INTERACTIVE MUSIC AND GAME DEVICE AND METHOD

• US 20110021273A1
• Filed: 09/25/2009
• Published: 01/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BDJ Studios, LLC
• Original Assignee: BDJ Studios, LLC
• Inventors: Brown, Matthew Peter deVito, DeVito, Adam, Buckley, Caroline, Easley, Greg, Tsang, Quillon
• Application Number:
  US12/567,489
• Publication Number:
  US 20110021273A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/31
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/00 Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions gaming systems which provide a financial reward G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/212 using sensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat or leg activity
• 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 13/814 Musical performances, e.g. by evaluating the player's ability to follow a notation
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1012 involving biosensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat, limb activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6081 generating an output signal, e.g. under timing constraints, for spatialization
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8047 Music games
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/135 Musical aspects of games or videogames; Musical instrument-shaped game input interfaces game background music G10H2210/026; musical game scoring or performance evaluation G10H2210/091
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/201 for movement interpretation, i.e. capturing and recognizing a gesture or a specific kind of movement, e.g. to control a musical instrument
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/321 Garment sensors, i.e. musical control means with trigger surfaces or joint angle sensors, worn as a garment by the player, e.g. bracelet, intelligent clothing vital parameter sensing G10H2220/371; wearable interfaces in general G06F3/00

Abstract

A body DJ device and method are provided.

Claims

1. An interactive musical game, comprising:

one or more wearable sensors capable of being coupled to a unit that is capable of containing one or more pieces of music, a manipulating unit and one or more output devices for generating sounds;

a sound input unit capable of being coupled to the unit; and

wherein a user moves the one or more wearable sensors which cause the manipulating unit to manipulate a selected piece of music based on one or more particular movements of the one or more wearable sensors.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more wearable sensors further comprises a hand sensor.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more wearable sensors further comprises a foot/leg sensor.

4. The device of claim 1 further comprising a recorder that records a game with the manipulated piece of music.

5. The device of claim 4, further comprising an interface for sharing the recorded game.

6. The device of claim 1 further comprising a television connectable to the unit that acts as a display for the unit.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein an avatar is displayed on the television when a user moves the one or more wearable sensors which cause the manipulating unit to manipulate a selected piece of music based on one or more particular movements of the one or more wearable sensors.

8. The device of claim 1 further comprising a set of speakers for outputting sound.

9. An interactive musical game, comprising

a game executed on a processor based device;

the game having one or more pieces of music, an interface to one or more output devices associated with the processor based device for generating sounds and an interface to one or more input devices capable of being coupled to the processor based device; and

wherein the game manipulates a piece of music based on the movement of the one or more input devices by a user.

10. The interactive game of claim 9, wherein the game generates an avatar on a display of the processor based console and wherein the avatar moves on the display based on the movement of the one or more input devices by a user.

11. The interactive game of claim 10, wherein the game further comprises a dance instruction character and the player matches a series of moves of the dance instructor.

12. The interactive game of claim 9, wherein the processor based device further comprises a processor based gaming console and wherein the one or more input devices further comprise a motion sensitive controller.

13. The interactive game of claim 12, wherein the processor based gaming console further comprises a Microsoft®

Xbox 360 device and the motion sensitive controller further comprises a depth sensing three-dimensional camera.

14. The interactive game of claim 12, wherein the processor based gaming console further comprises a Nintendo®

Wii device and the motion sensitive controller further comprises a Wiimote device.

15. The interactive game of claim 12, wherein the processor based gaming console further comprises a Sony®

Playstation 3 device and the motion sensitive controller further comprises a camera base control system.

16. The interactive game of claim 9, wherein the game further comprises one of a game cartridge and a piece of software having a plurality of lines of computer code.

17. The interactive game of claim 9, wherein the processor based device further comprises a depth-sensing video camera integrated with miniature computer.