Apparatus controlling bathroom appliance lighting based on user identity

• Main Authors: Rexach, Rafael, Booth, Shawn, Diemel, Jr., Doug, LeTourneau, Alexander, Beining, Nona, Lilly, Thomas E, Wilterdink, Alyssa, Petch, Leslie
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.04.2022
• Subjects: ACOUSTICS; CALCULATING; CHEMISTRY; COFFEE MILLS; COMPUTING; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; COUNTING; DEAF-AID SETS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKEACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; MEASURING; METALLURGY; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHYSICS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS; REGULATING; SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TESTING; TOILET ACCESSORIES; TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE

An apparatus comprises a light source array, a communication interface, and a controller. The light source array comprises one or more directional light sources. The communication interface is configured to receive user data from at least one appliance, the user data indicative of an identity of a user. The controller is configured to analyze the identity of the user and activate the one or more directional light sources in response to the identity of the user.