Apparatus, system and method for interpreting and reproducing physical motion

• US 20060202997A1
• Filed: 03/03/2006
• Published: 09/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Motus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Motus Corporation
• Inventors: Mahajan, Satyender, LaValley, Zachery
• Granted Patent: US 7,492,367 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/473
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/10 Control of the course of the game, e.g. start, progess, end
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• 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 13/235 using a wireless connection, e.g. infrared or piconet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/42 by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1012 involving biosensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat, limb activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/105 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6018 where the game content is authored by the player, e.g. level editor or by game device at runtime, e.g. level is created from music data on CD
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6045 for mapping control signals received from the input arrangement into game commands
• 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: G10L 13/02 Methods for producing synthetic speech; Speech synthesisers

Abstract

An apparatus, system and method for turning physical motion into an interpretable language which when formed into sentences reproduces the original motion. This system may be referred to herein as a “Motion Description System.” Physical motion is defined as motion in one, two or three dimensions, with anywhere from 1 to 6 degrees of freedom. Language is defined as meaning applied to an abstraction.

Claims

1. An apparatus for representing motion, comprising:

a motion sensing unit;

a motion interpretation unit that receives motion data from said motion sensing unit and interprets said motion data, wherein said motion interpretation unit includes;

a data processor that receives said motion data;

an interpretation subsystem coupled to the data processor that outputs motion interpreted data; and

a command generator that receives said motion interpreted data from said interpretation subsystem and outputs a command based on said motion interpreted data.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said motion sensing unit includes a motion capture device.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said motion capture device includes at least one of:

an accelerometer, a gyroscope, an RF tag, a magnetic sensor, a compass, a global positioning unit, a fiber-optic interferometer, a piezo sensor, a strain gauge, a camera, and any combination thereof.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said motion sensing unit includes a data reception and transmission device.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said data reception and transmission device receives and transmits data wirelessly.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said interpretation subsystem includes:

a token identifier coupled to the data processor; and

a parser, coupled to the token identifier, that outputs motion interpreted data to said command generator.

7. The apparatus of claim, further comprising:

a non-motion data unit coupled to the data processor that outputs non-motion data.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein said command generator generates said command based on said motion interpreted data and said non-motion data.

9. An apparatus for interpreting motion data, comprising:

a data processor that receives motion data;

a token identifier coupled to the data processor;

a parser coupled, to the token identifier, that outputs motion interpreted data; and

a command generator that receives said motion interpreted data from said parser and outputs a command based on said motion interpreted data.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

a non-motion data unit coupled to the data processor that outputs non-motion data.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said command generator generates said command based on said motion interpreted data and said non-motion data.

12. A method for interpreting motion data, comprising:

receiving motion data;

generating single degree motion data from said motion data;

generating tokenized complex motion data from said single degree motion data; and

generating a motion sentence from said tokenized complex motion data.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

generating a command based on said motion sentence.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving non-motion data.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

generating a command based on said motion sentence and said non-motion data.