Information and hub lights
Techniques for employing an enhanced light device to determine desirable information to a user are presented. Such light device(s) can comprise or be associated with a light management component (LMC) that can employ sensors to monitor respective characteristics or conditions of a device, an environment, and/or a user to determine respective contexts for the device, environment, or user, wherein the user can interact with or be in proximity to the device or environment. The light device(s) collects data, including sensor data, relating to the device or environment from the device, the environment, or other data sources. The LMC determines a desirable subset of information to present to the user based on the respective contexts. The LMC facilitates presenting the desirable subset of information to the user via the light device or a communication device of the user that is communicatively connected to the light device.
1. A system, comprising:
a light component of an enhanced light device, the light component configured to emit light to facilitate illumination of an area associated with the enhanced light device;
a memory that stores machine-executable components; and
a processor that executes the machine-executable components stored in the memory, wherein the machine-executable components comprise:
an information component of the enhanced light device, the information component configured to receive information relating to an environment, a device, or a user located in the environment, wherein at least a portion of the information comprises sensor data received from a sensor component; and
a light management component of the enhanced light device, the light management component configured to determine an environment context relating to the environment, a device context relating to the device, or a user context relating to the user, based at least in part on a result of analyzing a first subset of the information, comprising the sensor data, and determine a second subset of the information that relates to the environment or the device to present to the user based at least in part on the environment context, the device context, or the user context.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the light management component is further configured to determine an interaction of the user with or a proximity of the user to the device or the environment, based at least in part on the result of the analyzing the first subset of the information, comprising the sensor data, and determine the user context relating to the user based at least in part on the interaction of the user with or the proximity of the user to the device or the environment, and wherein at least a portion of the sensor data relates to detection of the interaction of the user with or the proximity of the user to the device or the environment.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the light management component is further configured to determine that the second subset of the information that relates to the environment or the device is responsive to or relates to the interaction of the user with the environment or the device.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the light management component is further configured to facilitate presentation of the second subset of the information that relates to the environment or the device via at least one interface of the enhanced light device or via a communication device associated with the user, and wherein the at least one interface comprises at least one of a display screen, an audio speaker, or a haptic component.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the light management component is further configured to determine a first portion of the second subset of the information based at least in part on the user context, determine a search to perform to obtain a second portion of the second subset of the information based at least in part on the first portion of the second subset of the information and the user context, and perform the search of a set of online sites associated with a set of communication devices via a communication network to obtain the second portion of the second subset of the information from at least one communication device of the set of communication devices.
6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an instrument component configured to receive another portion of the information from the device.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the information comprises at least one of device-related information obtained from a user manual associated with the device, specification information relating to the device, operation information relating to operation of the device, functionality information relating to functionality of the device, troubleshooting information relating to troubleshooting a performance issue associated with the device, or search-result information obtained from a search of a set of online sites associated with a set of communication devices via a communication network.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein another portion of the information is pre-loaded to the information component or a data store of the enhanced light device.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the light management component is further configured to determine a light profile for the enhanced light device based at least in part on characteristics of the enhanced light device, environmental characteristics and environmental conditions associated with the environment, device characteristics and device conditions associated with the device, or user characteristics and user conditions associated with the user.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the light management component is further configured to control operation of the light component to control the emission of the light, based at least in part on the light profile, to be responsive to the environmental conditions, the device conditions, or the user conditions.
11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the sensor component comprises one or more sensors configured to sense the environmental characteristics and the environmental conditions, the device characteristics and the device conditions, or the user characteristics and the user conditions, and to generate the sensor data relating to the environmental conditions, the device conditions, or the user conditions, in response to the sensing, and wherein the user conditions at least in part relate to an interaction of the user with the environment or the device.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the sensor component senses or captures a portion of the sensor data from a region of the device, and wherein the portion of the sensor data comprises identification information that identifies at least one of a manufacturer of the device, a seller of the device, a model of the device, a type of the device, a serial number of the device, specification information relating to the device, operation information relating to the device, characteristics of the device, features of the device, or conditions of the device.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the light management component is further configured to determine an environment profile associated with the environment, a device profile associated with the device, or a user profile associated with the user, based at least in part on the result of analyzing the first subset of the information, comprising the sensor data.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the light management component is further configured to analyze light characteristics data relating to the characteristics of the enhanced light device and at least one of the environment profile, the device profile, or the user profile, and determine the light profile associated with the enhanced light device based at least in part on another result of the analysis of the characteristics and at least one of the environment profile, the device profile, or the user profile.
15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the light management component is further configured to determine at least one action to perform in response to environmental conditions associated with the environment context, device conditions associated with the device context, or user conditions associated with the user context, based at least in part on the result of the analysis of the first subset of the information,
wherein the light management component is further configured to facilitate performance of the at least one action by at least one of the information component, the light component, or an instrument of an instrument component, and
wherein the at least one action comprises the presentation, to the user, of the second subset of the information that relates to the environment or the device.
