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Jul26,2001
Aug26,1997
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KevinJ.Dowling,GeorgeG.Mueller
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ColorKineticsIncorporated
complexcontrollerinterfaces.Asimplecontrollanguagebaseduponspoken
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ABSTRACT
Asystemandmethodforthecontrolofcolorbasedlightingthroughvoicecontrol
orspeechrecognitionaswellasasyntaxforusewithsuchasystem.Inthis
approach,thespokenvoice(inanylanguage)canbeusedtomorenaturally
commonbaseforlightingandsystemcontrol.
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IMAGES (3)
DESCRIPTION
CLAIMS (28)
RELATEDAPPLICATIONS
1.Acolorbasedlightingsystemcomprising:
ThisPatentApplicationclaimsthebenefitunder35U.S.C.119(e)ofU.S.
atransducertotakeinvoicesignalsandconvertthevoicesignalsinto
ProvisionalApplicationSer.No.60/221,363,filedJul.27,2000,entitledLighting
electricalsignals
ControlUsingSpeechRecognition.
atleastonelightingdevicecomprisingatleastafirstlightsourceadaptedto
Thisapplicationalsoclaimsthebenefitunder35U.S.C.120asacontinuation
emitlightofafirstcolorandasecondlightsourceadaptedtoemitlightof
inpart(CIP)ofU.S.NonprovisionalApplicationSer.No.09/669,121,filedSep.
secondcolor,thefirstcolorbeingdifferentthanthesecondcolor,theat
25,2000,entitledMulticoloredLEDLightingMethodandApparatus,whichisa
leastonelightingdevicebeingconfiguredtocombineatleastthelightofthe
continuationofU.S.Ser.No.09/425,770,filedOct.22,1999,nowU.S.Pat.No.
firstcolorandthelightofthesecondcolortoproduceatleastathirdcolor
6,150,774,whichisacontinuationofU.S.Ser.No.08/920,156,filedAug.26,
and
1997,nowU.S.Pat.No.6,016,038.
acomputingdevice,coupledtothetransducerandtheatleastonelighting
Thisapplicationalsoclaimsthebenefitunder35U.S.C.120asacontinuation
device,toconverttheelectricalsignalsintocontrolsignalsadaptedto
inpart(CIP)ofthefollowingU.S.NonprovisionalApplications:
controlemissionofthefirstlightbythefirstlightsourceandthesecondlight
Ser.No.09/215,624,filedDec.17,1998,entitledSmartLightBulb,which
claimsthebenefitofthefollowingprovisionalapplications:
Ser.No.60/071,281,filedDec.17,1997,entitledDigitally
bythesecondlightsource.
2.Thesystemofclaim1,whereinthetransducercomprisesa
microphone.
ControlledLightEmittingDiodesSystemsandMethods
3.Thesystemofclaim1,whereinatleastoneofthefirstlightsource
Ser.No.60/068,792,filedDec.24,1997,entitledMultiColor
andthesecondlightsourceincludesatleastoneLED,suchthatoneof
IntelligentLighting
thefirstlightandthesecondlightisproduced,atleastinpart,bytheat
Ser.No.60/078,861,filedMar.20,1998,entitledDigitalLighting
leastoneLED.
Systems
Ser.No.60/079,285,filedMar.25,1998,entitledSystemand
MethodforControlledIlluminationand
Ser.No.60/090,920,filedJun.26,1998,entitledMethodsfor
SoftwareDrivenGenerationofMultipleSimultaneousHighSpeed
PulseWidthModulatedSignals
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4.Thesystemofclaim3,whereinthefirstlightsourcecomprisesafirst
LEDadaptedtoemitthelightofthefirstcolorandthesecondlight
sourcecomprisesasecondLEDadaptedtoemitthelightofthesecond
color.
5.Thesystemofclaim4,whereintheatleastonelightingdevice
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Ser.No.09/213,607,filedDec.17,1998,entitledSystemsandMethodsfor
furthercomprises:
SensorResponsiveIllumination
aprocessortocontrolatleastoneofthefirstLEDandthesecond
Ser.No.09/213,189,filedDec.17,1998,entitledPrecisionIllumination
Ser.No.09/213,581,filedDec.17,1998,entitledKineticIllumination
Ser.No.09/213,540,filedDec.17,1998,entitledDataDeliveryTrack
Ser.No.09/333,739,filedJun.15,1999,entitledDiffuseIlluminationSystems
andMethods
Ser.No.09/742,017,filedDec.20,2000,entitledLightingEntertainment
System,whichisacontinuationofU.S.Ser.No.09/213,548,filedDec.17,
1998,nowU.S.Pat.No.6,166,496
Ser.No.09/815,418,filedMar.22,2001,entitledLightingEntertainment
System,whichalsoisacontinuationofU.S.Ser.No.09/213,548,filedDec.17,
1998,nowU.S.Pat.No.6,166,496and
Ser.No.09/626,905,filedJul.27,2000,entitledLightingComponents,whichis
LED.
