IP Library Granted Patent US 9,591,399
Granted Patent B1
US 9,591,399 · App. 14/885,046 · Granted Mar 7, 2017

Automatically controlled directional speaker, and lamp thereof

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Patent No.
US 9,591,399
App. No.
14/885,046
Granted
Mar 7, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

An automatically controlled directional speaker includes a sound amplifying device, an image capture device, a computing device, an azimuth control motor and an amplitude control unit. The image capture device is provided for detecting the status of surrounding environment to generate image information, and the computing device is communicatively coupled to the image capture device for determining whether there is at least one face information in the image information, and the azimuth control motor is coupled to the sound amplifying device for controlling the azimuth of an output sound of the sound amplifying device according to the face information, and the amplitude control unit is communicatively coupled to the sound amplifying device for controlling the volume of the output sound of the sound amplifying device according to the face information. The speaker may be combined with a lamp to form an LED lamp with broadcasting and illumination functions.

Claims (16)

1. An automatically controlled directional speaker, comprising:

a sound amplifying device;

an image capture device, for real time detecting the status of surrounding environment to generate at least one image information;

a computing device, communicatively coupled to the image capture device, for determining whether or not the image information includes at least one face information;

an azimuth control motor, coupled to the sound amplifying device, for controlling the sound amplifying device to output a sound in a direction according to the face information;

an amplitude control unit, communicatively coupled to the sound amplifying device, for controlling the volume of an output sound according to the face information; and

a movable waveguide structure for adjusting a amplitude of a output sound, installed at a sound output position of the sound amplifying device, and having a sound input port, a sound output port, and a sound channel included between the sound input port and the sound output port; and the sound input port and the sound output port having adjustable relative aperture sizes respectively,

wherein the image capture device has an infrared focusing device or an ultrasonic focusing device, the face information includes a relative face distance and a relative face azimuth; and the relative face distance and the relative face azimuth are determined by the infrared focusing device or the ultrasonic focusing device.

2. The automatically controlled directional speaker according to claim 1 , further comprising: an LED assist lamp, installed adjacent to a side of the image capture device.

3. The automatically controlled directional speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the image capture device has a wide-angle camera lens.

4. The automatically controlled directional speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the image capture device is installed on a pivot member which is provided for the image capture device to adjust both shooting angle and range in up, down, left and right directions.

5. The automatically controlled directional speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the computing device performs an analysis by a fuzzy algorithm.

6. A light emitting diode (LED) lamp of the automatically controlled directional speaker according to claim 1 , characterized in that the whole LED lamp is a bulb lamp.

7. The LED lamp according to claim 6 , wherein the computing device performs an analysis by a fuzzy algorithm.

8. A light emitting diode (LED) lamp of the automatically controlled directional speaker according to claim 1 , characterized in that the whole LED lamp is a down light.

9. The LED lamp according to claim 8 , wherein the computing device performs an analysis by a fuzzy algorithm.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2022
From: EPISTAR CORPORATION
To: UNITY OPTO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.,
Reel/Frame 060250/0674 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2022
From: UNITY OPTO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059496/0205 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: UNITY OPTO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052291/0387 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2015
From: WU, CHING-HUEI; CHUANG, KAI-CHENG
To: UNITY OPTO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036880/0192 →