Lighting and sound system
AssigneeNative Design Limited
InventorsSusan COOK, Steven LELLY, Morten WARREN, Seong Min HWANG, Marcus HOGGARTH
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Abstract
A method of controlling a lighting and sound system comprising a controller and a plurality of lighting and sound devices 10 is provided. Each lighting and sound device 10 includes a light, a loudspeaker and a microphone 380. The method comprises receiving an audio instruction from a first user of the system at the microphone of a first device of the plurality of devices. The method further comprises processing the received audio instruction. The method further comprises transmitting the instruction from the first device to the controller. The method further comprises executing an action based upon the processed audio instruction.
Claims68
A method of controlling a lighting and sound system comprising a controller and a plurality of lighting and sound devices, wherein each lighting and sound device includes a light, a loudspeaker and a microphone, the method comprising:
- receiving an audio instruction from a first user of the system at the microphone of a first device of the plurality of devices;
- processing the received audio instruction;
- transmitting the instruction from the first device to the controller;
- and
- executing an action based upon the processed audio instruction.
The method of any preceding claim, wherein the audio instruction comprises:
- a voice command;
- speech data;
- a percussive noise;
- and/or
- a musical or vocal tone.
The method of any preceding claim, wherein the audio instruction comprises a voice command and/or speech data and wherein processing the received audio instruction comprises performing voice recognition on the voice command.
The method of any preceding claim, wherein processing the received audio instruction comprises performing echo cancellation on the received audio instruction.
The method of any preceding claim, wherein each of the devices includes a second microphone and the method further comprises receiving the audio instruction at the second microphone and wherein processing the audio instruction comprises performing beam forming using the audio instruction received at the microphone and the second microphone.
The method of any preceding claim, wherein executing an action comprises initiating a voice communication between the first user and a second user.
The method of any preceding claim, wherein executing an action comprises playing audio through the loudspeaker of one or more of the lighting and sound devices.
The method of any preceding claim, wherein executing an action comprises adjusting one or more audio parameters of the loudspeaker of one or more of the lighting and sound devices.
The method of any preceding claim, wherein executing an action comprises adjusting an optical output of the light of one or more of the lighting and sound devices.
The method of any preceding claim, wherein the system further comprises a controlling unit and the method further comprises sending an indication of a position of a switch and/or dial from the controlling unit to the controller and:
- adjusting an optical output of the light of one or more of the lighting and sound devices;
- and/or
- adjusting one or more audio parameters of the loudspeaker of one or more of the lighting and sound devices.
A lighting and sound system comprising:
- a plurality of lighting and sound devices, wherein each device includes a light, a loudspeaker and a user input detector comprising a microphone;
- and
- a controller, in communication with each of the plurality of lighting and sound devices, the controller being configured to receive an audio instruction from the user input detector of one or more of the lighting and sound devices, and to execute an action based upon the audio instruction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.