Lighting control using speech recognition
AssigneeColor Kinetics Incorporated
InventorsKevin J. Dowling, George G. Mueller
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Abstract
A system and method for the control of color-based lighting through voice control or speech recognition as well as a syntax for use with such a system. In this approach, the spoken voice (in any language) can be used to more naturally control effects without having to learn the myriad manipulation required of some complex controller interfaces. A simple control language based upon spoken words consisting of commands and values is constructed and used to provide a common base for lighting and system control.
Claims28
A color-based lighting system comprising:
- a transducer to take in voice signals and convert the voice signals into electrical signals;
- at least one lighting device comprising at least a first light source adapted to emit light of a first color and a second light source adapted to emit light of second color, the first color being different than the second color, the at least one lighting device being configured to combine at least the light of the first color and the light of the second color to produce at least a third color;
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- a computing device, coupled to the transducer and the at least one lighting device, to convert the electrical signals into control signals adapted to control emission of the first light by the first light source and the second light by the second light source.
A method of controlling a lighting device comprising at least a first light source adapted to emit light of a first color and a second light source adapted to emit light of a second color, the first color being different than the second color, the method comprising acts of:
- receiving a spoken command;
- translating the command into a signal to be used to control the lighting device;
- in response to the signal, producing the light of the first color and the light of the second color;
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- combining the light of the first color and the light of the second color to produce light of a third color.
A lighting system, comprising:
- a transducer adapted to receive voice signals and produce corresponding electrical signals;
- a computing device coupled to the transducer, the computing device adapted to produce addressed control signals in response to the electrical signals;
- a plurality of lighting devices each capable of producing light of a plurality of colors and each associated with an addressable processor, each addressable processor configured to control selected ones of the plurality of lighting devices in response to appropriately addressed ones of the addressed control signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.