Interactive digital entertainment kiosk

• US 10,048,746 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2016
• Issued: 08/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eduardo A. Gonzalez Solis
• Original Assignee: Eduardo A. Gonzalez Solis
• Inventors: Gonzalez Solis, Eduardo A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Samantha (Yuehan)
• Application Number:
  US15/082,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20160284059A1
• Time in Patent Office: 869 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00289 in a video photo booth or the like

Abstract

The disclosure is directed to an interactive entertainment kiosk that is immersive, intuitive to use, and provides significant and varied functionality to users. In particular, the kiosk can provide a photo booth mode, a karaoke mode, a virtual reality mode, and/or a game mode, among other possibilities. Further, switching between modes can be intuitive through the use of touch screens and other input devices. For example, a user can provide input to select a particular electronic device for display, and the display can automatically be set to the proper mode. Further, a display may be mounted on the kiosk via a rotatable display mount, and the display may be automatically rotated to a proper orientation for the selected mode. In some embodiments, the kiosk can provide an immersive experience through the use of light sources that automatically adjust in accordance with audio of the kiosk.

Claims

1. An entertainment kiosk, the kiosk comprises:

a chassis including one or more translucent walls and one or more electronic device rack mounts;

one or more light sources configured to emit light through the one or more translucent walls;

on a first side of the kiosk;

a user display mount, rotatable at least 90 degrees; and

a camera mount;

on a second side of the kiosk, opposite the first side of the kiosk;

a service display mounted;

a user display mounted to the kiosk via the user display mount;

a service display mounted to the kiosk via the service display mount; and

a control device configured to;

while displaying a user interface on the user display;

receive, at the service display, an input selecting a mode from a plurality of modes for the entertainment kiosk, wherein the plurality of modes for the entertainment kiosk comprises one or more of a photo booth mode, a video game mode, a virtual reality mode, and a karaoke mode; and

in response to receiving the input selecting the mode for the entertainment kiosk;

change a display mode of the user display in accordance with the selected mode,

determine a proper orientation of the user display based on the selected mode, wherein the proper orientation is one of a landscape orientation and a portrait orientation, and

automatically rotate the user display in accordance with the proper orientation of the user display based on the selected mode.

2. The entertainment kiosk of claim 1, the kiosk further comprises:

a first side panel on a third side of the kiosk; and

a second side panel on a fourth side of the kiosk, wherein the third and fourth sides are different from the first and second sides.

3. The entertainment kiosk of claim 1, the kiosk further comprises:

a camera mounted to the kiosk via the camera mount.

4. The entertainment kiosk of claim 3, wherein the camera comprises an array of cameras.

5. The entertainment kiosk of claim 4, the kiosk further comprises:

an electronic device mounted within the chassis via one of the electronic device rack mounts and in communication with the user display, the service display, and the camera.

6. The entertainment kiosk of claim 5, the kiosk further comprises:

an additional electronic device mounted within the chassis via another one of the electronic device rack mounts, wherein the additional electronic device is one of an audio receiver, an audio amplifier, a video game console, a virtual reality console, a printing device, and a power supply.

7. The entertainment kiosk of claim 1, the kiosk further comprises:

an audio receiver; and

the control device further configured to;

receive an audio stream at the audio receiver;

analyze the audio stream to obtain audio information; and

adjust a characteristic of the light sources based on the audio information.

8. The entertainment kiosk of claim 1, wherein automatically rotate the user display in accordance with the proper orientation comprises automatically rotating the user display from the landscape orientation to the portrait orientation or from the portrait orientation to the landscape orientation.

9. The entertainment kiosk of claim 8, wherein:

the proper orientation of the user display based on the photo booth mode comprises the portrait orientation;

the proper orientation of the user display based on the video game mode comprises the landscape orientation; and

the proper orientation of the user display based on the karaoke mode comprises the portrait orientation.

10. The entertainment kiosk of claim 1, wherein change the display mode of the user display in accordance with the selected mode comprises generating and displaying a respective user interface corresponding to the selected mode for the entertainment kiosk.

11. The entertainment kiosk of claim 10, wherein the respective user interface comprises:

a photo booth user interface corresponding to the photo booth mode;

a video game user interface corresponding to the video game mode;

a virtual reality user interface corresponding to the virtual reality mode; and

a karaoke user interface corresponding to the karaoke mode.