Patent ID: 9462663
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: H05B,Y02B

Claim Text:
1. A system, comprising: intelligent lighting devices, each respective intelligent lighting device comprising: a light source; a communication interface configured to enable communication via a network link; and a processor coupled to control the light source and coupled to communicate via the communication interface and the network link with one or more others of the intelligent lighting devices and configured to control operations of at least the respective intelligent lighting device, wherein: at least one of the intelligent lighting devices includes a user input sensor configured to detect user activity related to user inputs without requiring physical contact of the user; at least one of the intelligent lighting devices includes an output component configured to provide information output to the user; the user is within a vicinity of the user input sensor and the output component; and one or more of the processors of the intelligent lighting devices is further configured to process user inputs detected by the user input sensor, control lighting and control output to the user via the output component so as to implement an interactive user interface, including to selectively: control a lighting operation of at least a plurality of the lighting devices as a function of a processed user input; and obtain and provide information as an output via the output component, in response to a processed user input.