Semantic gaming and application transformation

• US 10,159,897 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2014
• Issued: 12/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DRNC Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: IDHL Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Penzias, Arno, Liberty, Matthew G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Duffy, David
• Application Number:
  US14/218,156
• Publication Number:
  US 20140295961A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,743 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/215 comprising means for detecting acoustic signals, e.g. using a microphone
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/235 using a wireless connection, e.g. infrared or piconet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/42 by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/428 involving motion or position input signals, e.g. signals representing the rotation of an input controller or a player's arm motions sensed by accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/57 Simulating properties, behaviour or motion of objects in the game world, e.g. computing tyre load in a car race game A63F13/56 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/837 Shooting of targets
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/10 characterized by input arrangements for converting player-generated signals into game device control signals
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1006 having additional degrees of freedom
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1031 using a wireless connection, e.g. Bluetooth, infrared connections
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/105 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1081 Input via voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1087 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. a camera
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6045 for mapping control signals received from the input arrangement into game commands
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/64 for computing dynamical parameters of game objects, e.g. motion determination or computation of frictional forces for a virtual car
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8076 Shooting
• 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: G06F 3/033 Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0354 : with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 : Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence

Abstract

A gaming system comprises a handheld user input device, a processor for receiving input data from the handheld user input device and a gaming application for receiving data from the processor based on the received input data from the handheld user input device. The handheld user input device emulates one of a plurality of different devices associated with the gaming application. Each of the plurality of different devices have a set of input commands associated therewith. The set of input commands associated with the one of a plurality of different devices includes a command based on one of motion and orientation of the handheld device.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a user input device;

a display;

a processor configured to receive input data corresponding to non-planar motion of said user input device in any of two to six degrees of freedom; and

an application configured to;

execute on said processor;

receive, from said processor, data based on said input data; and

cause emulation of one of a plurality of different devices on said display using said data along with a set of movement processing equations selected from among different sets of movement processing equations for said plurality of different devices based on an inertia associated with said one of a plurality of different devices.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said input data is generated by said user input device comprising an accelerometer for detecting a linear acceleration of said user input device and at least one other sensor for detecting a rotational motion of said user input device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said at least one other sensor is a camera.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein said at least one other sensor is an optical sensor.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein said accelerometer is a multi-axis accelerometer and wherein said at least one second output includes a value y generated by said multi-axis accelerometer associated with acceleration of said user input device in a y-axis direction and a value z generated by said multi-axis accelerometer associated with acceleration of said user input device in a z-axis direction.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said multi-axis accelerometer is a 3-axis accelerometer.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said user input device is a free-space pointing device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said system is a gaming system.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said application is a training program for evaluating a user undergoing therapy.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein said display comprises a plurality of displays being positioned surrounding a user.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein a particular motion associated with the user input device results in moving a corresponding cursor from one display to a second display.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said input data is communicated to the processor via a wireless signal.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein said wireless signal is a radio frequency signal.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein said wireless signal is an infrared signal.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprising a second user input device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said second user input device communicates with the processor via a wireless signal.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein said processor is further configured to compensate said motion of said user input device by transforming said motion from a body frame of reference associated with said user input device into an inertial frame of reference.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein said input data is generated at a sampling rate of 200 samples/second.

19. A method for emulating one of a plurality of different devices on a display, said method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, input data corresponding to non-planar motion of a user input device in any of two to six degrees of freedom;

executing, by said processor, an application that causes emulation of one of said plurality of different devices on said display based on said input data along with a set of movement processing equations selected from among different sets of movement processing equations for said plurality of different devices based on an inertia of said one of a plurality of different devices; and

rendering said emulation on said display.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein said input data is generated by said user input device comprising an accelerometer for detecting a linear acceleration of said user input device and at least one other sensor for detecting a rotational motion of said user input device.