Patents by Inventor Nicholas Castorano

Nicholas Castorano has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Multi-purpose voice activated lighting apparatus
    Patent number: 11665796
    Abstract: Voice activated lighting apparatus, methods and systems are described. In an embodiment, a voice activated lighting apparatus includes a housing that encloses a WiFi module operably connected to a multipoint control unit (MCU), at least one microphone, at least one speaker component, and at least one wireless communication module. Also included is a lighting component operably connected to the MCU which includes at least a first group of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and a second group of LEDs that are separately controllable by the MCU. In some implementations, the first group of LEDs are controllable via voice commands of a user to provide illumination, and the second group of LEDs are controllable via voice commands of the user to provide at least one indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Tomislav Stimac, Nicholas Castorano, Zhiyong Wang
  • MULTI-PURPOSE VOICE ACTIVATED LIGHTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200170095
    Abstract: Voice activated lighting apparatus, methods and systems are described. In an embodiment, a voice activated lighting apparatus includes a housing that encloses a WiFi module operably connected to a multipoint control unit (MCU), at least one microphone, at least one speaker component, and at least one wireless communication module. Also included is a lighting component operably connected to the MCU which includes at least a first group of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and a second group of LEDs that are separately controllable by the MCU. In some implementations, the first group of LEDs are controllable via voice commands of a user to provide illumination, and the second group of LEDs are controllable via voice commands of the user to provide at least one indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Tomislav STIMAC, Nicholas CASTORANO, Zhiyong WANG
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D880045
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Richard Clarkson, Tomislav Stimac, Nicholas Castorano, John Edward Chancey, Jeffrey Patton