WIRELESS MOTION ACTIVATED COMMAND TRANSFER DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD

• US 20140049417A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 02/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Playtabase, LLC
• Original Assignee: Playtabase, LLC
• Inventors: Abdurrahman, Muhammad, Huang, Heng-Yi, Peng, Cheng, Lin, Zi-Heng
• Application Number:
  US13/804,373
• Publication Number:
  US 20140049417A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 341/176
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/00 Electric signal transmission systems G08C17/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/32 Remote control based on movements, attitude of remote control device
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared

Abstract

A device, system or method may optionally control a function of a secondary device and include a body-wearable user device including a wireless transmitter configured to communicate directly with a wireless receiver associated with a secondary device, a sensor configured to sense a physical motion of at least one of the user device and a body part of a user of the user device and output a signal based on the physical motion, and a processor, communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the sensor, configured to generate a command to control a function of the secondary device based, at least in part, on the signal based on the physical motion from the sensor. The transceiver is configured to transmit the command to the secondary device.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a body-wearable user device including a wireless transmitter configured to communicate directly with a wireless receiver associated with a secondary device;

a sensor configured to sense a physical motion of at least one of the user device and a body part of a user of the user device and output a signal based on the physical motion; and

a processor, communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the sensor, configured to generate a command to control a function of the secondary device based, at least in part, on the signal based on the physical motion from the sensor;

wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit the command to the secondary device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to store information related to an entity, and wherein the command is to store the information to the secondary device upon the information being transmitted to the secondary device via the transceiver of the user device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the transceiver is configured to communicate according to at least one of a Bluetooth wireless modality, a WiFi wireless modality, an induction wireless modality, an infrared wireless modality, an ultra-wide band wireless modality, and a Zigbee wireless modality.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor includes a first sensor configured to sense a physical motion of the use device and a second sensor configured to sense a physical motion of a body part of the user of the user device.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the first sensor includes at least one of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, and a magnetometer and the second sensor includes at least one of a camera, a proximity sensor, and an electromyography (EMG) sensor.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor is a first sensor and further comprising a second sensor configured to identify an image associated with the secondary device.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the first sensor includes at least one of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, a camera configured to detect at least one of visible light and infrared light, a proximity sensor, and an electromyography (EMG) sensor and the second sensor includes at least one of an infrared lamp and a camera configured to detect at least one of visible light and infrared light.

8. A body-wearable user device, comprising:

a wireless transmitter configured to communicate directly with a wireless receiver associated with a secondary device;

a sensor configured to sense a physical motion of at least one of the user device and a body part of a user of the user device and output a signal based on the physical motion; and

a processor, coupled to the transceiver and the sensor, configured to generate a command to control a function of the secondary device based, at least in part, on the signal based on the physical motion from the sensor;

wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit the command to the secondary device.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the system is configured to store information related to an entity, and wherein the command is to store the information to the secondary device upon the information being transmitted to the secondary device via the transceiver of the user device.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein the transceiver is configured to communicate according to at least one of a Bluetooth wireless modality, a WiFi wireless modality, an induction wireless modality, an infrared wireless modality, an ultra-wide band wireless modality, and a Zigbee wireless modality.

11. The device of claim 8, wherein the sensor includes a first sensor configured to sense a physical motion of the use device and a second sensor configured to sense a physical motion of a body part of the user of the user device.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the first sensor includes at least one of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, and a magnetometer and the second sensor includes at least one of a camera, a proximity sensor, and an electromyography (EMG) sensor.

13. The device of claim 8, wherein the sensor is a first sensor and further comprising a second sensor configured to identify an image associated with the secondary device.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the first sensor includes at least one of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, a camera configured to detect at least one of visible light and infrared light, a proximity sensor, and an electromyography (EMG) sensor and the second sensor includes at least one of an infrared lamp and a camera configured to detect at least one of visible light and infrared light.

15. A method for controlling a function of a secondary device, comprising:

wearing a user device on a body of a user;

sensing, with a sensor, a physical motion of at least one of a user device and a body part of the user of the user device and outputting a signal based on the physical motion; and

generating, with a processor, a command to control a function of the secondary device based, at least in part, on the signal based on the physical motion as output from the sensor;

wirelessly transmitting, using a transceiver, the command directly to a receiver of the secondary device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to store information related to an entity, and wherein the command causes the secondary device to store the information to the secondary device upon the information being transmitted to the secondary device via the transceiver of the user device.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the transceiver is configured to communicate according to at least one of a Bluetooth wireless modality, a WiFi wireless modality, an induction wireless modality, an infrared wireless modality, an ultra-wide band wireless modality, and a Zigbee wireless modality.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the sensor includes a first sensor configured to sense a physical motion of the use device and a second sensor configured to sense a physical motion of a body part of the user of the user device.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first sensor includes at least one of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, and a magnetometer and the second sensor includes at least one of a camera, a proximity sensor, and an electromyography (EMG) sensor.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the sensor is a first sensor and further comprising a second sensor configured to identify an image associated with the secondary device.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the first sensor includes at least one of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, a camera configured to detect at least one of visible light and infrared light, a proximity sensor, and an electromyography (EMG) sensor and the second sensor includes at least one of an infrared lamp and a camera configured to detect at least one of visible light and infrared light.