Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Smart home device providing intuitive illumination-based status signaling
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Application No.: US15438076Application Date: 2017-02-21
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Publication No.: US10032343B2Publication Date: 2018-07-24
- Inventor: Jeffrey A. Boyd , James B. Simister , Adam D. Mittleman , John B. Filson , Fred Bould , David Sloo , Jesse W. Boettcher , Anthony M. Fadell , Matthew L. Rogers
- Applicant: Google LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: G08B5/36
- IPC: G08B5/36 ; H04L12/28 ; G08B29/18 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
Various methods and systems for smart home devices are presented. Such smart home devices may include one or more environmental sensors that are configured to detect the presence of one or more environmental conditions. Such smart home devices may include a light comprising a plurality of lighting elements. Such a light may be configured to illuminate using a plurality of colors and, possibly, a plurality of animation patterns. Such smart home devices may include a processing system configured to cause the light to illuminate using the plurality of colors and the plurality of animation patterns in response to a plurality of states of the smart home device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170162007A1 SMART HOME DEVICE PROVIDING INTUITIVE ILLUMINATION-BASED STATUS SIGNALING Public/Granted day:2017-06-08
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