DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONALLY TRANSMITTING DATA

• US 20120206262A1
• Filed: 10/13/2010
• Published: 08/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MMD Hong Kong Holding Limited
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Grasso, Marc Henri Antoine Marie
• Granted Patent: US 8,922,368 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/540
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/323 between game devices with different hardware characteristics, e.g. hand-held game devices connectable to game consoles or arcade machines
• 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 13/73 Authorising game programs or game devices, e.g. checking authenticity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/77 involving data related to game devices or game servers, e.g. configuration data, software version or amount of memory
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/79 involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1031 using a wireless connection, e.g. Bluetooth, infrared connections
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/105 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/208 for storing personal settings or data of the player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/405 being a wireless ad hoc network, e.g. Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Pico net
• 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

Abstract

The device (31) of the invention comprises a receiver (33) for receiving from a further device (41) an identifier identifying a person in the vicinity of the device, warning means (35) for providing a warning signal to a user of the device and a transmitter (37) for transmitting data to said further device. The device further comprises a controller (39) for performing the method of the invention. The device is operative to instruct said warning means (35) to provide a warning signal in dependence on the identified person, to use a gesture detector (43) for detecting a specific gesture by said user from among a plurality of gestures in response to the warning signal and to instruct said transmitter to transmit said data to said further device upon detection of said specific gesture, wherein said data depends on said specific gesture. The computer program product of the invention enables a programmable device to perform the method of the invention.

Claims

1. A device (31) for conditionally transmitting data, the device comprising:

a receiver (33) for receiving from a further device (41) an identifier identifying a person in the vicinity of the device;

warning means (35) for providing a warning signal to a user of the device;

a transmitter (37) for transmitting data to said further device (41); and

a controller (39) for instructing said warning means (35) to provide a warning signal in dependence on the identified person, for using a gesture detector (43) for detecting a specific gesture by said user from among a plurality of gestures in response to the warning signal and for instructing said transmitter (37) to transmit said data to said further device (41) upon detection of said specific gesture, said data depending on said specific gesture.

2. A device (31) as claimed in claim 1, comprising a bracelet or a watch.

3. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller (39) is further operative to determine that a specific action in a game has been performed upon detection of said specific gesture.

4. A device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the controller (39) is operative to determine that a specific action in a game has been performed if said further device is within a certain distance of the device upon detection of said specific gesture.

5. A device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the controller (39) is operative to instruct said transmitter to transmit data identifying said action or identifying a result of said action.

6. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller (39) is operative to instruct said transmitter to transmit a certain type of data, the certain type depending on said specific gesture.

7. A device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said type of data comprises one of elaborate personal information, limited personal information, music preferences and pictures.

8. A method of conditionally transmitting data, the method comprising:

receiving (1) an identifier identifying a person in the vicinity of a device from a further device;

providing (3) a warning signal to a user of the device in dependence on the identified person;

detecting (5) a specific gesture by said user from among a plurality of gestures in response to the warning signal; and

transmitting (7) data to said further device upon detection of said specific gesture, said data depending on said specific gesture.

9. A computer program product enabling a programmable device to perform the method of claim 8.