Mobile computing device control of shading object, intelligent umbrella and intelligent shading charging system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10078856-B2
Application number	US-201615273669-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 22, 2016
Priority date	May 9, 2016
Publication date	Sep 18, 2018
Grant date	Sep 18, 2018

Abstract

A mobile computing device may comprise a user interface component configured to output stimuli and receive inputs, a wireless transceiver configured to communicate commands and/or messages to one or more wireless transceivers of the one or more electronic devices, and one or more processors coupled to the user interface component and the wireless transceiver. A computer-readable storage medium may contain computer-readable instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive input corresponding to a selected azimuth movement/position of the intelligent umbrella and a selected tilting movement position, communicate messages and/or commands, based on the selected azimuth movement and the selected tilting movement to the intelligent umbrella to cause a support assembly to rotate with respect to a base about an azimuth axis and to cause an upper support assembly to tilt with respect to a lower assembly about an elevation axis.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile computing device to control one or more umbrellas, comprising:
a user interface component configured to output stimuli and receive inputs;
a wireless transceiver configured to communicate commands and/or messages to one or more wireless transceivers of the one or more umbrellas;
one or more processors coupled to the user interface component and the wireless transceiver; and
a computer-readable storage medium containing computer-readable instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform actions including:
receive input corresponding to a selected azimuth movement of an umbrella and a selected tilting movement of the umbrella;
communicate messages and/or commands, based on the selected azimuth movement and the selected tilting movement to the umbrella to cause a support assembly to rotate with respect to a base about an azimuth axis and to cause an upper support assembly to tilt with respect to a lower assembly about an elevation axis; and
generate and communicate messages and/or commands to the user interface component to present stimuli indicating a representation of the selected azimuth movement and the selected tilting movement of the umbrella.

2. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , further comprising a display, wherein the stimuli is a visual representation communicated to the display of the selected azimuth movement and the selected tilting movement of the umbrella.

3. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , further comprising an audio receiver and speaker, wherein the stimuli is an audible representation communicated to an audio receiver and a speaker of the selected azimuth movement and the selected tilted movement of the umbrella.

4. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , further comprising computer-readable instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to further perform actions including:
receive input corresponding to a deployment movement of the umbrella;
communicate messages and/or commands, based on the selected deployment movement, to the umbrella to cause one or more arm support assemblies to deploy to an open position or to retract to a closed position; and
generate and communicate messages to the user interface component to present stimuli indicating a representation of the selected deployment movement.

5. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , further comprise a display to present visual output stimuli and wherein the input is tactile input from a touchscreen.

6. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , further comprising a display, and further comprising computer-readable instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to further perform actions including: generate visual output stimuli representative of the umbrella via the user interface component and communicate the visual output stimuli representative of the umbrella to the display.

7. The mobile computing device of claim 6 , wherein the display further comprises a touch screen and the touch screen receives tactile input at locations corresponding to assemblies of the umbrella, communicates the tactile input to the user interface component, and
further comprising computer-readable instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to further perform actions including: translate, at the user interface component, the tactile input to generate instructions and/or messages corresponding to the received tactile input; and communicate the generated instructions and/or messages to the umbrella to cause the umbrella to move according to the assemblies of the umbrella identified by the tactile input.

8. The mobile computing device of claim 7 , further comprising computer-readable instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to further perform actions including: generate visual output stimuli representative of movement of the intelligent umbrella via the user interface component and communicate the visual output stimuli representative of the umbrella movement to the display.

9. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein the mobile computing device is a smart phone, a tablet, a laptop, a personal digital assistant, a wearable computing device; a wireless phone, or an iPad.

10. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , further comprising computer-readable instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive input indicative of activation or deactivation of one or more lighting assemblies, generate messages and/or instructions identifying activation or deactivation of the one or more lighting assemblies of the umbrella and communicate the generated messages and/or instructions to the umbrella to cause the umbrella to activate or deactivate the one or more lighting assemblies.

11. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless transceiver is a personal area network (PAN) transceiver (e.g., Bluetooth) and the instructions and/or messages are communicated directly to a PAN transceiver of the umbrella.

12. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , further comprising a display, and further comprising computer-readable instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive input indicative of activation of one or more cameras, generate messages and/or instructions identifying activation of the one or more cameras of the umbrella, communicate the generated messages and/or instructions to the umbrella to cause the umbrella to activate the one or more cameras and capture video or images of an umbrella environment, receive captured video or images from the umbrella, and present captured video on the display of the mobile computing device via the user interface component.

13. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , further comprising a display, and further comprising computer-readable instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive input indicative of activation of initiation of a social media application, generate instructions initiating the social media application, receive commands and messages generated by the social media application corresponding to assemblies and/or components of the umbrella to be activated and/or utilized, and communicate the generate commands and messages transferred from the social media application to the umbrella to cause activation of the identified assemblies and/or components.

14. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , further comprising a display and further comprising computer-readable instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive input indicative of activation of initiation of a facial recognition process, generate instructions initiating the facial recognition process, generate instructions initiating capture of an image of a user, receive one or more captured images, determine if the one or more captured images matches an image stored in the memory, and if a match is determined, retrieve umbrella settings associated with the matched image, and communicate the retrieved umbrella settings to the intelligent umbrella to cause the intelligent umbrella to instruct identified assemblies to conform to the retrieved umbrella settings.

15. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , further comprising a display, and further comprising computer-readable instructions, that, when executed by the

Assignees

• Shadecraft Llc
• Shadecraft Inc

Inventors

• Gharabegian Armen Sevada

Classifications

• A45B2023/0012

  Ground supported umbrellas or sunshades on a single post, e.g. resting in or on a surface there below · CPC title

• G08B21/182

  Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold · CPC title

• A45B23/00

  Other umbrellas · CPC title

• G08B13/19697

  Arrangements wherein non-video detectors generate an alarm themselves · CPC title

• G08B21/12

  responsive to undesired emission of substances, e.g. pollution alarms · CPC title