System and method of rendering controller information

• US 20080119272A1
• Filed: 11/21/2007
• Published: 05/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment America (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Zalewski, Gary
• Granted Patent: US 8,771,071 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/37
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/10 Control of the course of the game, e.g. start, progess, end
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/12 involving interaction between a plurality of game devices, e.g. transmisison or distribution systems protocols for networked virtual reality, networked games H04L29/06034
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• 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 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/53 involving additional visual information provided to the game scene, e.g. by overlay to simulate a head-up display [HUD] or displaying a laser sight in a shooting game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/86 Watching games played by other players
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/303 for displaying additional data, e.g. simulating a Head Up Display

Abstract

A system and method relating to, in one aspect, detecting the position or orientation of a device, in the physical domain, during a processor-implemented game, and displaying the game substantially simultaneously with displaying a graphic representing the position or orientation of the device.

Claims

1. A method of displaying data comprising:

detecting the position or orientation of a device, in the physical domain, during a processor-implemented game;

displaying the game substantially simultaneously with displaying a graphic representing the position or orientation of the device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the position relates to the three-dimensional location of the device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the orientation of the device relates to the yaw, pitch or roll of the device.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein displaying a graphic representing the orientation of the device comprises orienting the graphic relative to the screen.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising representing the position or orientation of a device with data, and transmitting the data to a second device.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the second device displays a graphic representing the position or orientation of the device.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the second device displays the graphic substantially simultaneously with the second device receiving the transmitted data.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the game is rendered by a dedicated game console.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising changing the position of a character in the game based on the detected position or orientation of the device, and displaying the character substantially simultaneously with displaying the graphic representing the position or orientation of the device.

10. A system for displaying physical domain related information comprising:

a controller having user-operable controls;

a detector detecting the physical position or orientation of the controller;

a display; and

a processor for displaying a graphic on the display, the graphic indicating the position, orientation and manipulation of the user-operable controls.

11. The system of claim 10 further comprising a game console containing the processor.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the game console includes instructions for displaying a game substantially simultaneously with the graphic.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein changing the physical position or orientation changes data used by the game.

14. A method of displaying controller and other information comprising:

determining the position or orientation of a controller the physical domain and a user'"'"'s manipulation of controls on the controller;

rendering a graphical representation of the controller on a display in response to the determined position, orientation or manipulation of the controller, the graphical representation indicating changes to the position, orientation and manipulation of the controls on the controller.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising transmitting the determined position, orientation and manipulation to another device via a communication medium.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the communication medium is a network.

17. The method of claim 15 further comprising rendering a graphical representation of the controller on a display associated with said other device, said graphical representation indicating changes to the position, orientation and manipulation of the controls on the controller.

18. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

modifying character data in response to a change in the determined position, orientation or manipulation of the controller, the character data comprising a graphic other than the graphical representation of the controller;

simultaneously displaying the character data and the graphical representation of the controller on a display.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the character data is a character in a game.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein the display is connected to a game console.