Fireplace with Adjustable, Combinable, and Customizable Sensory Components

Abstract

A fireplace system includes an enclosure, a display disposed within the enclosure, a heater coupled to the enclosure, and a controller operatively coupled with the display and the heater. In response to a user input, the controller controls operation of the display and the heater and cause a change in one or more of a foreground element and a background element of an image or video displayed on the display.

1 . A fireplace system comprising:
 an enclosure;   a display disposed within the enclosure;   a heater coupled to the enclosure; and   a controller operatively coupled with the display and the heater and configured to control, in response to a user input, operation of the display to cause a change in one or more of a foreground element and a background element displayed on the display, the foreground element including a visual representation of a fire, and the background element including a visual representation of a digital scenery such that the foreground element and the background element are combinable to form a visual representation of the fire located within the digital scenery to be displayed on the display.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein each of the foreground element and the background element are separately and independently changeable. 
     
     
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         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the background element is changeable to include the scenery generated by a machine learning model that is trained on input data comprising image or video dataset using one or more machine learning algorithms. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein each of the foreground element and the background element is selectable from a predetermined list or selection of elements provided to a user. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to update the predetermined list or selection of elements via a network connection. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more of the foreground element and the background element are provided by a user. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller causes the change by combining a user-selected foreground element and a user-selected background element to generate a composite image or video to be displayed on the display. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller causes the change by combining a user-selected foreground element or a user-selected background element with a current foreground element or a current background element to generate a composite image or video to be displayed on the display. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the change is determined using a generative artificial intelligence module operated by the controller. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the heater is an electric heater. 
     
     
         12 . A fireplace system comprising:
 an enclosure;   a display disposed within the enclosure;   a heater coupled to the enclosure; and   a controller operatively coupled with the display and the heater and configured to, in response to a user input:
 control operation of the display and the heater to change one or more sensory properties associated with the display and the heater, 
 display on the display a foreground element and a background element, the foreground element including a visual representation of a fire, and the background element including a visual representation of a digital scenery, such that the foreground element and the background element are combinable to form a visual representation of the fire located within the digital scenery to be displayed on the display, wherein the foreground element and the background element are separately changeable. 
   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein each of the display and the heater are separately and independently controllable via the controller. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein reducing a size of the visual representation of the fire in the foreground element as displayed on the display reduces a heat output of the heater. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the change is determined using one or more computational models. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 12 , further comprising a speaker, wherein the controller is operatively coupled with the speaker and configured to control, in response to the user input, operation of the speaker to change an audio volume of the speaker. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein each of the display, the heater, and the speaker are separately and independently controllable via the controller. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein reducing a size of the visual representation of the fire in the foreground element as displayed on the display reduces an audio volume of the speaker. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 16 , further comprising a scent generator, wherein the controller is operatively coupled with the scent generator and configured to control, in response to the user input, operation of the scent generator to change a scent generated by the scent generator. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein each of the display, the heater, the speaker, and the scent generator are separately and independently controllable via the controller.