Selecting infrared transmission modes based on user actions
First Claim
1. A method of operating a toy device, comprising:
- detecting user motion using the toy device;
selecting a user action from a plurality of predefined user actions based on the user motion, wherein each of the plurality of predefined user actions corresponds to a respective effective distance;
selecting, based on the selected user action, only one of a plurality of line-of-sight (LOS) transmission power levels to simulate the respective effective distance of the selected user action, wherein each of the plurality of LOS transmission power levels corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of predefined user actions; and
transmitting, using the selected LOS transmission power level, a data signal corresponding to the selected user action using a LOS communication system.
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Abstract
Embodiments herein use multiple different transmission modes of a line-of-sight (LOS) communication system (e.g., an infrared (IR) or visible light communicate system) to simulate user actions that correspond to different distances—e.g., a melee attack versus a ranged attack. A toy device may include various sensors that detect user motion which is then used to identify a user action. If the user action is a melee attack, then the attack should affect only targets that are close to the toy device. To simulate this difference between user actions, the toy device uses a first LOS transmission mode which may have a limited range to send an instruction to a target device. Conversely, if the user action is a ranged attack, then the toy device uses a second LOS transmission mode which has a greater range than the first LOS transmission mode to send the instruction.
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1. A method of operating a toy device, comprising:
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detecting user motion using the toy device; selecting a user action from a plurality of predefined user actions based on the user motion, wherein each of the plurality of predefined user actions corresponds to a respective effective distance; selecting, based on the selected user action, only one of a plurality of line-of-sight (LOS) transmission power levels to simulate the respective effective distance of the selected user action, wherein each of the plurality of LOS transmission power levels corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of predefined user actions; and transmitting, using the selected LOS transmission power level, a data signal corresponding to the selected user action using a LOS communication system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code is executable by one or more computer processors to perform an operation comprising:
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detecting user motion using a toy; selecting a user action from a plurality of predefined user actions based on the user motion, wherein each of the plurality of predefined user actions corresponds to a respective effective distance; selecting, based on the selected user action, only one of a plurality of line-of-sight (LOS) transmission power levels to simulate the respective effective distance of the selected user action, wherein each of the plurality of LOS transmission power levels corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of predefined user actions; and transmitting, using the selected LOS transmission power level, a data signal corresponding to the selected action using a LOS communication system. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A toy device, comprising:
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a line-of-sight (LOS) communication system; at least one sensor; and control logic configured to; detect user motion using the at least one sensor; select a user action from a plurality of predefined user actions based on the user motion, wherein each of the plurality of predefined user actions corresponds to a respective effective distance; select, based on the selected user action, only one of a plurality of LOS transmission power levels to simulate the respective effective distance corresponding to the selected user action, wherein each of the LOS transmission power levels corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of predefined user actions; and instruct the LOS communication system to transmit a data signal corresponding to the selected action using the selected LOS transmission power level. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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