METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING MIXED WORLD THAT REFLECTS REAL STATE

• US 20090164916A1
• Filed: 12/19/2008
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JEONG, Eui-Heon, KIM, So-Jin, KIM, Yeong-Geol
• Application Number:
  US12/339,606
• Publication Number:
  US 20090164916A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• 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 13/332 using wireless networks, e.g. cellular phone networks
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/61 using advertising information
• 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 13/87 Communicating with other players during game play, e.g. by e-mail or chat
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1012 involving biosensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat, limb activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/406 Transmission via wireless network, e.g. pager or GSM
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/572 Communication between players during game play of non game information, e.g. e-mail, chat, file transfer, streaming of audio and streaming of video
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6045 for mapping control signals received from the input arrangement into game commands
• 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: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations

Abstract

A method and system for creating a mixed world that reflects a real state is provided. The system includes a mirror world creation module which creates a mirror world that represents the structure of a real world; an object information collection module which collects real object information; and a mixed world creation module which creates a mixed world by reflecting the real object information into the mirror world.

Claims

1. A system for creating a mixed world that reflects a real state, the system comprising:

a mirror world creation module which creates a mirror world that represents a structure of a real world;

an object information collection module which collects real object information; and

a mixed world creation module which creates a mixed world by generating representations of real objects in the mirror world, based on the real object information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the mixed world creation module comprises an avatar creation unit which collects the real object information from user devices of a plurality of users and creates avatars for the plurality of users in the mixed world.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the avatar creation unit controls motions or face expressions of the avatars based on the real object information.

4. The system of claim 2, further comprising a mixed world communication module, wherein the plurality of users communicate with one another with the avatars and one of text, voice, images and multimedia, through the mixed world communication module.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the avatar creation unit controls facial expressions or motions of the avatars based on emotion information which are obtained by analyzing messages transmitted among the plurality of users.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the mixed world creation module comprises a background creation module which updates a background of the mixed world based on the real object information.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the object information collection module collects the real object information from user devices of a plurality of users, and the real object information comprises basic information of the plurality of users, motion information of the plurality of users or weather information.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising an infomercial insertion module which inserts an advertisement or notification into the mixed world.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the infomercial insertion module inserts an advertisement into the mixed world according to a keyword obtained by analyzing messages or user voices collected from user devices of a plurality of users.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the object information collection module collects the real object information from user devices which are held by corresponding users, and the real object information comprises basic information of the corresponding users, motion information of the corresponding users or weather information.

11. A method of creating a mixed world that reflects a real state, the method comprising:

creating a mirror world that represents a structure of a real world;

collecting real object information; and

creating a mixed world by generating representations of real objects in the mirror world, based on the real object information.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising collecting the real object information from user devices of a plurality of users and creating avatars for the plurality of users in the mixed world.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the creating of the avatars comprises controlling motions or facial expressions of the avatars based on the real object information.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the plurality of users communicate with one another with the aid of the avatars and one of text, voice, images and multimedia.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the creating of the avatars further comprises analyzing messages transmitted among the plurality of users and controlling the facial expressions or the motions of the avatars based on emotion information obtained by the analyzing messages.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising updating a background of the mixed world based on the real object information.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the collecting of the real object information comprises collecting the real object information from user devices of a plurality of users, and the real object information comprises basic information of the plurality of users, motion information of the plurality of users or weather information.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising inserting an advertisement or a notification into the mixed world.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the inserting of the advertisement or the notification comprises analyzing messages or user voices collected from the user devices of the plurality of users and inserting an advertisement into the mixed world according to a keyword obtained by the analyzing messages.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the collecting of the real object information comprises collecting the real object information from user devices which are held by corresponding users, and the real object information comprises basic information of the corresponding users, motion information of the corresponding users or weather information.