System for presenting interactive content

• US 20020199191A1
• Filed: 05/15/2002
• Published: 12/26/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Thursfield, Paul Philip, Geurts, Lucas Jacobus Franciscus
• Granted Patent: US 8,556,712 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/0007 Image acquisition

Abstract

The invention relates to an interactive system, comprising a presentation device for presenting interactive content. The system comprises an input device for controlling a presentation parameter of a content object of the interactive content. The system further comprises at least one token representing a content object, the system further comprising association means for associating said token with said input device, and means for selecting the content object represented by the token as the content object to be controlled by the input device in response to said association.

Claims

1. An interactive system, comprising a presentation device (102) for presenting interactive content (101), the system comprising an input device (103,104,105,106) for controlling a presentation parameter of a content object (112,113,114) of the interactive content, the system further comprising at least one token (111) representing a content object, the system further comprising association means (107) for associating said token with said input device, and means (100) for selecting the content object represented by the token as the content object to be controlled by the input device in response to said association.

2. A system as claimed in claim 1, the content object being a visual object in video or multi-media content (101), said presentation parameter being the position and/or the size of a presented visual object.

3. A system as claimed in claim 1, the content object being an audible object in audio or multi-media content (101), said presentation parameter being the volume and/or the pitch of a presented audible object.

4. A system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, the system being adapted to start presenting the selected content object in response to said association and cease presentation of the selected object in response to an end of said association.

5. A system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, said association being effected by detecting said token (111) within a predetermined distance from said detector.

6. A system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, said associating means comprising a receptacle (107) for receiving said token.

7. A system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, said token comprising an identification of a content object present in the interactive content (101).

8. A system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, said token comprising a description of a content object not yet present in the interactive content (101), the system being adapted to generate a presentation of said content object based on said description.

9. A system as claimed in claim 8, said description comprising a visual appearance and/or behavior of said content object.

10. An input device (103,104,105,106) for use in a system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, for controlling a presentation parameter of a content object of interactive content (101), the input device comprising association means (107) for associating the input device with a token (111) representing a content object.

11. An input device as claimed in claim 10, said associating means comprising a receptacle (107) for receiving said token (111).

12. An input device as claimed in claim 10 or 11, comprising selection means (202,203,204) for a user to select a presentation parameter to be controlled.

14. A method as claimed in claim 13, the content object being a visual object in video or multi-media content (101), said presentation parameter being the position and/or the size of a presented visual object.

15. A method as claimed in claim 13, the content object being an audible object in audio or multi-media content (101), said presentation parameter being the volume and/or the pitch of a presented audible object.

13. A method of interacting with interactive content (101), comprising the steps of associating a token (111) representing a content object (112,113,114) with an input device (107,108,109,110), selecting the content object represented by the token as the content object to be controlled by the input device in response to said associating, and controlling said content object by means of said input device.