Lamps could be selected by taking a picture of them
After taking a picture, users could select which lamps they wished to control by toggling them here
Users could change the colours and other features of the lamps they selected
Users could set the time the lamp turns on and off here
The Genie hardware on the back of the phone
The GENIE hardware inside one of the lamps
GENIE
Spring 2012
An interface for easy selection and creative control of color changing lamp fixtures in the home, using the analogy of taking a snapshot to select them. Attributes such as color, brightness, and scheduling can be controlled individually or as a group of lights at once. The system uses an IR filter switcher on the phone to capture IR blobs pulsating from inside the lamps.