Smartphone control of electrical devices

• US 9,070,282 B2
• Filed: 01/17/2014
• Issued: 06/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Altorr Corporation
• Original Assignee: Altorr Corporation
• Inventors: Clough, Bradford A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Luo, David S
• Application Number:
  US14/157,546
• Publication Number:
  US 20140169795A1
• Time in Patent Office: 529 Days
• Field of Search: 318/266, 318/265, 318/264, 318/256, 318/255
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/12 Remote controls
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/16 Touchpads
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/20 Displays or monitors
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/015 divided into different adjustable sections, e.g. for Gatch position
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/018 Control or drive mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/1005 mounted on, or in combination with, a swimming-pool
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/1017 Pivoting arms, e.g. crane type mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/1042 Rail systems walking aids with suspension devices A61H3/008
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/1051 Flexible harnesses or slings
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/1061 Yokes
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/1065 with electronic monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/31 Voice input
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/088 Word spotting
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 : for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 : WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 : Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 : Access point devices

Abstract

In some implementations a non-transitory storage device on a smartphone having a multi-sensory-recognition engine stored thereon is coupled to a microcontroller, a device-controller for an electrical device that is wirelessly coupled to the microcontroller, and at least one of a plurality of sensors is operably coupled to the microcontroller.

Claims

1. A system that is operable to control at least one IR controllable electrical device from audio speech, the system operable to control the at least one IR controllable electrical device through a wireless communication path, and the system being operable to:

receive the audio speech that is associated with the at least one IR controllable electrical device at a microphone of a wireless mobile device;

generate speech data that is associated with a vocabulary set of the at least one IR controllable electrical device from the audio speech at the wireless mobile device;

convert the speech data to an ASCII string that is associated with the at least one IR controllable electrical device at the wireless mobile device, the ASCII string representing control data of the at least one IR controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech;

establish a WIFI communication path with a WIFI wireless router that is associated with the at least one IR controllable electrical device at the wireless mobile device;

send the ASCII string from the wireless mobile device to the WIFI wireless router that is associated with the at least one IR controllable electrical device through the WIFI communication path, the ASCII string representing control data of the at least one IR controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech;

receive the ASCII string at the WIFI wireless router through the WIFI communication path, the ASCII string representing control data of the at least one IR controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech;

determine that at the least one IR controllable electrical device of the ASCII string is controlled through an infrared interface, yielding an associated infrared interface, the ASCII string representing control data of the at least one IR controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech;

determine a proprietary processor that is associated with the associated infrared interface, yielding an associated proprietary processor;

send the ASCII string from the WIFI wireless router to the associated proprietary processor, the ASCII string representing control data of the at least one IR controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech;

receive from the router the ASCII string at the associated proprietary processor;

create a socket packet from the ASCII string at the associated proprietary processor, the socket packet representing control data of the at least one IR controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech;

send the socket packet from the associated proprietary processor to the WIFI wireless router that is associated with the at least one IR controllable electrical device, the sending having a destination address of an IP-to-IR controller;

receive the socket packet at the WIFI wireless router that is associated with the at least one IR controllable electrical device from the proprietary processor, the socket packet representing control data of the at least one IR controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech;

send the socket packet from the WIFI wireless router that is associated with the at least one IR controllable electrical device to the IP-to-IR controller;

receive the socket packet at the IP-to-IR controller and from the WIFI wireless router that is associated with the at least one IR controllable electrical device, the socket packet representing control data of the at least one IR controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech;

send an infrared signal in accordance with the socket packet from the IP-to-IR controller to the infrared interface of the at least one IR controllable electrical device, the infrared signal representing control data of the at least one IR controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech;

receive the infrared signal from the IP-to-IR controller at the infrared interface of the at least one IR controllable electrical device, the infrared signal representing control data of the at least one IR controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech; and

perform a function in accordance with the infrared signal at the at least one IR controllable electrical device, providing control of the at least one IR controllable electrical device in accordance with the audio speech.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a second socket packet, the second socket packet comprising:

the socket packet; and

the destination IP address of the IP-to-IR controller.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising a third socket packet, the third socket packet comprising:

the second socket packet; and

a destination IP address of the WIFI wireless router.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one IR controllable electrical device further comprises:

an IR controllable door.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one IR controllable electrical device further comprises:

an IR controllable television.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one IR controllable electrical device further comprises:

an IR controllable DVD player.

7. A method performed by a wireless mobile device to control at least one controllable electrical device from audio speech, the method comprising:

receiving the audio speech that is associated with the at least one controllable electrical device at a microphone of the wireless mobile device;

generating speech data that is associated with a vocabulary set of the at least one controllable electrical device from the audio speech;

converting the speech data to an ASCII string that is associated with the at least one controllable electrical device at the wireless mobile device, the ASCII string representing control data of the at least one controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech;

establishing a WIFI communication path with a WIFI wireless router that is associated with the at least one controllable electrical device at the wireless mobile device; and

sending the ASCII string from the wireless mobile device to the WIFI wireless router that is associated with the at least one controllable electrical device through the WIFI communication path.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the at least one controllable electrical device further comprises:

a controllable door.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the at least one controllable electrical device further comprises:

a controllable television.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the at least one controllable electrical device further comprises:

a controllable DVD player.

11. An apparatus that is operable to control at least one IR controllable electrical device from audio speech, the system operable to control the at least one IR controllable electrical device through a wireless communication path, the apparatus comprising:

a WIFI wireless router comprising a baseband processor and a wireless controller;

the baseband processor being operable to;

establish a WIFI wireless communication path with a wireless mobile device;

receive through the WIFI wireless communication path an ASCII string that represents speech data that is associated with a vocabulary set of the at least one IR controllable electrical device; and

the wireless controller being coupled to the baseband processor and being operable to;

determine that at the least one IR controllable electrical device of the ASCII string is controlled through an infrared interface, yielding an associated infrared interface;

determine a proprietary processor that is associated with the associated infrared interface, yielding an associated proprietary processor; and

send the ASCII string from the wireless WIFI wireless router to the associated proprietary processor; and

the associated proprietary processor coupled to the WIFI wireless router, the associated proprietary processor operable to;

receive the ASCII string from the WIFI wireless router;

create a socket packet from the ASCII string;

send the socket packet the WIFI wireless router, the sending having a destination address of an IP-to-IR controller; and

the WIFI wireless router further comprising;

the wireless controller further operable to;

receive the socket packet from the proprietary processor; and

send the socket packet from the wireless WIFI wireless router to the IP-to-IR controller.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a second socket packet, the second socket packet comprising:

the socket packet; and

the destination IP address of the IP-to-IR controller.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a third socket packet, the third socket packet comprising:

the second socket packet; and

a destination IP address of the WIFI wireless router.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one IR controllable electrical device further comprises:

an IR controllable door.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one IR controllable electrical device further comprises:

an IR controllable television.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one IR controllable electrical device further comprises:

an IR controllable DVD player.