6.Thesystemofclaim5,whereintheprocessorcomprisesan
addressableprocessorhavinganalterableaddress.
7.Thesystemofclaim1,whereintheatleastonelightingdevice
comprisesatleastonegroupoflightingdevices.
8.Thesystemofclaim1,whereinthevoicesignalseachcomprisean
identificationofanobject,andavalue.
9.Amethodofcontrollingalightingdevicecomprisingatleastafirstlightsource
adaptedtoemitlightofafirstcolorandasecondlightsourceadaptedtoemit
lightofasecondcolor,thefirstcolorbeingdifferentthanthesecondcolor,the
methodcomprisingactsof:
receivingaspokencommand
acontinuationofU.S.Ser.No.09/213,659,filedDec.17,1998,nowU.S.Pat.
translatingthecommandintoasignaltobeusedtocontrolthelighting
No.6,211,626.
device
BACKGROUNDOFTHEINVENTION
inresponsetothesignal,producingthelightofthefirstcolorandthelightof
1.FieldoftheInvention
Theinventionrelatestosystemsandmethodsfortheprogrammingoflighting,in
particulartovoiceprogrammingoflighting.
2.DescriptionofRelatedArt
thesecondcolorand
combiningthelightofthefirstcolorandthelightofthesecondcolorto
producelightofathirdcolor.
10.Themethodofclaim9,whereinsaidcommandisoftheform:
<Systemcall><object><value>.
KnowntechnologycombinesmultiplelightemittingdiodesLEDsinoneormore
packageswithamicroprocessor.ThiscombinationisprovidedinU.S.Pat.No.
11.Themethodofclaim9,whereinsaidcommandisanaturallanguage
6,016,038theentiredisclosureofwhichishereinincorporatedbyreference.This
command.
typeoftechnologygivesanenormousopportunityforcontrolpossibilities.The
combinationofthenetworkandacontrollerallowsthecontrollertoaccessand
controleachofthedevicesonthenetwork.Thiscanbeusedtosynchronizeand
coordinatemorethanonelighttoproducepleasingeffects.Examplesofsuch
effectsincludethemovementofcolorwithinaroom,ortheshiftofarainbow
12.Themethodofclaim9,whereinatleastoneofthefirstlightsource
andthesecondlightsourceincludesatleastoneLED,andwhereinthe
stepofproducingthelightofthefirstcolorandthelightofthesecond
colorcomprisesproducingLEDlight.
acrosstheroomoreventheeffectofthepassageoftimethroughthesimulation
13.Themethodofclaim12,whereinthelightingdevicefurther
ofasunriseandsunsetacrossmultiplelightsinaroom.
comprisesaprocessor,andwhereinthestepofproducingthelightof
Turninglightsonandoffandthencontrollingthelightstypicallyrequireshuman
interfacesthatincorporatetheuseofstandarddevicessuchashandorfinger
actuatedswitchesorknobs.Touchplates,switches,knobs,dials,sliders,
thefirstcolorandthelightofthesecondcolorcomprisescontrollingat
leastoneofthefirstLEDandthesecondLEDwiththeprocessor.
14.Alightingsystem,comprising:
rockers,andallmannerofmechanicalinterfacestoelectricalsignalsprovidefor
controlandmanipulationofsignals,whicharethenmappedtolightingchanges.
atransduceradaptedtoreceivevoicesignalsandproducecorresponding
Forcoloredlights,additionaldimensionsofrepresentationandcontrolcomplicate
electricalsignals
this.Theseincludemodificationofhue,saturationorbrightnessoreventemporal
andgeometricchanges.Thiscanincludethemodificationoftherateofchange
ofaneffectortheeffectitself.
