Location graph adapted video games

• US 10,252,167 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2017
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Kruglick, Ezekiel
• Primary Examiner(s): Lewis, David L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hall, Shauna-Kay N
• Application Number:
  US15/495,517
• Publication Number:
  US 20170259176A1
• Time in Patent Office: 715 Days
• Field of Search: 463 31
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/216 using geographical information, e.g. location of the game device or player using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/65 automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/003 Navigation within 3D models or images
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

Abstract

Technologies related to location graph adapted video games are generally described. In some examples, location graphs may be generated for received environment inputs, such as received three dimensional (3D) models of environments. Video games may be adapted to generated location graphs, such as by placing video game content at nodes of location graphs. Video game and/or user parameters may be accommodated when adapting video games to location graphs.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

generating, by a computer, a location graph that comprises at least;

one or more nodes that correspond to locations within a particular environment, and

one or more connections, between the one or more nodes, that correspond to pathways between the locations;

retrieving, by the computer, video game content associated with a preexisting location graph in a video game, wherein the preexisting location graph matches with the generated location graph;

receiving, by the computer, one or more user parameters; and

generating, by the computer, based on the received one or more user parameters, an adapted video game, wherein generating the adapted video game includes assigning the retrieved video game content to the one or more nodes or the one or more connections of the generated location graph that corresponds to the particular environment, and

wherein retrieving the video game content associated with the preexisting location graph eliminates a need to manually develop video game content for the particular environment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the one or more user parameters comprises receiving one or more of:

an out of bounds parameter that specifies one or more locations, within the particular environment, as unavailable for use in the generation of the adapted video game;

a time of use parameter that specifies the one or more locations, within the particular environment as available or unavailable, during a specified time, for use in the generation of the adapted video game; and

a content type parameter to designate allowed or disallowed video game content for the one or more locations within the particular environment.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the computer, one or more video game parameters,

wherein generating the adapted video game includes generating, by the computer, the adapted video game further based on the received one or more video parameters.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the location graph comprises generating the location graph using at least one of a cellular automata algorithm and a floor space measurement algorithm.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the computer, an environment input that comprises at least multidimensional environmental information, wherein the locations within the particular environment correspond to locations within the received environment input.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein receiving the environment input comprises receiving an environment scan that comprises images of the particular environment.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

constructing a three dimensional (3D) model of the particular environment from the images of the particular environment, wherein constructing the 3D model of the particular environment from the images of the particular environment comprises performing image recognition on the images of the particular environment to identify at least one of;

room dimension, pathways, and objects within the particular environment.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein receiving the environment input comprises receiving data that corresponds to rooms in a building, wherein one or more locations within the received environment input comprises the rooms in the building, and wherein one or more pathways between the one or more locations comprise doorways between the rooms in the building.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the particular environment includes an environment of a user, the method further comprising:

detecting, by the computer, activities of the user by using one or more accelerometers;

determining, by the computer, one or more locations, within the environment of the user, which correspond to the detected activities; and

generating, by the computer, the location graph that comprises at least the one or more nodes that correspond to the determined one or more locations within the environment of the user.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein detecting the activities of the user includes detecting two or more of:

sitting, standing, sit-stand transitions, stand-sit transitions, walking upstairs, walking downstairs, lying, walking, running, hammering, sawing, filing, drilling, sanding, and grinding.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the adapted video game includes generating an adapted video game that corresponds to one of:

a workplace training environment, a home environment, and an office environment.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sharing, by the computer, the adapted video game with one or more authorized users.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause one or more processors to perform or control performance of operations that comprise:

generate a location graph that comprises at least;

one or more nodes that correspond to locations within a particular environment, and

one or more connections, between the one or more nodes, that correspond to pathways between the locations;

retrieve video game content associated with a preexisting location graph in a video game, wherein the preexisting location graph matches with the generated location graph;

identify one or more user parameters; and

generate, based on the identified one or more user parameters, an adapted video game, wherein generation of the adapted video game includes assignment of the retrieved video game content to the one or more nodes or the one or more connections of the generated location graph that corresponds to the particular environment, and

