor readable program code configured to perform speech recognition on said data; processor readable program code configured to create a message based on a recognized word; and processor readable program code configured to send the message from the light bulb over the radio frequency network in response to receiving said data if at least one word is recognized. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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