SUMMARYOFTHEINVENTION
acomputingdevicecoupledtothetransducer,thecomputingdevice
adaptedtoproduceaddressedcontrolsignalsinresponsetotheelectrical
signals
apluralityoflightingdeviceseachcapableofproducinglightofapluralityof
Inoneembodiment,asimplecontrollanguagebaseduponspokenwords
colorsandeachassociatedwithanaddressableprocessor,each
consistingofcommandsandvaluesmaybeconstructedandusedtoprovidea
addressableprocessorconfiguredtocontrolselectedonesofthepluralityof
commonbaseforlightingandsystemcontrol.
lightingdevicesinresponsetoappropriatelyaddressedonesofthe
addressedcontrolsignals.
Inanotherembodiment,asystemforthecontrolofcolorbasedlightingthrough
voicecontrolmaybepresented.Thesystemmaybecomprisedofatransducer
15.Thelightingsystemofclaim14,whereinthetransducercomprisesa
fortakinginvoicesignalsalightingsystemcapableofcontrollingatleastone
microphone.
lightingdevicewhereinthelightingdeviceiscapableofproducingmultiplecolors
andacomputingdeviceforconvertingthevoicesignalsintosignalsthatcanbe
usedbythelightingsystemtocontrolsaidatleastonelightingdevice.
16.Thelightingsystemofclaim14,whereinthepluralityoflighting
deviceareconfiguredasapluralityofgroups,thelightingdevicesthat
compriseaselectedoneofthegroupsbeingconfiguredtobecontrolled
byasameatleastoneoftheaddressedcontrolsignals.
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Inafurtherembodiment,amethodforthecontrolofcolorbasedlightingmaybe
17.Thelightingsystemofclaim14,whereinatleastoneoftheplurality
presented.Themethodmaycomprisehavingauserspeakacommandina
oflightingdevicescomprisesatleastoneLED.
syntaxcomposedforusewithalightingsystemtranslatingthecommandintoa
signaltobeusedtocontrolalightingdevice,whereinthelightingdeviceis
capableofproducingmultiplecolors,controlledbythelightingsystemandusing
thesignaltocarryoutanactiononthelightingdevice,suchthattheaction
carriedoutcorrespondstothecommandgiven.
BRIEFDESCRIPTIONOFDRAWINGS
FIG.1showsablockdiagramofavoicecontrolledlightingsystemaccordingto
oneembodimentoftheinvention.
FIG.2illustratesthelightingsystemofFIG.1coupledtoalightingnetwork.
FIG.3illustratesalightingdevicethatcanbeusedinvoicecontrolledlighting
systemsaccordingtoembodimentsofthepresentinvention.
18.Thelightingsystemofclaim17,whereintheatleastoneofthe
pluralityoflightingdevicescomprisesapluralityofindependently
controlledLEDs.
19.Thelightingsystemofclaim18,whereinthepluralityof
independentlycontrolledLEDscompriseLEDsofdifferentcolors.
20.Thelightingsystemofclaim19,whereinthepluralityof
independentlycontrolledLEDscompriseLEDsofatleastthreedifferent
colors.
21.Thelightingsystemofclaim14,whereinthevoicesignalscomprise
anidentificationofanobjectandavalue.
22.Thelightingsystemofclaim21,whereintheatleastoneobject
DETAILEDDESCRIPTION
correspondstoatleastoneofthepluralityoflightingdevices.
AsshowninFIG.1,oneembodimentoftheinventioncomprisesseveral
23.Thelightingsystemofclaim21,whereinthevaluecomprisesa
elementsincludingatransducer3,suchasamicrophone,whichconvertsthe
coordinateofaCIEdiagram.
acousticsofvoicefromtheuser1intoanelectricalsignal.Thiselectricalsignal
isthendigitizedandinputintoacomputingdeviceforprocessing.Speech
recognitionmodule5(whichmaybeimplementedinsoftware)isthenusedto
24.Thelightingsystemofclaim21,whereinthevaluecomprisesa
colortemperature.
recognizethespeechinputandprovidelanguageoutputcorrespondingtothe
25.Thelightingsystemofclaim21,whereinthevaluecomprisesan
spokenwords.Thisinputbecomesacommandstreamthatispresentedtoa
indicationofdurationforwhichlightistobeproducebyatleastoneof
commandinterpreter7whichthenexecutesthecommandtothelightingcontrol
thepluralityoflightingdevices.
9andeventuallythelights11.