wherein retrieval of the video game content associated with the preexisting location graph eliminates a need to manually develop video game content for the particular environment.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the identified one or more user parameters comprise one or more of:

an out of bounds parameter that specifies one or more locations, within the particular environment, as unavailable for use in the generation of the adapted video game;

a time of use parameter that specifies the one or more locations within the particular environment as available or unavailable, during a specified time, for use in the generation of the adapted video game; and

a content type parameter to designate allowed or disallowed video game content for the one or more locations within the particular environment.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions, in response to execution, cause the one or more processors to perform or control performance of at least one operation that comprises:

identify one or more video game parameters; and

generate the adapted video game based on the identified one or more video game parameters.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein generation of the location graph comprises generation of the location graph by use of at least one of a cellular automata algorithm and a floor space measurement algorithm.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions, in response to execution, cause the one or more processors to perform or control performance of at least one operation that comprises:

identify an environment input that comprises at least multidimensional environmental information, wherein the locations within the particular environment correspond to locations within the identified environment input.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein identification of the environment input comprises identification of data that corresponds to rooms in a building, wherein one or more of locations within the identified environment input comprises the rooms in the building, and wherein one or more pathways between the one or more locations comprise doorways between the rooms in the building.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the particular environment includes an environment of a user, and wherein the instructions, in response to execution, cause the one or more processors to perform or control performance of operations that comprise:

detect activities of the user by use of one or more accelerometers;

determine one or more locations, within the environment of the user, which correspond to the detected activities; and

generate the location graph that comprises at least the one or more nodes that correspond to the determined one or more locations within the environment of the user.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the detected activities of the user include two or more of:

sitting, standing, sit-stand transitions, stand-sit transitions, walking upstairs, walking downstairs, lying, walking, running, hammering, sawing, filing, drilling, sanding, and grinding.

21. A computer system, comprising:

a processor;

a memory operatively coupled to the processor; and

an adaptation system to adapt video games that are stored in the memory and are executable by the processor, wherein the adaptation system is configured to;

generate a location graph that comprises at least;

one or more nodes that correspond to locations within a particular environment input, and

one or more connections, between the one or more nodes, that correspond to pathways between the locations;

retrieve video game content associated with a preexisting location graph in a video game, wherein the preexisting location graph matches with the generated location graph;

receive at least one of;

one or more user parameters and one or more video game parameters; and

generate, based on the received at least one of;

the one or more user parameters and the one or more video game parameters, an adapted video game, wherein generation of the adapted video includes assignment of the retrieved video game content to the one or more nodes or the one or more connections of the generated location graph that corresponds to the particular environment, and

wherein retrieval of the video game content associated with the preexisting location graph eliminates a need to manually develop video game content for the particular environment.

22. The computer system of claim 21, wherein the received one or more user parameters comprise one or more of:

an out of bounds parameter that specifies one or more locations, within the particular environment, as unavailable for use in the generation of the adapted video game;

a time of use parameter that specifies the one or more locations, within the particular environment, as available or unavailable, during a specified time, for use in the generation of the adapted video game; and

a content type parameter to designate allowed or disallowed video game content for the one or more locations within the particular environment.

23. The computer system of claim 21, wherein the adaptation system is configured to generate the location graph by a use of at least one of a cellular automata algorithm and a floor space measurement algorithm.

24. The computer system of claim 21, wherein the particular environment includes an environment of a user, and wherein the adaptation system is further configured to:

detect activities of the user by a use of one or more accelerometers;

determine one or more locations, within the environment of the user, which correspond to the detected activities; and

generate the location graph that comprises at least the one or more nodes that correspond to the determined one or more locations within the environment of the user.

25. The computer system of claim 24, wherein the adaptation system is configured to employ graph isomorphism to map the environment of the user to the video game content in order to determine a particular location in the video game that corresponds to a particular location within the environment of the user.