System and method for server based control

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12556606-B2
Application number	US-202217734149-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 2, 2022
Priority date	Jan 9, 2012
Publication date	Feb 17, 2026
Grant date	Feb 17, 2026

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 method for use by a device housed in a single enclosure comprising: capturing, by multiple microphones in the enclosure, first audio data; transmitting to a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN), by a WPAN transceiver via a WPAN antenna in the enclosure, the captured first audio data; transmitting to a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), by a WLAN transceiver via a WLAN antenna in the enclosure, the captured first audio data; receiving from the WPAN, by the WPAN transceiver via the WPAN antenna, a second audio data in response to the transmitted first audio data over the WPAN; receiving from the WLAN, by the WLAN transceiver via the WLAN antenna, a third audio data in response to the transmitted first audio data over the WLAN; sounding, by a speaker in the enclosure, the received second and third audio data; and powering, by a rechargeable battery in the enclosure, the device.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the WPAN is according to, based on, or compatible with, Bluetooth™ or Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.15.1-2005 standards, or wherein the WPAN is according to, based on, or compatible with, Zigbee™, IEEE 802.15.4-2003, or Z-Wave™ standards.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising communicating, by the WPAN transceiver via the WPAN antenna, over the Internet.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising uniquely identifying the device in the WPAN, in the WLAN, in the Internet, or any combination thereof, using a digital address that is stored in a volatile or non-volatile memory and is a distinct locally administered address or a universally administered digital address.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the digital address is a MAC layer address that is MAC-48, EUI-48, or EUI-64 address type.

6 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the digital address is a layer 3 address and is static or dynamic IP address in IPV4 or IPv6 type form.

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

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

10 . The method 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 method 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 method 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 method according to claim 1 , further comprising emitting light, by an electric light source in the enclosure, in response to digital data received over the WPAN or over the WLAN.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the emitted light is visible or non-visible light for illumination or indication.

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

16 . The method according to claim 13 , 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.

17 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising playing, by the speaker, a digital audio content that is stored in a memory in the enclosure.

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

19 . The method according to claim 17 , further comprising playing music or playing a simulated human voice.

20 . The method according to claim 17 , further comprising playing, using male or female voice, syllable, a word, a phrase, a sentence, a short story, or a long story.

21 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the WLAN is according to, or base on, IEEE 802.11-2012, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n, or IEEE 802.11ac.

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

23 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising affecting, changing, producing, or creating, by an actuator in the enclosure, a first physical phenomenon, in response to digital data received over the WPAN or over the WLAN.

24 . The method according to claim 23 , further comprising activating or controlling the actuator, in response to the digital data received over the WPAN or over the WLAN.

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

26 . The method 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.

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

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

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

30 . The method 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.

31 . The method according to claim 23 , further comprising processing, by a processor in the enclosure, a human voice data captured by the multiple microphones, and activating or controlling the actuator, in response to the processing.

32 . The method according to claim 31 , wherein the processing comprises performing a voice recognition algorithm for identifying the voice of a specific person.

33 . The method according to claim 31 , wherein the processor is powered from the battery.

34 . The method according to claim 23 , wherein the transmitting to the WLAN of the captured first audio data comprises transmitting to a server over the Internet.

35 . The method according to claim 34 , wherein the actuator is operated, activated, or controlled in response to data received from the se

Assignees

• May Patents Ltd

Inventors

• Binder Yehuda
• Maytal Benjamin

Classifications

• G08G1/00

  Traffic control systems for road vehicles (arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00 {; automatic vehicle control B62D}) · CPC title

• G07C5/008

  communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C) · CPC title

• G06Q2240/00

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

• B60Y2200/90

  Vehicles comprising electric prime movers · CPC title

• B60Y2200/50

  Aeroplanes, Helicopters · CPC title