# US 2019/0169872 A1 · Control of Multiple Umbrellas or Shading Devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0169872 A1 - Document ID: US20190169872A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/154,563 - Filed: 2018-10-08 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-29 - Assignees: Shadecraft, Inc. - Applicants: Shadecraft, Inc. - Inventors: Armen Sevada Gharabegian - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190169872A1 ## CPC - E04H 15/02: Tents combined or specially associated with other devices - E04H 15/10: Heating, lighting or ventilating - E04H 15/28: Umbrella type tents - F03D 9/34: on stationary objects or on stationary man-made structures - F21V 23/0435: {activated by remote control means} - F21V 23/0464: {the sensor sensing the level of ambient illumination, e.g. dawn or dusk sensors} - F21V 33/0004: {Personal or domestic articles} - G05B 15/02: electric - G05D 3/105: {Solar tracker} - H02J 7/35: with light sensitive cells - H04L 12/4625: {Single bridge functionality, e.g. connection of two networks over a single bridge} - H04R 1/028: {associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles} - H04R 3/00: Circuits for transducers (arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K15/08; amplifiers H03F) - H10F 19/00: Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one photovoltaic cell covered by group H10F10/00, e.g. photovoltaic modules - B63B 17/02: Awnings {, including rigid weather protection structures, e.g. sunroofs; Tarpaulins; Accessories for awnings or tarpaulins} - B64U 10/13: Flying platforms - B64U 50/31: generated by photovoltaics - B64U 2101/30: for imaging, photography or videography - B64U 2201/20: Remote controls - E04F 10/02: of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas {; Baldachins} - E04H 12/2223: {by screwing} - E04H 15/48: foldable, i.e. having pivoted or hinged means ({E04H15/405 and} E04H15/46 takes precedence) - F05B 2220/706: an electrical generator - F05B 2240/911: already existing for a prior purpose - F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED] - G05B 19/042: using digital processors (G05B19/05 takes precedence) - H02J 50/10: using inductive coupling - H02J 50/12: of the resonant type - H02J 2101/40: Hybrid power plants, i.e. a plurality of different generation technologies being operated at one power plant - H02S 40/38: Energy storage means, e.g. batteries, structurally associated with PV modules - H02S 99/00: Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass - H04L 12/2823: {Reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network (device-related reporting H04L43/065; arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00)} - H04L 2012/2841: {Wireless} - H04R 2420/07: Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones - Y02E 10/50: Photovoltaic [PV] energy - Y02E 10/72: Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction - Y02E 10/728: Onshore wind turbines - Y02E 70/30: Systems combining energy storage with energy generation of non-fossil origin - E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) - F03D: WIND MOTORS - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) - H10F: INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION - B63B: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F9/06) - B64U: UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR - E04F: FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B) - F05B: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G - F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED - H02S: GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES (obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H10F; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H10K30/00; thermoelectric devices H10N10/00; pyroelectric devices H10N15/00) - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A mobile communications device includes a wireless communication transceiver to communicate commands or messages and to receive commands, measurements or messages, one or more memory devices, one or more processors, computer-readable instructions stored in the one or more memory devices, accessed from the one or more memory devices and executable by the one or more processors to cause the mobile device to communicate, via the wireless communication transceiver, commands, messages or instructions to a first umbrella to control some operations of the first umbrella and communicate, via the wireless communication transceiver, commands, messages or instructions to a second umbrella to control some operations of the second umbrella. The wireless transceiver may communicate utilizing a personal area network (PAN) communications protocol, a wireless local area network communications protocol or a cellular communications protocol. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A first intelligent umbrella, comprising: a first support assembly; a first shading expansion assembly connected to the support assembly, further comprising one or more arms coupled to the first shading expansion assembly; a first wireless communication transceiver; one or more processors; one or more memory modules; and computer-readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules, the computer-readable instructions fetched from the one or more memory modules and executable by the one or more processors to: communicate commands to the first shading expansion assembly to cause the one or more arms to expand or retract; and communicate commands to the wireless communication transceiver, wherein the first wireless communication transceiver to communicate the commands to a second intelligent umbrella to cause the one or more arms of a second shading expansion assembly to expand or retract. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The first intelligent umbrella of claim 1, further comprising: the computer-readable instructions executable by the one or more processors further to: communicate additional commands to the first support assembly, to cause an upper section of the first support assembly to rotate about a lower section of the first support assembly; and communicate the additional commands to the first wireless transceiver, wherein the first wireless communication transceiver to communicate the additional commands to the second intelligent umbrella to cause an upper section of a second support assembly to rotate about a lower section of the second support assembly. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The first intelligent umbrella of claim 1, further comprising a first audio transceiver and one or more first speakers; the computer-readable instructions executed by the one or more processors further to: communicate digital audio files to the first audio transceiver, which transfers the digital audio files for playback by the one or more first speakers; and communicate the digital audio files to the first wireless communication transceiver, wherein the wireless communication transceiver to communicate the digital audio files to the second intelligent umbrella for audible playback utilizing a second audio transceiver and one or more second speakers. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The first intelligent umbrella of claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication transceiver to communicate with the second intelligent umbrella utilizing a wireless LAN communication protocol (e.g., WiFi communication protocol). ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The first intelligent umbrella of claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication transceiver to communicate with the second intelligent umbrella utilizing a mesh networking wireless communication protocol. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The first intelligent umbrella of claim 1, further comprising a first lighting assembly; the computer-readable instructions executable by the one or more processors further to: communicate commands to the first lighting assembly to activate one or more lighting elements in the first lighting assembly; and communicate commands to the first wireless communication transceiver, wherein the first wireless communication transceiver to communicate the commands to the second intelligent umbrella to activate one or more lighting elements in a second lighting assembly of the second intelligent umbrella. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The intelligent umbrella of claim 1, further comprising: a first base assembly, the first base assembly coupled to the first support assembly; the computer-readable instructions executed by the one or more processors to: receive mobile device generated commands from a mobile communications device; and communicate the received mobile device generated commands to the first support assembly to cause the first support assembly to rotate about the first base assembly based at least in part on the received mobile device generated commands. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The first intelligent umbrella of claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication transceiver to communicate the commands to a third intelligent umbrella to cause the one or more arms of a third shading expansion assembly to expand or retract. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The first intelligent umbrella of claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication transceiver to communicate the commands to a second intelligent umbrella to cause the one or more arms of a second shading expansion assembly to expand or retract in a synchronous fashion with respect to the one or more arms of first shading expansion assembly. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The first intelligent umbrella of claim 1, the first intelligent umbrella further comprising a power cable, the power cable coupled or connected to the second intelligent umbrella. ### Claim 11 A first intelligent umbrella, comprising: a first base assembly; a first support assembly, the first support assembly comprising a first upper support assembly and a first lower support assembly; a first shading expansion assembly connected to the support assembly, the shading assembly further comprising one or more arms coupled to the shading expansion assembly; a first wireless communication transceiver; one or more processors; one or more memory modules; and computer-readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules, the computer-readable instructions fetched from the one or more memory modules and executable by the one or more processors to: communicate commands to the first support assembly to cause the first upper support assembly to rotate with respect to the first lower support assembly; and communicate commands to the first wireless communication transceiver, wherein the first wireless communication transceiver to communicate the commands to a second intelligent umbrella to cause a second upper support assembly to rotate with respect to a second lower support assembly. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The first intelligent umbrella of claim 11, wherein the first wireless communication transceiver to communicate with the second intelligent umbrella utilizing a two-way personal area network wireless communications protocol, such as a Bluetooth communications protocol. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The first intelligent umbrella of claim 11, wherein the first wireless communication transceiver to communicate with the second intelligent umbrella utilizing a bidirectional mesh networking wireless communication protocol. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The intelligent umbrella of claim 11, further comprising a first audio transceiver and one or more first speakers; the computer-readable instructions executed by the one or more processors further to: receive a first audio file and a second audio file; communicate a first audio file to the first audio transceiver, which transfers the first audio file for playback by the one or more first speakers; and communicate the second audio file to the first wireless communication transceiver, wherein the wireless communication transceiver to communicate the second audio file to the second intelligent umbrella for audible playback utilizing a second audio transceiver and one or more second speakers ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The first intelligent umbrella of claim 1, further comprising a first environmental sensor assembly, the computer-readable instructions executable by the one or more processors further to: communicate commands to the first environmental sensor assembly to capture measurements of an area surrounding the first intelligent umbrella; and communicate the captured measurements to the first wireless communication transceiver. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The first intelligent umbrella of claim 11, the computer-readable instructions executable by the one or more processors further to: communicate an additional set of commands to the first wireless communications transceiver, the first wireless communications transceiver to communicate the additional set of commands to the second intelligent umbrella to cause the second intelligent umbrella to perform an action that is different from the second upper support assembly rotating about the second lower support assembly. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The first intelligent umbrella of claim 11, the computer-readable instructions executable by the one or more processors further to: receive mobile device generated commands from a mobile communications device; communicate the received mobile device generated commands to the first shading expansion assembly to expand or retract the one or more arms of the first expansion shading assembly; communicate the mobile device generated commands to the first wireless communication transceiver; and communicate the mobile device generated commands to the second intelligent umbrella to cause the second shading expansion assembly to expand or retract the one or more arms of the second expansion shading assembly. ### Claim 18 A first intelligent umbrella, comprising: a first base assembly placed on a surface; a first support assembly connected to the first base assembly; a first shading expansion assembly connected to the first support assembly, further comprising one or more arms connected to the first shading expansion assembly; a first sensor assembly to capture sensor measurements in an area around the first intelligent umbrella; a first wireless communication transceiver; one or more processors; one or more memory devices; and computer-readable instructions stored in the one or more memory devices, the computer-readable instructions fetched from the one or more memory modules and executable by the one or more processors to: communicate commands to a first sensor assembly to cause the first sensor assembly to capture one or more first sensor measurements of an area around the first intelligent umbrella; communicate the one or more first sensor measurements from the first sensor assembly to the first wireless communication transceiver, wherein the first wireless communication transceiver to communicate the one or more first sensor measurements from the first sensor assembly to a mobile communication device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The first intelligent umbrella of claim 18, the computer-readable instructions fetched from the one or more memory modules and executable by the one or more processors to further comprise: communicate commands to the first wireless communication transceiver, communicate, from the first wireless communication transceiver, the commands to a second sensor assembly in a second intelligent umbrella to cause the cause the second sensor assembly to capture one or more second sensor measurements of an area around the second intelligent umbrella; receive one or more second sensor measurements from the second sensor assembly via the first wireless communication transceiver, wherein the first wireless communication transceiver to communicate the one or more second sensor measurements from the second sensor assembly to a mobile communication device.