Interactive entertainment system

• US 10,338,679 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2018
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Infinite Kingdoms, LLC
• Original Assignee: Infinite Kingdoms, LLC
• Inventors: Weston, Denise Chapman
• Primary Examiner(s): Garcia, Carlos
• Application Number:
  US16/001,306
• Publication Number:
  US 20180348862A1
• Time in Patent Office: 391 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 11/00 Garments for children
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 27/08 Trimmings; Ornaments
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 13/005 with self-moving head or facial features with a choice of features A63H3/365; movable eyes A63H3/40
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2200/00 Computerized interactive toys, e.g. dolls
• CPC Class Codes: A63J 19/006 Puppets or marionettes therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A63J 7/005 Disguises for one or more persons for life-like imitations of creatures, e.g. animals, giants masks A41G7/00; hand-puppets A63H3/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/36 using visible light sources
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/40 using smoke, fire or coloured gases

Abstract

Systems and methods according to the present disclosure provide a costume of a puppet or a character having customizable mixed technology interactive components that enables the wearer of the costume to interact with stimuli in the costume'"'"'s or wearer'"'"'s surrounding environment as the puppet or character.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

an interactive environment comprising one or more sensors, processors, and/or transmitters; and

a costume or puppet comprising one or more sensors, processors, and/or transmitters, and an animatronic feature, wherein the costume or puppet stores information regarding a wearer of the costume or puppet,

wherein the sensors of the interactive environment detect signals transmitted by the costume or puppet that comprise the information regarding the wearer,

wherein the sensors of the puppet or costume detect signals transmitted by the interactive environment,

wherein, in response to detecting, by the sensors of the interactive environment, the signals transmitted by the costume or puppet, the one or more processors of the interactive environment determine an appropriate response to be produced in the interactive environment based on the information regarding the wearer; and

wherein, in response to detecting, by the sensors of the costume or puppet, the appropriate response produced in the interactive environment, operating, by the one or more processors of the costume or puppet, the animatronic feature of the costume or puppet to physically interact with the wearer of the costume or puppet in a direction of the appropriate response in the interactive environment.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the response to be produced comprises sound, light, tactile output, haptic output or vibration, smoke, video, or movement of features.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the response occurs within the interactive environment.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the response occurs within the puppet or costume.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the response comprises a virtual reality or augmented reality effect.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein signals are detected using an electronic beacon message.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the puppets or costumes are capable of detecting the presence of other puppets or costumes, and the puppets or costumes are capable of interacting with each other.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein an external device may be used to serve as or augment the processor for interacting with the interactive environment or costume or puppet.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the external device includes a smart phone.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the external device includes a tracking or detection system capable of detecting visual, audio, tactile, motion-based, or electronic or other sensory cues, either within the interactive environment or in any other environment.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the responses triggered may be modified based on machine learning.

12. A method comprising:

by one or more processors associated with a costume or puppet, transmitting one or more signals comprising information regarding a wearer of the costume or puppet to sensors of an interactive environment;

by the one or more processors, determining that the interactive environment produced a response to the transmission;

by the one or more processors, determining a relative direction of the response in the interactive environment with respect to the wearer; and

by the one or more processors, in response to determining that the interactive environment produced the response to the transmission, operating an animatronic feature of the costume or puppet to physically interact with the wearer of the costume or puppet in the relative direction of the response in the interactive environment.