Modular Electric Fire Systems

Abstract

A modular fire system includes one or more modular panels and a controller operatively coupled with the modular panels. The controller includes one or more processing units and one or more memory units storing instructions therein which, when run by the controller, causes the controller to: detect a number and a position of the one or more modular panels; and control, based on the detected number and the detected position of the modular panels, operation of the modular panels.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A modular fire system comprising:
 one or more modular panels; and   a controller operatively coupled with the modular panels, the controller comprising one or more processing units and one or more memory units storing instructions therein which, when run by the controller, causes the controller to:
 detect a number and a position of the one or more modular panels; and 
 control, based on the detected number and the detected position of the modular panels, operation of the modular panels. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to cause the modular panels to display videos or images that are synchronized with respect to each other. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , further comprising a heat source, wherein the controller is operatively connected to and controls the operation of the heat source. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the videos or images are further synchronized with respect to the heat source. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the modular panels and the heat source are integrated in a unitary device. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to control the operation of the modular panels based on a user input. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the modular panels are arranged to align with two or more separate planes with respect to each other. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the modular panels are disposed at a predetermined distance from each other. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the modular panels have different sizes, different shapes, or both different sizes and different shapes. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the modular panels are stacked on top of one another in a pyramid-shaped arrangement. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the modular panels have different image resolutions from one another. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more modular panels include a first modular panel and a second modular panel, the second modular panel is disposed in front of the first modular panel, and the controller is configured to control the operation of the first and second modular panels by showing a first video or image on the first modular panel and showing a second video or image on the second modular panel that is different from the first video or image. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the second video or image is a visual extension or continuation of the first video or image. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more processing units and the one or more memory units are provided as a single unit. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the modular panels includes a speaker that is independently operable by the controller. 
     
     
         16 . A method of controlling operation of a modular fire system, the method comprising:
 detecting, with a controller a number and a position of a plurality of modular panels of the modular fire system; and   controlling, with the controller, operation of the modular panels based on the detected number and position of the modular panels.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 detecting, with the controller, a number and a position of additional modular panels of the modular fire system; and   controlling, with the controller, operation of the modular panels and the additional modular panels based on the detected number and position of the additional modular panels.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein detecting the number and position of the modular panels further includes detecting sizes and shapes of the modular panels, and wherein controlling the operation of the modular panels further includes synchronizing images or videos shown on the modular panels. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising:
 controlling, with the controller, operation of a heat source of the modular fire system, wherein synchronizing the images or videos shown on the modular panels further includes synchronizing the images or videos with respect to the heat source.   
     
     
         20 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing thereon instructions which, when run by a processor, causes the processor to:
 detect a number and a position of a plurality of modular panels of the modular fire system; and   control operation of the modular panels based on the detected number and the detected position of the modular panels.