SENSOR FUSION TO COMBINE SENSOR INPUT DATA FROM MULTIPLE DEVICES INTO ONE INPUT STREAM
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of inputs, each of the inputs indicative a user'"'"'s physical movements; and
a unified data steam output comprising a fusion of all of the plurality of inputs combined into a format usable to a software component expecting the unified data stream.
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Abstract
Software gaming applications may be written to accept an input from one or more standard controllers such a joystick with input buttons. However, multiple wearable sensors or hand held MID devices may enhance the gaming experience. These sensors may include devices such as accelerometers to detect movement of the extremity they are attached to and wirelessly communicate this information to a receiver. Embodiments are directed to using sensor fusion to combine sensor data from multiple wireless input devices, such as wearable sensors and MID devices together to form one logical input stream that is presented to an application and which the application sees are a standard controller.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of inputs, each of the inputs indicative a user'"'"'s physical movements; and a unified data steam output comprising a fusion of all of the plurality of inputs combined into a format usable to a software component expecting the unified data stream. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, comprising:
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receiving multiple inputs from a plurality of sensors, the sensors indicative of a user'"'"'s movements; combining the multiple inputs into a single data stream, the single data stream in a format compatible with a software application written to accept a single data stream. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system, comprising:
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a gaming application to run on a computer, the gaming application expecting as an input a data stream from a joystick controller; a plurality of inputs from a plurality of sensors each if the plurality of inputs indicative of a user'"'"'s movements; a combiner to combine each of the plurality of inputs into a single input data stream in a format compatible with the data stream from a joystick controller. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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