IP Library Granted Patent US 11,936,488
Granted Patent B2
US 11,936,488 · App. 17/814,767 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Fixture

Inventors: Fielding B. Staton (Liberty, MO); David Strumpf (Columbia, MO)
Assignee: Newtonoid Technologies, L.L.C.
H04L12/2803G03B17/561G03B21/145G06F16/535H04L63/0853H04L2012/2847
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Patent No.
US 11,936,488
App. No.
17/814,767
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fixture system includes a fixture having an input device, an output device, and a fixture computing system. The fixture computing system includes a database and programming for receiving information from the input device and accessing the database. The programming has instructions that, when activated by the processor, performs the following steps: (a) activate the output device to output a first signal; (b) receive information from the input device; (c) access the database to determine a second signal, wherein the second signal is based on the information from the input device; and (d) activate the output device to output the second signal.

Claims (44)

1. A fixture system, comprising:

a fixture configured for use in a building, comprising:

an input device;

an output device; and

a fixture computing system, comprising a database and programming for receiving information from the input device and accessing the database, wherein the programming comprises instructions that, when activated by the processor, performs the following steps:

(a) activate the output device to output a first signal;

(b) receive information from the input device;

(c) access the database to determine a second signal, wherein the second signal is based on the information from the input device; and

(d) activate the output device to output the second signal;

wherein the fixture is configured as a door or a window.

2. The fixture system of claim 1 , wherein the input device is a camera.

3. The fixture system of claim 1 , wherein the output device is a projector.

4. The fixture system of claim 2 , wherein the projector projects human readable indicia.

5. The fixture system of claim 1 , wherein the database comprises user-specific information.

6. The fixture system of claim 5 , wherein the user-specific information is a threshold condition.

7. The fixture system of claim 6 , wherein the second signal is further based on the threshold condition.

8. The fixture system of claim 1 , further comprising a mobile device communicatively coupled to the fixture input device.

9. The fixture system of claim 8 , wherein the output device is automatically actuated when the mobile device is within a predetermined proximity threshold of the fixture.

10. The fixture system of claim 9 , wherein the output device is a light.

11. A fixture system, comprising:

a fixture comprising an output device;

a mobile device communicatively coupled to the fixture; and

a computing system comprising a processor and non-transitory computer memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform the following steps:

(a) receive a communication from the mobile device; and

(b) activate an output via the output device;

wherein the fixture is configured as a door for a building.

12. The fixture system of claim 11 , wherein output is user-specific content, and the user-specific content is based on a user profile stored in the computer memory.

13. The fixture system of claim 11 , wherein the output is user-specific content, and the user-specific content is based on a user profile stored on the mobile device.

14. The fixture system of claim 11 , wherein the communication from the mobile device is an indication that the mobile device is within a predetermined proximity threshold.

15. The fixture system of claim 13 , wherein the communication from the mobile device is an indication that the mobile device is within a predetermined proximity threshold.

16. A fixture system, comprising:

a fixture configured for use in a building, comprising:

an output device; and

a sensor; and

a first fixture computing system communicatively coupled to the first fixture, the first fixture computing system comprising:

a processor; and

non-transitory computer memory comprising programming for receiving information from the sensor and causing the output device to output a signal, the programming comprising instructions for:

receiving sensor data from the sensor;

processing the sensor data;

generating a content based on the processed sensor data; and

outputting the content via the output device;

wherein the fixture is configured for use as a door or a window.

17. The fixture system of claim 16 , wherein the output device is a projection.

18. The fixture system of claim 16 , further comprising a mobile device communicatively coupled to the fixture.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2022
From: STATON, FIELDING B.; STRUMPF, DAVID
To: NEWTONOID TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
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Continuity (5)
Continuation 16590099 · Oct 1, 2019
Continuation In Part 16272749 · Feb 11, 2019
Continuation 15939106 · Mar 28, 2018
Provisional Application 62477655 · Mar 28, 2017
Related Publication 20220360466A1 · Nov 10, 2022
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