Mobile computing or communications device interacting with an intelligent umbrella and/or intelligent shading charging system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10650423-B2
Application number	US-201816125428-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 7, 2018
Priority date	May 9, 2016
Publication date	May 12, 2020
Grant date	May 12, 2020

Abstract

An intelligent umbrella includes a wireless communication transceiver to receive commands or messages from a mobile computing device and an integrated computing device, the integrated computing device including one or more memory devices, one or more processors and computer-readable instructions stored in the one or more memory devices. The computer-readable instructions are executable by the one or more processors to receive the commands or messages, via the wireless communication transceiver from the mobile computing device and to generate instructions, signals, commands and/or messages, based, at least in part on the received commands or messages from the mobile computing device. The computer-readable instructions are executable by the one or more processors to communicate the generated instructions, signals, commands or messages to one or more assemblies of the intelligent umbrella to cause the one or more assemblies of the intelligent umbrella to move in a specified manner.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile computing device to control operation of one or more umbrellas, comprising:
a user interface component configured to output stimuli and receive inputs;
a wireless communication transceiver configured to communicate commands and/or messages to one or more wireless communication transceivers of the one or more umbrellas;
one or more processors coupled to the user interface component and the wireless communication 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 deployment movement of the umbrella;
communicate messages and/or commands, via the wireless communication transceiver, based on the selected azimuth movement and the selected deployment movement to the umbrella to cause a support assembly to rotate with respect to a base about an azimuth axis and 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 and/or commands to the user interface component to present stimuli indicating a representation of the selected azimuth movement and the selected deployment 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 deployment 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 deployment 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 selected tilting movement of the umbrella;
communicate messages and/or commands, based on the selected tilting movement, to the umbrella to cause an upper support assembly to tilt with respect to a lower assembly about an elevation axis; and
generate and communicate messages to the user interface component to present stimuli indicating a representation of the selected tilting movement.

5. 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.

6. The mobile computing device of claim 5 , 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.

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

8. A mobile computing device to control operation of one or more umbrellas, comprising:
a user interface component configured to output stimuli and receive inputs;
a wireless communication transceiver configured to communicate commands and/or messages to one or more wireless communication transceivers of the one or more umbrellas;
one or more processors coupled to the user interface component and the wireless communication 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 tilting movement of an umbrella and a selected deployment movement of the umbrella;
communicate messages and/or commands, via the wireless communication transceiver, based on the selected tilting movement and the selected deployment movement to the umbrella, to cause an upper support assembly to tilt with respect to a lower assembly about an elevation axis and 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 and/or commands to the user interface component to present stimuli indicating a representation of the selected tilting movement and the selected deployment movement of the umbrella.

9. The mobile computing device of claim 8 , further comprising a display, wherein the stimuli is a visual representation communicated to the display of the selected tilting movement and the selected deployment movement of the umbrella.

10. The mobile computing device of claim 8 , wherein the wireless communication transceiver is a personal area network (PAN) transceiver (e.g., Bluetooth) and the instructions and/or messages are communicated directly to a PAN communication transceiver of the umbrella.

11. The mobile computing device of claim 8 , 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.

12. The mobile computing device of claim 8 , 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 generated commands and messages transferred from the social media application to the umbrella to cause activation of the identified assemblies and/or components.

13. A mobile computing device to control operation of one or more umbrellas, comprising:
a user interface component configured to output stimuli and receive inputs;
a wireless communication transceiver configured to communicate commands and/or messages to one or more wireless communication transceivers of the one or more umbrellas;
one or more proces

Assignees

• Shadecraft Inc

Inventors

• Gharabegian Armen Sevada

Classifications

• A45B23/00

  Other umbrellas · CPC title

• A45B25/10

  Umbrella crowns {(A45B25/06 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• G06Q30/0601 Primary

  Electronic shopping [e-shopping] · CPC title

• A45B25/143

  automatic · CPC title

• A45B3/04

  electrical · CPC title