Patent ID: 11959296
Assignee: GRAVETIME INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC E  H  G | IPC E  G  H

Claim 12:
13. An apparatus configured to provide telepresence at a graveside memorial, comprising:
a processor;
a video camera, comprising an optical image sensor and a microphone, wherein the video camera is operably and communicatively coupled with the processor;
a wireless communication interface, operably and communicatively coupled with the processor;
an energy emitter, comprising:
a laser pointer adapted to emit light energy, wherein the laser pointer is operably and communicatively coupled with the processor, and wherein the laser pointer orientation in three dimensional space is governed by a pan and tilt control operably and communicatively coupled with the laser pointer and the processor; and,
a low frequency audio transducer adapted to emit sound energy constrained to a frequency range below the lower limit of the human-audible frequency range, wherein the low frequency audio transducer is disposed to direct sound emitted from the low frequency audio transducer at the memorial when the low frequency audio transducer is activated, and wherein the low frequency audio transducer is operably and communicatively coupled with the processor; and,
a memory that is not a transitory propagating signal, the memory operably connected to the processor and encoding computer readable instructions, including processor executable program instructions, the computer readable instructions accessible to the processor, wherein the processor executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
exchange multimedia between a grave and a user's communications device remote from the grave, wherein the multimedia comprises at least one of audio, an image, or video, and wherein exchange multimedia comprises:
send an electronic message comprising multimedia captured at the grave; and,
receive an electronic message comprising multimedia captured by the user's communications device remote from the grave; and,

activate the energy emitter to physically interact with the grave responsive to the remote user's activity, comprising: receive an electronic message comprising a command to reorient the laser pointer so that the light emitted by the laser pointer moves from incidence at a first location on a surface of the memorial to incidence at a second location on a surface of the memorial; and,
send to the user's communication device a live indication of the energy emitter physical interaction with the grave, comprising: send an electronic message comprising an indication the light emitted by the laser pointer moved from incidence at a first location on a surface of the memorial to incidence at a second location on a surface of the memorial, determined based on detecting the laser pointer light reflected from the first location on a surface of the memorial and detecting the laser pointer light reflected from the second location on a surface of the memorial.