26.Thelightingsystemofclaim21,whereinthevaluecomprisesan
FIG.2illustratesonepossiblearrangementofthelights11inaccordancewithan
indicationofaselectedlightingmood.
embodimentofthepresentinvention.Thelights11maybepartofanetwork
whereeachlighthasauniqueaddress.Thelightingcontrolsignals
27.Thelightingsystemofclaim21,whereinthevoicesignalcomprises
communicatedfromthelightingcontrol9mayincludeaddresseddatasuchthat
anidentificationofalightingeffect.
eachoftheindividuallights11respondstocommandscorrespondingtoits
particularaddress.Inanembodiment,theparticularlight11maybechosen
throughaverbalcommandandthelightingcontrol9maycommunicate
28.Thelightingsystemofclaim14,whereinthevoicesignalcomprises
anidentificationofahueandasaturation.
instructionstotheintendedlight11.Inanotherembodiment,thelightsmaybe
arrangedingroupsorhavegroupaddresses.Forexample,ifallofthelights11
haveauniqueaddress,asetofuniqueaddressedlightsmaybearrangedinagroupsuchthatallofthelightsinagroupact
asone.Severallights11mayalsobesettothesameaddresstoeffectuatethegrouping.Oneskilledintheartwill
appreciatethattherearemanymethodsforgroupinglights11orotherdevices,sothatthepresentinventionisnotlimitedto
anyparticularmethodofgrouping.Groupingthelights11canbeusefulincustomizingthedesiredlightingeffects.For
example,severallights11maybegroupedasafirstaddress20,andseverallightsmaybegroupedasasecondaddress
22.Theusermayspeakintoamicrophone3,orothertransducer,anddirectthecommandstothegroupinginaddress20.
Uponidentificationandcommandlanguage,thegroupoflightscorrespondingtoaddress20mayrespondaccordingly.The
lightsofaddress20maybelightinganarchwayforexamplewhilethelightsofaddress22arelightingawallofabuilding.
InoneembodimentshowninFIG.3,alight11mayincludeaprocessor300whereintheprocessorcanreceivecommands
throughadataport310andcontrol,inresponsetothecommands,atleastoneLED302asindicatedinFIG.3.Inone
embodiment,theprocessormayindependentlycontrolmultipleLEDs302,304,and306.Thismaybeusefulwherethe
controlofcolorchanginglightingisdesired.Forexample,thethreeLEDs302,304,and306maybered,greenandblueand
theprocessormaybeabletocontroltheoutputofeachLEDsuchthattheemittedcolorfromthelight11changes.Itshould
beappreciatedthatthepresentinventionisnotlimitedtousewithlightsconfiguredasshowninFIG.3,asnumerousother
configurationsarepossible,includingdifferentnumbersofLEDsorlightsourcesotherthanLEDs.
Ifthespeechisunintelligibleorthecommandnonsensical,thenthesystemcanrespondwithanerrormessage.Thiscan
taketheformofanindicatorincludingthelightsthemselves,adisplay,or,tokeeptheinterfaceuniform,canbevoice
generatedoutput.
AnumberofspeechrecognitionprogramsareavailablefromanumberofcompaniessuchasSpeechWorks,Dragon
Systems,IBMandothers.Someofthesesystemsprovideamodularitythatallowsdeveloperstoincorporatespeech
recognitionintheirplatformsandsystems.Inanembodimentofthepresentinvention,astandardmicrophonemaybeused
toprovidespeechinputtoacomputerbasedsystemthattakesthatinput,digitizesitandthenusesaspeechrecognition
componenttoprovidecommands.Becausethegrammarandsyntaxofthecommandsetisknownandthecontextis
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known,thiswinnowsdownthepossibilitiesofinterpretingthespeechinputagreatdeal.Thisthenprovidesforasimpler
interpretationprocessandallowsthespeechrecognitionmoduletodeliveracompactlanguagefortheCommand
Interpretertoexecute.
Inanembodiment,thecommandsetprovidesfortheconcatenationofafewsimplecommands.Thefirstisanattention
getterforthesystemsothatnormalconversationdoesn'tresultinunwantedinterpretations.(Similartowhentheysay
Computer,<command>onStarTrek.)
Commandscantaketheformofobjects(e.g.aroom,aspecificlight,agroupoflights)andactionsorvalues.These
commandscanbeconcatenatedtoformafullsentenceofdescription.
Examples:
<Systemcall><object><value>
LightRoomredderresultsinincrementalchangeinlightoutput
LightRoomRGB128128128resultsinlightoutputwithRGBvaluesanddefaultbrightness.
LightDeskwarmerresultsinanincrementaldecreaseincolortemperatureofadesklight.