16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the executable components further comprise a network component configured to create a communication connection between the enhanced light device and at least one other enhanced light device, wherein the light management component is further configured to communicate with the at least one other enhanced light device to coordinate operation of the enhanced light device with at least one operation of the at least one other enhanced light device, and wherein the communication connection is at least one of a wireline communication connection or a wireless communication connection.
17. The system of claim 1 , wherein the enhanced light device is configured to comprise a housing component, wherein the housing component comprises the processor, the memory, the light management component, at least a portion of the light component, and the information component.
18. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a light fixture component configured to comprise a socket component in which a base component associated with the light component is able to be inserted to connect the light component to the light fixture component, wherein the light management component is further configured to be included in the light fixture component.
19. The system of claim 1 , wherein the device is an appliance, a machine, a security-related component of a security system, an industrial device of an industrial automation system, a network device, a vehicle, or a vehicle-related component of the vehicle.
20. A method, comprising:
obtaining, by a system comprising a processor, data relating to an environment, a device, or a user located in the environment, wherein at least a portion of the data comprises sensor data received from a set of sensors;
determining, by the system, user characteristics and user conditions associated with the user and at least one of environmental characteristics and environmental conditions associated with the environment or device characteristics and device conditions associated with the device based at least in part on a first result of analyzing the data, wherein the user conditions comprises an interaction of the user with or a proximity of the user to the device or the environment;
determining, by the system, a subset of the data relating to at least one of the device or the environment based at least in part on a second result of analyzing the user characteristics and the user conditions and at least one of the environmental characteristics and the environmental conditions associated with the environment or the device characteristics and the device conditions associated with the device;
controlling, by the system, emission of light to an area associated with at least one of the device or the environment based at least in part on a third result of the analyzing; and
initiating, by the system, presentation of the subset of the data to the user.
21. The method of claim 20 , further comprising:
determining, by the system, that the subset of the data relating to at least one of the device or the environment is responsive to or relates to the interaction of the user with or the proximity of the user to the device or the environment.
22. The method of claim 20 , further comprising:
determining, by the system, a first portion of the subset of the data based at least in part on the user characteristics and the user conditions associated with the user and at least one of the environmental characteristics and the environmental conditions associated with the environment or the device characteristics and the device conditions associated with the device;
determining, by the system, a search to perform to obtain a second portion of the subset of the data based at least in part on the first portion of the subset of the data; and
performing, by the system, the search of a set of websites associated with a set of communication devices via a communication network to identify and obtain the second portion of the subset of the data from at least one website of the set of websites associated with at least one communication device of the set of communication devices.
23. The method of claim 20 , further comprising:
detecting, by the system, a portion of the sensor data from a region of the device, wherein the portion of the sensor data comprises identification data that identifies at least one of a manufacturer of the device, a seller of the device, a model of the device, a type of the device, a serial number of the device, at least a portion of specification information relating to the device, at least a portion of operation information relating to the device, at least a portion of features of the device, at least a portion of the device characteristics of the device, or at least a portion of the device conditions of the device.
24. A light device, comprising:
a light component configured to emit light to facilitate illumination of an area associated with the device;
a sensor component configured to comprise one or more sensors configured to sense environment conditions or environment characteristics associated with the area, device conditions or device characteristics associated with a device, or user conditions or user characteristics associated with a user, and generate sensor data based at least in part on the sensing of the environment conditions, the environment characteristics, the device conditions, or the device characteristics;
a memory that stores machine-executable components; and
a processor that executes the machine-executable components stored in the memory, wherein the machine-executable components comprise:
an information component configured to receive information relating to the environment, the device, or the user located in the environment, wherein at least a portion of the information comprises the sensor data received from the sensor component; and
a light management component configured to determine an environment context of the environment, a device context of the device, or a user context of the user, based at least in part on a result of analyzing a first subset of the information, comprising the sensor data, and determine a second subset of the information that relates to the environment or the device to communicate to the user based at least in part on the environment context, the device context, or the user context, wherein the user context comprises an interaction of the user with or a proximity of the user to the device or the environment; and
an instrument component configured to communicate the second subset of the information, relating to the environment or the device, to the user via at least one interface of the light device via transmission of the second subset of the information to a communication device associated with the user.
25. The device of claim 24 , wherein the light management component is further configured to determine a first portion of the second subset of the information based at least in part on the environment context, the device context, or the user context, determine a search to perform to obtain a second portion of the second subset of the information based at least in part on the first portion of the second subset of the information, and perform the search of a set of online sites associated with a set of communication devices via a communication network to identify and obtain the second portion of the second subset of the information from at least one online site of the set of online sites associated with at least one communication device of the set of communication devices.