Interactive video system and a method of controlling an interactive video system based on a motion and a sound sensors

• US 10,467,917 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2016
• Issued: 11/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fountain Digital Labs Limited
• Original Assignee: Fountain Digital Labs Limited
• Inventors: Dragajewa-Turowska, Swietlana
• Primary Examiner(s): Yen, Jason T
• Application Number:
  US15/195,702
• Publication Number:
  US 20170372629A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,225 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• 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 13/5372 for tagging characters, objects or locations in the game scene, e.g. displaying a circle under the character controlled by the player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1006 having additional degrees of freedom
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/105 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1062 being specially adapted to a type of game, e.g. steering wheel
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6045 for mapping control signals received from the input arrangement into game commands
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• 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 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/003 Repetitive work cycles; Sequence of movements
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/065 Combinations of audio and video presentations, e.g. videotapes, videodiscs, television systems
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/125 the stations being mobile
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/102 Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers access by moving the head G11B3/08, G11B5/54, G11B7/085, G11B21/022; by moving the record carrier G11B15/005, G11B17/005, by driving of both record carrier and head G11B15/1816

Abstract

An interactive video system includes: a display arranged to display a video; a motion sensor and/or sound sensor integrated with the display a controller, responsive to detection of a signal from the motion sensor derived when the display is moved, to cause a change in the displayed video.

Claims

1. An interactive video system, comprising:

a display arranged to display a video;

a motion sensor integrated with the display,

a controller, responsive to detection of a signal from the motion sensor derived when the display is moved, to cause a different video file to be played; and

a sound sensor, wherein the sound sensor is coupled to the controller, the controller also being arranged to be responsive to detection of a signal from the sound sensor to cause a different video file to be played, wherein the display is arranged to display a sliding scale to indicate volume of sound detected by the sound sensor and to indicate a threshold volume required for said different video file to played.

2. The interactive video system according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to cause a change in the video only when receiving simultaneously a signal from the motion sensor and the sound sensor.

3. The interactive video system according to claim 1, wherein the display is arranged to display a sliding scale to indicate level of movement detected by the motion sensor, wherein the display is arranged to display a sliding scale to indicate level of movement detected by the motion sensor and to indicate a threshold level of movement required for said different video file to be played.

4. The interactive video system according to claim 1, wherein the display is provided on a hand held video display device.

5. The interactive video system according to claim 4, wherein the hand held video display device is a tablet computer or smartphone.

15. The interactive video system according to claim 1, wherein the display is provided on a hand held video display device.

16. The interactive video system according to claim 15, wherein the hand held video display device is a tablet computer or smartphone.

6. A method of controlling an interactive video system, the method comprising:

displaying a video of a subject;

providing a motion sensor integrated within the video display;

providing a controller, the controller being arranged to be responsive to detection of a signal from the motion sensor derived when the display is moved to cause a different video file to be played; and

providing a sound sensor, wherein the sound sensor is coupled to the controller, the controller also being arranged to be responsive to detection of a signal from the sound sensor to cause a different video file to be played, wherein the display is arranged to display a sliding scale to indicate volume of sound detected by the sound sensor and to indicate a threshold volume required for said different video file to be played.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to cause a change in the video only when receiving simultaneously a signal from the motion sensor and the sound sensor.

8. A training system comprising an interactive video system comprising:

a display arranged to display a video;

a motion sensor integrated with the display, a controller, responsive to detection of a signal from the motion sensor derived when the display is moved, to cause a different video file to be played, and a sound sensor, wherein the sound sensor is coupled to the controller, the controller also being arranged to be responsive to detection of a signal from the sound sensor to cause a different video file to be played, wherein the display is arranged to display a sliding scale to indicate volume of sound detected by the sound sensor and to indicate a threshold volume required for said different video file to be played, the training system being arranged to display video of a training scenario and to prompt a user for an input and to provide feedback to the user dependent on the user input.

9. The training system according to claim 8, in which the training scenario relates to an industrial manufacturing or processing plant.

10. The training system according to claim 8, in which the training scenario includes video of an accident in an industrial environment and prompts for a user response to the scenario.

11. The training system according to claim 8, wherein the display is provided on a hand held video display device.

12. The training system according to claim 11, wherein the hand held video display device is a tablet computer or smartphone.

13. A gaming system including an interactive video system comprising:

a display arranged to display a video;

a motion sensor integrated with the display, a controller, responsive to detection of a signal from the motion sensor derived when the display is moved, to cause a different video file to be played, and a sound sensor, wherein the sound sensor is coupled to the controller, the controller also being arranged to be responsive to detection of a signal from the sound sensor to cause a different video file to be played, wherein the display is arranged to display a sliding scale to indicate volume of sound detected by the sound sensor and to indicate a threshold volume required for said different video file to be played, and wherein the video is video of an animal in an environment, and the video includes prompts to user to drive a change in the animal'"'"'s environment.

14. The gaming system according to claim 13, wherein the change includes one or more of providing the animal, with food, providing the animal with water, providing the animal with instruction to move in a certain direction.