Shading system, umbrella or parasol including integrated electronics housing
AssigneeShadecraft, Inc.
InventorArmen Sevada Gharabegian
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Abstract
An umbrella includes a base assembly, a core assembly connected to the base assembly, the core assembly including a skin covering, a tubular assembly; and an electronics housing and an arm expansion assembly connected to the core assembly to expand or retract one or more umbrella arms. The electronics housing includes an opening or a space through which the tubular assembly passes and the electronics housing is located underneath the skin covering. The electronics housing also includes one or more sensor assemblies to capture sensor measurements in an area surrounding the umbrella.
Claims20
An umbrella, comprising:
- a base assembly;
- a core assembly connected to the base assembly, the core assembly including a skin covering, a tubular assembly;
- and an electronics housing,
- wherein the electronics housing includes an opening or a space through which the tubular assembly passes;
- wherein the electronics housing is located underneath the skin covering;
- and
- wherein the electronics housing includes one or more sensor assemblies and a motor control assembly;
- and
- an arm expansion assembly connected to the core assembly to expand or retract one or more umbrella arms.
An intelligent umbrella, comprising:
- a base assembly;
- a core assembly connected to the base assembly, the core assembly including a skin covering, a tubular assembly;
- and an electronics housing,
- wherein the electronics housing includes an opening or a space through which the tubular assembly passes;
- wherein the electronics housing is located underneath the skin covering;
- and
- wherein the electronics housing includes one or more sensor assemblies and an integrated computing device, the integrated computing device comprising one or more processors, one or more memory devices and/or computer-readable instructions stored in the one or more memory devices and executable by the one or more processors to control operations of the one or more sensor assemblies or other components in the intelligent umbrella;
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- an arm expansion assembly connected to the core assembly to expand or retract one or more umbrella arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.