System and method for server based control

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12401720-B1
Application number	US-202519201951-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	May 8, 2025
Priority date	Jan 9, 2012
Publication date	Aug 26, 2025
Grant date	Aug 26, 2025

Abstract

A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device comprising:
multiple microphones for capturing first human voice data;
a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) transceiver for transmitting digital data to, and for receiving digital data from, a WLAN;
a speaker for sounding audio data;
an electric light source for emitting light for emitting light;
an enclosure that houses the multiple microphones, the WLAN transceiver, the speaker, and the electric light source; and
one or more processors programmed with computer program instructions that, when executed, cause the device to:
send, to a server device over the Internet via the WLAN by the WLAN transceiver, at least part of the first human voice data captured by the multiple microphones;
play, by the speaker, an audio data received from the server device over the Internet via the WLAN by the WLAN transceiver; and
emit, by the electric light source, in response to data received from the server over the Internet via the WLAN by the WLAN transceiver,
wherein the device is addressed in the WLAN using an Internet Protocol (IP) address that uniquely identifies the device in the WLAN or in the Internet.

2. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising, in the enclosure, a rechargeable battery for powering the device.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the enclosure is a wearable enclosure.

4. The device according to claim 1 , further being addressable using the IP address in the WLAN or in the Internet using distinct locally administered addresses or a universally administered digital addresses.

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the IP address is a layer 3 address and is static or dynamic IP address that is IPv4 or IPv6 type address.

6. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising a volatile or non-volatile memory that stores the IP address.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the speaker comprises an electromagnetic loudspeaker, a piezoelectric speaker, an electrostatic loudspeaker (ESL), a ribbon or planar magnetic loudspeaker, or a bending wave loudspeaker.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the speaker is operative for omnidirectional, unidirectional, or bidirectional pattern audio emitting.

9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the multiple microphones are configured to improve far-field audio reception.

10. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the multiple microphones are arranged as a directional microphones array operative to estimate a number, magnitude, frequency, Direction-Of-Arrival (DOA), distance, or speed of a phenomenon impinging the microphones array.

11. The device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the multiple microphones comprises, or consists of, an omnidirectional, unidirectional, or bidirectional microphone that is based on sensing of an incident sound-based motion of a diaphragm or a ribbon.

12. The device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the multiple microphones comprises, or consists of, a condenser, an electret, a dynamic, a ribbon, a carbon, or a piezoelectric microphone.

13. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the light is a visible light for illumination or indication.

14. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the light is a non-visible light that is infrared, ultraviolet, X-rays, or gamma rays.

15. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the electric light source consists of, or comprises, a Solid-State Lighting (SSL), a Light Emitting Diode (LED), an Organic LED (OLED), a polymer LED (PLED), or a laser diode.

16. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising a memory that stores digital audio content, and the one or more processors are further programmed with computer program instructions that, when executed, cause the device to playing by the speaker the stored digital audio content.

17. The device according to claim 16 , wherein the digital audio content is pre-recorded or synthesized audio content.

18. The device according to claim 16 , further operative to play a simulating of a voice of a human being or to play music.

19. The device according to claim 18 , wherein the digital audio content comprises a syllable, a word, a phrase, a sentence, a short story, or a long story, using male or female voice.

20. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the WLAN is according to, or compatible with, IEEE 802.11-2012, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n, or IEEE 802.11ac standard.

21. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the WLAN uses a wireless communication over a licensed or an unlicensed radio frequency band, that is an Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) radio band.

22. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the enclosure is a handheld enclosure.

23. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising in the enclosure an actuator that is directly or indirectly affecting, changing, producing, or creating a physical phenomenon, the actuator that is coupled to the WLAN transceiver for being activated or controlled in response to data received from the WLAN.

24. The device according to claim 23 , wherein the actuator consists of, or comprises, a motion actuator that causes linear or rotary motion.

25. The device according to claim 23 , wherein the actuator consists of, or comprises, an electromagnetic coil or an electromagnet operative for generating a magnetic or electric field.

26. The device according to claim 23 , wherein the actuator consists of, or comprises, an electrical signal generator.

27. The device according to claim 23 , wherein the actuator consists of, or comprises, a chemical or an electrochemical actuator that is configured for producing, changing, or affecting a matter structure, properties, composition, process, or reactions.

28. The device according to claim 23 , wherein the actuator consists of, or comprises, a thermoelectric actuator that is a heater or a cooler and is configured for affecting a temperature of a solid, a liquid, or a gas object, by conduction, convection, force convention, thermal radiation, or by transfer of energy by phase changes.

29. The device according to claim 23 , wherein the physical phenomenon comprises temperature, humidity, pressure, audio, vibration, light, motion, sound, proximity, flow rate, electrical voltage, or electrical current.

Assignees

• May Patents Ltd

Inventors

• Binder Yehuda
• Maytal Benjamin

Classifications

• G08G1/00

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• G06Q2240/00

  Transportation facility access, e.g. fares, tolls or parking · CPC title

• B60Y2200/90

  Vehicles comprising electric prime movers · CPC title

• B60Y2200/50

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