MODIFIABLE GAMING EXPERIENCE BASED ON USER POSITION AND/OR ORIENTATION

• US 20140057714A1
• Filed: 08/27/2012
• Published: 02/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
• Original Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
• Inventors: PHADAKE, GANESH M.
• Application Number:
  US13/594,950
• Publication Number:
  US 20140057714A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/31
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/52 involving aspects of the displayed game scene
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/98 Accessories, i.e. detachable arrangements optional for the use of the video game device, e.g. grip supports of game controllers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1012 involving biosensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat, limb activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/105 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6045 for mapping control signals received from the input arrangement into game commands

Abstract

A method includes sensing, during a gaming experience of a user on a gaming system, position and/or orientation of the user through a motion sensor incorporated into a pair of goggles worn by the user to enhance the gaming experience, and wirelessly transmitting the sensed position and/or the orientation of the user from the pair of goggles to a wireless circuit of the gaming system coupled to a processor thereof. The method also includes effecting, through the processor, an automatic intelligent modification of the gaming experience of the user based on the wirelessly transmitted sensed position and/or the orientation of the user in accordance with regarding the pair of goggles as an input device of the gaming system.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

sensing, during a gaming experience of a user on a gaming system, at least one of position and orientation of the user through a motion sensor incorporated into a pair of goggles worn by the user to enhance the gaming experience;

wirelessly transmitting the sensed at least one of the position and the orientation of the user from the pair of goggles to a wireless circuit of the gaming system coupled to a processor thereof; and

effecting, through the processor, an automatic intelligent modification of the gaming experience of the user based on the wirelessly transmitted sensed at least one of the position and the orientation of the user in accordance with regarding the pair of goggles as an input device of the gaming system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatic intelligent modification of the gaming experience includes at least one of:

modifying a virtual representation of at least one of an object and a character forming a part of the gaming experience on a display unit of the gaming system; and

at least partially performing a function of another input device of the gaming system through the pair of goggles.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein modifying the virtual representation of the at least one of the object and the character includes at least one of:

enabling, through the processor, creation of a new virtual representation to replace the virtual representation; and

choosing, through the processor, the new virtual representation from a number of manifestations of the virtual representation available in a database of a memory of the gaming system, the memory including storage locations configured to be addressable through the processor.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising storing the newly created virtual representation in the database including the number of manifestations of the virtual representation.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising effecting the automatic intelligent modification of the gaming experience of the user based on identifying a pattern in the wireles sly transmitted sensed at least one of the position and the orientation of the user.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising utilizing a camera to capture at least one of an image and a video of the user during the gaming experience to at least one of aid and enhance the pattern identification.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein when the gaming experience occurs in a networked gaming environment, the method further comprises providing a capability to make available the stored newly created virtual representation to other users of the networked gaming environment.

8. A gaming system comprising:

a processor;

a memory including storage locations configured to be addressable through the processor;

a wireless circuit coupled to the processor; and

a pair of goggles wirelessly coupled to the wireless circuit to enhance a gaming experience of a user on the gaming system when worn by the user, the pair of goggles including a motion sensor incorporated therein to sense, during the gaming experience, at least one of position and orientation of the user, and the pair of goggles being configured to wirelessly transmit the sensed at least one of the position and the orientation of the user to the wireless circuit to enable the processor to effect an automatic intelligent modification of the gaming experience of the user based on the wirelessly transmitted sensed at least one of the position and the orientation of the user in accordance with regarding the pair of goggles as an input device of the gaming system.

9. The gaming system of claim 8,

wherein the gaming system further comprises a display unit, and

wherein the processor is configured to effect the automatic intelligent modification of the gaming experience through at least one of:

modifying a virtual representation of at least one of an object and a character forming a part of the gaming experience on the display unit, and

at least partially performing a function of another input device of the gaming system through the pair of goggles.

10. The gaming system of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to enable the modification of the virtual representation of the at least one of the object and the character through at least one of:

enabling creation of a new virtual representation to replace the virtual representation, and

choosing the new virtual representation from a number of manifestations of the virtual representation available in a database of the memory.

11. The gaming system of claim 10, wherein the newly created virtual representation is configured to be stored in the database including the number of manifestations of the virtual representation.

12. The gaming system of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to effect the automatic intelligent modification of the gaming experience of the user based on identifying a pattern in the wirelessly transmitted sensed at least one of the position and the orientation of the user.

13. The gaming system of claim 12, further comprising a camera communicatively coupled to the processor through an interface to capture at least one of an image and a video of the user during the gaming experience to at least one of aid and enhance the pattern identification.

14. The gaming system of claim 11, wherein when the gaming experience occurs in a networked gaming environment, the process is further configured to provide a capability to make available the stored newly created virtual representation to other users of the networked gaming environment.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable medium, readable through a gaming system and including instructions embodied therein that are executable on the gaming system, comprising:

instructions to wirelessly receive, during a gaming experience of a user on the gaming system, at least one of position and orientation of the user sensed through a motion sensor incorporated into a pair of goggles worn by the user to enhance the gaming experience through a wireless circuit of the gaming system coupled to a processor thereof; and

instructions to effect, through the processor, an automatic intelligent modification of the gaming experience of the user based on the wirelessly received sensed at least one of the position and the orientation of the user in accordance with regarding the pair of goggles as an input device of the gaming system.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, comprising instructions to at least one of:

modify a virtual representation of at least one of an object and a character forming a part of the gaming experience on a display unit of the gaming system; and

at least partially performing a function of another input device of the gaming system through the pair of goggles.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, comprising instructions to at least one of:

enable, through the processor, creation of a new virtual representation to replace the virtual representation; and

choose, through the processor, the new virtual representation from a number of manifestations of the virtual representation available in a database of a memory of the gaming system, the memory including storage locations configured to be addressable through the processor.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising instructions to store the newly created virtual representation in the database including the number of manifestations of the virtual representation.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, comprising instructions to effect the automatic intelligent modification of the gaming experience of the user based on identifying a pattern in the wirelessly received sensed at least one of the position and the orientation of the user.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising instructions to enable utilization of a camera to capture at least one of an image and a video of the user during the gaming experience to at least one of aid and enhance the pattern identification.

21. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein when the gaming experience occurs in a networked gaming environment, the non-transitory machine-readable medium further comprises instructions to provide a capability to make available the stored newly created virtual representation to other users of the networked gaming environment.