The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2017
Abl Ip Holding Llc, Conyers, GA (US);
Vernon J. Nagel, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jenish S. Kastee, South Riding, VA (US);
Jack C. Rains, Jr., Herndon, VA (US);
Nathaniel W. Hixon, Arlington, VA (US);
Youssef F. Baker, Arlington, VA (US);
Daniel M. Megginson, Fairfax, VA (US);
Sean P. White, Reston, VA (US);
Niels G. Eegholm, Columbia, MD (US);
ABL IP HOLDING LLC, Conyers, GA (US);
Abstract
The examples relate to implementations of apparatuses, such as lighting devices, and a system that uses a speech-based user interface to provide speech-based navigation services. The speech-based user interface provides navigation instructions that direct a person to the location of an item within a premises. The person interacts with a speech-based apparatus to receive the navigation instructions as speech-based directions through the premises from a specified location to the item location, or as static navigation instructions enabling the person to navigate from the specified location to the item location. A directional microphone and a controllable speaker receive audio inputs from and output audio outputs to a specified location or subarea of the premises to a person using the speech-based user interface. The audio outputs are directed to the person in the subarea of the premises, and have a higher amplitude within the subarea than outside the subarea of the premises.