Umbrellas, Parasols, Shading Systems, Voice-Activated Hubs and Lighting Systems Utilizing Controller Area Network (CAN) Protocol

    公开(公告)号:US20190281935A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-19

    申请号:US16035635

    申请日:2018-07-14

    申请人: Shadecraft, Inc.

    摘要: A shading device includes a base assembly, a support assembly, and an expansion assembly, where the expansion assembly to expand one or more arms to an open position or to retract the one or more arms to a closed position. The shading device includes a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) transceiver to receive commands or messages from a mobile computing device to activate one or more assemblies of the shading device; one or more Controller Area Network (CAN) transceivers; and a CAN bus to couple the one or more CAN transceivers to the one or more assemblies. The shading device also includes one or more memory devices; one or more processors; computer-readable instructions executable by the one or more processors to: communicate the commands or messages received from the BLE transceiver to the one or more CAN transceivers, the CAN bus and the one or more assemblies.

    Apparatus and Method for Identifying Operational Status of Umbrella, Parasol or Shading System Utilizing Lighting Elements

    公开(公告)号:US20190211577A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-11

    申请号:US15911110

    申请日:2018-03-03

    申请人: Shadecraft, Inc.

    摘要: An umbrella includes a first lighting element, a second lighting element, a first electrical component associated with the first lighting element, a second electrical component associated with the second lighting element, and a computing device. The computing device includes one or more processors, one or more physical memory devices and computer-readable instructions being executable by the one or more processors to 1) receive first status message or signals from the first electrical component; 2) receive second status message or signals from the second electrical component; 3) generate first light element commands based, at least in part, on the received first status messages and communicate the generated first light element commands to the first light element; and 4) generate second light element commands based, at least in part, on the received second status messages and communicate the generated second light element commands to the second light element.

    Intelligent Umbrella and/or Robotic Shading System with Ultra-Low Energy Transceivers

    公开(公告)号:US20190158303A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-23

    申请号:US15817252

    申请日:2017-11-19

    申请人: Shadecraft, Inc.

    摘要: An intelligent umbrella, comprising a base assembly, the base assembly having an outside surface contacting a ground surface, a support assembly, the support assembly connected to the base assembly, an expansion assembly, the expansion assembly connected to the support assembly and to expand and contract one or more arm support assemblies and arms; and an ultra-low energy (ULE) wireless transceiver, the ULE wireless transceiver to act as an ULE hub, to generate commands or instructions and to communicate the generated commands or instructions to another ULE-enabled device. The another ULE-enabled device may be a separate intelligent umbrella, and the commands or instructions to instruct the separate intelligent umbrella to move one or more mechanical assemblies of the separate intelligent umbrella.

    Umbrellas Including Motors Located within the Umbrella Housing

    公开(公告)号:US20190069653A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-07

    申请号:US15959618

    申请日:2018-04-23

    申请人: Shadecraft, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A45B25/16 A45B23/00

    摘要: An umbrella includes a base unit, a core umbrella assembly connected to the base unit, an arm expansion module connected to the core umbrella assembly, the arm expansion module comprising one or more arm expansion assemblies and one or more arms, the one or more arms connected to the one or more arm expansion assemblies, and an expansion motor, the expansion motor to expand or retract the one or more arms, wherein the expansion motor is located within a core umbrella assembly. The arm expansion module includes a sensor assembly, the sensor assembly comprising one or more environmental sensors to capture measurements of environmental conditions in a surrounding area. The umbrella includes an azimuth motor to rotate the core umbrella assembly about the base unit, the azimuth motor being located inside the core umbrella assembly.

    Shading system including voice recognition or artificial intelligent capabilities

    公开(公告)号:US10334921B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-02

    申请号:US15838022

    申请日:2017-12-11

    申请人: Shadecraft, Inc.

    摘要: An intelligent umbrella system, comprises one or more shading elements; a support assembly, coupled to the one or more shading elements, to provide support for the one or more shading elements; and a base assembly, coupled to the support assembly, to provide contact with a surface. The intelligent umbrella also includes one or more microphones to capture spoken or audio commands; one or more processors; one or more memory modules; and one or more wireless communication transceivers. The intelligent umbrella system includes computer-readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules that are executed by the one or more processors to convert the captured audio commands into audio files; and perform voice recognition on the converted audio files to generate instructions or commands based, at least in part, on the converted audio files.