The largest toy gallery park with 3D simulation displays for animations and other collectibles juxtaposed with physical-virtual collaborative games and activities in a three-dimension photo-realistic virtual-reality environment

• US 20060152532A1
• Filed: 09/09/2004
• Published: 07/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Prabir Sen
• Original Assignee: Prabir Sen
• Inventors: Sen, Prabir
• Application Number:
  US10/709,394
• Publication Number:
  US 20060152532A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/629
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/10 Control of the course of the game, e.g. start, progess, end
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/54 involving acoustic signals, e.g. for simulating revolutions per minute [RPM] dependent engine sounds in a driving game or reverberation against a virtual wall
• 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: A63F 2300/1012 involving biosensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat, limb activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1087 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. a camera
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/405 being a wireless ad hoc network, e.g. Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Pico net
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/69 Involving elements of the real world in the game world, e.g. measurement in live races, real video
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8023 the game being played by multiple players at a common site, e.g. in an arena, theatre, shopping mall using a large public display
• CPC Class Codes: A63G 31/00 Amusement arrangements hoop exercising apparatus driven by the user A63B19/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2200/00 Computerized interactive toys, e.g. dolls

Abstract

What is the value of physical context for virtual interaction?—Swiss-house: A prototype physical/virtual collaborative environment: Jeffrey Huang and Muriel Waldvogel, Harvard University, Paper submitted for WACE 2002; 2) Method and system of rendering a virtual three-dimensional graphical display (U.S. Pat. 6, 452,593); 3) Method of creating virtual reality (U.S. Pat. 6,084,979).

Claims

1. A theme park with a juxtaposition of existing toy and animation characters from multiple toy and animation creating companies with interactive, participatory, experiential games for children and families

providing toy and animation characters in the museum for display and the same characters creating a thematic environment in the game complexes (for example:

G.I. Joe characters in the museum and the same characters with all G.I. Joe accessories creating an environment for a game—

say laser tag) for children to play with their favorite toy and animation characters

providing unique games and activities in the game complexes which are never played before (these will be patented separately)

2. A theme park with the design of the shade of multiple “

cooling leaves”

where each cooling leave has solar panel to generate solar energy (see FIG. 1)

design of nine galleries which are constructed as “

half underground”

by shifting the land and creating dunes

design of the “

cooling leaves”

—

the look and feel—

for the theme park to create shade

providing ‘

mist’

in the surrounding the green area for cool and air-conditioning effect

3. (canceled)

4. (canceled)

8. The set of media or apparatuses of claim 6 further comprising information gathered from the participant—

physical movement, eye movement and audio—

to trigger the apparatus of claim 4 to initiate or an update

10. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said information superimposed displays images in a pre-set area of said three-dimensional photo-realistic virtual reality images on a physical display and display screen in a pre-determined scrolled manner thus creating interactive experience

5. A three-dimension photo-realistic virtual reality display (to display toys and animation characters or other collectibles) in a physical world that display three-dimensional photo-realistic virtual reality images on a display device comprising:

providing interactive digital video information related to physical items that are displayed in the gallery to a three-dimensional virtual reality display screen according to the theme selected for the display

super-imposed interactive digital audio information related to physical items that are relayed into a pre-set area within said three-dimensional virtual reality in a synchronized overlay manner according to the theme selected and displayed

6. A set of media or apparatuses that capture response—

both movement and audio—

from the participant and recorded in a computer-based device on a display device of claim 5 for processing and triggering three-dimension photo-realistic virtual reality images.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 further comprising rendering both video and audio outputs for information update about three dimensional photo-realistic virtual reality display images

wherein said apparatus acquire information corresponding to a connection state of information means

9. The apparatus of claim 6 and claim 7 where three-dimensional graphic data is described in VRML (virtual reality modeling language) and photo-realistic image rendering applications

14. A user interactive apparatus for providing a virtual-reality sporting or inter-activity experience on a three-dimension photo realistic virtual-rality display device as claimed above in claim 5, the apparatus comprising:

audio reproduction means having an audio output

visual reproduction means having three-dimensional photo-realistic virtual-reality visual output

the physical object (mannequin or other physical objects) which is superimposed with three-dimensional photo-realistic virtual-reality images to create an environment

a control system synchronizing and interrelating the audio, video and physical movements relative to one another

the control system including a data base and computer based system for providing a scenario output for the audio output and the three-dimensional photo-realistic visual output

the physical object (mannequin or other physical object) further having control signal generators that are responsive to the movement (sensor) and the position(sensor) and that provide signal outputs that are received by the control system and that are responsive to, representative of, and synchronized with the body movement of the participant when the participant is so associated with the physical activity

the control system further including software that is responsive to database and to the received signal outputs, and that regulates the scenario content so that the audio output and the visual output are synchronized and correspond to the movement of the participant

15. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the database includes more than one scenario output type and wherein one scenario output type is selectable by the administrator

16. The apparatus of claim 14 which is linked to more than one user in both sequential and simultaneous manner.

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