公开(公告)号：US10713007B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-14

申请号：US15839750

申请日：2017-12-12

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Mark Aran Aiken ,  Stanislaw Ignacy Pasko ,  Olusanya Temitope Soyannwo ,  Vibhav Hemant Salgaonkar ,  Adam Barry Fineberg ,  Roger Robert Webster ,  Makarand Damle ,  Rohan Mutagi ,  Philip Alexander Lee

IPC: G10L15/22 ,  G06F3/16 ,  H04L12/28 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04M1/725 ,  G10L15/32 ,  G10L15/30 ,  G10L15/18

Abstract: A hub is configured to provide voice control without assistance from a remote system, which allows the hub to provide a user with the ability to control second devices in an environment by issuing voice commands, even when the hub is unable to communicate with the remote system over a wide area network (e.g., the Internet). The hub is also configured to execute rules without assistance from the remote system, which allows the hub to execute rules, even when the hub is unable to communicate with the remote system over a wide area network (e.g., the Internet).

公开(公告)号：US10365620B1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-30

申请号：US14788327

申请日：2015-06-30

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Eric Peter Raeber ,  Robert Franklin Ebert ,  Adam Barry Fineberg ,  Mark Sander Urbanus ,  Miroslav Ristic ,  Maxim Spivak

IPC: G06F19/00 ,  G05B15/02 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: Traditional home-automation systems utilize a single hub for controlling secondary devices within a home. The techniques described herein, meanwhile, utilize multiple hubs within the environment and/or located remotely from the environment. For instance, an environment may include multiple electronic devices, each configured to control one or more secondary devices within the environment. In addition, a remote service may be configured to control one or more secondary devices within the environment. As such, each controlling device stores and executes an instance of a control engine, rather than relying on a single instance of a control engine located at a single controlling hub.

公开(公告)号：US09729821B1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-08

申请号：US15087851

申请日：2016-03-31

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Adam Barry Fineberg ,  Robert Franklin Ebert ,  Tarun Yohann Morton ,  Eric Peter Raeber ,  Miroslav Ristic

IPC: H04N7/14 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/04 ,  H04B17/318 ,  G06F3/16

CPC classification number: H04N7/148 ,  G06F3/167 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04L67/306 ,  H04N7/152 ,  H04W4/023 ,  H04W4/043 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to facilitating voice and video communication between users independent of a location or a device. A communication request can specify users, who may be identified and located in their respective environments. For example, users can be identified and located using facial recognition imaging techniques and/or by monitoring a radio frequency (RF) signal associated with a device that is carried or worn by a user. After determining a location of a user, individual devices can be configured as a functionally grouped device to allow the users to communicate. For example, capabilities of a television, microphone, speaker, and imaging device can be combined to allow a video communication between users. Further, as a user moves around his or her environment, the location of the user can be tracked and additional functionally grouped devices can be provided for seamless communication.