AllmeansfordescribingcolorcanbeusedrangingfromdetailedtechnicalmeanssuchascoordinatesoftheCIEdiagramor
ColorTemperaturevalues,tofarmoregeneralwarmer,redder,darker,lightervaluesorturningonandoffaswellas
commandstoindicatedurationandeffectssuchasLightRoomEffectRainbow.Inanembodiment,voicecommandsmay
beusedtosetaneweffect.Inanembodiment,thelightmaybesettoaparticularsettingandthatbecomesanewdefault.
Otherexamplesofcommandsmayinclude:
LightRoomNamePartyorLightRoomNameRomance(dependingonthedesiredmood)
Timingcanalsobesetfromsuchaconstruct:LightRoomTurnonteno'clock
Inanembodiment,thelightingeffectsmaytransitionbetweenaddressedlights11orgroupsoflights20and22.For
example,theeffectorvalueofeffectrainbowmayinitiatealightingprogramthatstartsafirstlight11andthenmovestoa
secondlight11.Thefirstlight11maycyclethroughthecolorsoftherainbowstartingwiththecolorblueandthesecond
light11mayalsocyclethroughthesamecolorsbutthebluewillbeoffsetintimefromthefirstlight11suchthatitappears
asthoughthelightismovingthroughtheroom.Onewithordinaryskillintheartwouldappreciatethattherearemany
lightingeffectsthatcanbegeneratedonnetworkedandnonnetworkedlightingsystemsandthepresentinventionisnot
limitedinanywaytoaparticulareffect.
ColorisvisuallyrepresentedinseveralwaysincludingtheCIEdiagramandotherdiagramssuchashuewheels,orMunsell
spacesorevenPantonecolors.Thesevisualrepresentationscanbeusedasamodelfordirectingdirectionandchange
suchassayingcoordinatesofacolor,butamorenaturalwayistomodifyacolorbydirectingittoberedder,darker,whiter,
moresaturatedetc.Thus,alanguageandsyntaxcanbeprovidedforenablingsimplificationofthedescriptionofcolor
effects,sothatvoicecommandscanbeusedtocreateawidevarietyofsucheffectsinaroomoronanobject.
Othercommandscanallowchangeuntilastopisreachedorthecolorreachesalimit.Forexample,HouseRoomDarken
couldbegintodimthelightsuntilthecommandStopisheard.Ifnocommandisheardthedimmingwouldcontinueuntil
thelightturnsofforreachessomelimitingvalue.
Asusedherein,thetermLEDshouldbeunderstoodtoincludelightemittingdiodesofalltypes,lightemittingpolymers,
semiconductordiesthatproducelightinresponsetocurrent,organicLEDs,electroluminescentstrips,andothersuch
systems.LEDmayrefertoasinglelightemittingdiodehavingmultiplesemiconductordiesthatareindividuallycontrolled.
ItshouldalsobeunderstoodthatthetermLEDdoesnotrestrictthepackagetypeoftheLED.ThetermLEDincludes
packagednonpackagedLEDs,surfacemountLEDs,chiponboardLEDsandLEDsofallotherconfigurations.Theterm
LEDalsoincludesLEDspackagedorassociatedwithmaterial(e.g.aphosphor)whereinthematerialmayconvertenergy
fromtheLEDtoadifferentwavelength.
Whiletheinventionhasbeendisclosedinconnectionwiththepreferredembodimentsshownanddescribedindetail,various
modificationsandimprovementsthereonwillbecomereadilyapparenttothoseskilledintheart.Accordingly,thespiritand
scopeofthepresentinventionistobelimitedonlybythefollowingclaimsandtheirequivalents.
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CLASSIFICATIONS
U.S.Classification
704/270,704/275,704/276
InternationalClassification
G10L21/00
CooperativeClassification
H05B37/0236
EuropeanClassification
H05B37/02B4S
LEGALEVENTS
Date
Dec31,2001
Code
AS
Event
Description
Assignment
Ownername:COLORKINETICSINCORPORATED,MASSACHUSETTS
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GEORGEG.REEL/FRAME:012411/0959
Effectivedate:20010926
Jul1,2008
AS
Assignment
Ownername:PHILIPSSOLIDSTATELIGHTINGSOLUTIONS,INC.,DELAW
Freeformattext:CHANGEOFNAMEASSIGNOR:COLORKINETICS
INCORPORATEDREEL/FRAME:021172/0250
Effectivedate:20070926
Oct12,2009
FPAY
Fee
payment
Yearoffeepayment:4
Oct16,2013
FPAY
Fee
payment
Yearoffeepayment:8
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