Intelligent Shading Objects with Integrated Computing Device

An article comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer implementable instructions executable by a processor of a computing device located within an intelligent shading object to:
• receive sensor measurements communicated from a sensor module in the intelligent shading object;
• analyze the received sensor measurements to determine movements of one or more intelligent shading object assemblies;
• and
• communicate instructions identifying movements to one or more intelligent shading object assemblies, the movements based on the analyzed sensor measurements.

An intelligent shading umbrella, comprising:

• a base assembly;
• an umbrella support assembly coupled to a base assembly;
• a first memory;
• a first processor, coupled to the first memory, to communicate commands and/or signals to the umbrella support assembly to cause movement of the umbrella support assembly;
• and
• a computing device, physically enclosed within the intelligent shading object, the computing device comprising:
• a non-volatile memory having computer-readable instructions stored thereon;
• a second memory;
• a second processor, coupled to the non-volatile memory and the second memory, to fetch the computer-readable instructions from the non-volatile memory, load the computer-readable instructions into the second memory, and execute the computer-readable instructions to communicate with external computing devices and/or to generate commands and/or signals to the first processor to request movements of the umbrella shading assembly.