INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20150172911A1
• Filed: 02/27/2015
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: YAMASHITA, Yoshikazu
• Granted Patent: US 9,380,451 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/12 involving interaction between a plurality of game devices, e.g. transmisison or distribution systems protocols for networked virtual reality, networked games H04L29/06034
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• 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 13/327 using wireless networks, e.g. Wi-Fi® or piconet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/847 Cooperative playing, e.g. requiring coordinated actions from several players to achieve a common goal
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/87 Communicating with other players during game play, e.g. by e-mail or chat
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/402 Communication between platforms, i.e. physical link to protocol
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/403 Connection between platform and handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A handheld terminal 200 performs wireless communication with a game apparatus 103 and determines whether the wireless communication with the game apparatus 103 is possible. The game apparatus 103 performs wireless communication with the handheld terminal 200 and determines whether the wireless communication with the handheld terminal 200 is possible. The game apparatus 103 performs a return home determination process, based on the determination about whether the wireless communication is possible, when the wireless communication with the handheld terminal 200 has become, after having become disabled, enabled again.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising a portable device and a further device, wherein the portable device comprises:

at least one sensor;

a processor operatively coupled to the at least one sensor, the processor configured to generate information related to human physical activity wherein the sensor repeatedly generates signals, and the processor repeatedly determines the information related to human physical activity based on the repeatedly general signals; and

a wireless transceiver operatively coupled to the processor, the wireless transceiver detecting whether wireless communication with the further device is possible and, in response to the detecting, automatically initiating wireless transmission, without requiring human intervention, of the information to the further device for storage;

the further device comprising;

a data storage memory; and

a further processor configured to;

receive the wirelessly transmitted information; and

store the received information in the data storage memory.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the further device transmits the information to a server.

3. A portable device comprising:

at least one sensor that recurrently provides a signal;

a processor configured to recurrently determine, in response to the signal, at least one parameter indicating human physical activity; and

a wireless transmitter operatively coupled to the processor, the wireless transmitter wirelessly transmitting, without requiring human intervention, the at least one physical activity parameter to a further device for storage.

4. The portable device according to claim 3, wherein the at least one sensor comprises an accelerometer.

5. The portable device according to claim 3, wherein the parameter comprises location information.

6. The portable device according to claim 3, wherein the sensor provides the signal while the portable device is being carried by a user and the parameter indicates human physical activity of the user.

7. The portable device according to claim 3, wherein the parameter comprises step count.

8. The portable device according to claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to compare the signal to a threshold, and counts occurrences of the signal exceeding the threshold.

9. The portable device according to claim 3, wherein the wireless transmitter automatically detects when it comes into wireless communication range with the further device, and in response, automatically transmits the at least one physical activity parameter to the further device.

10. The portable device according to claim 3, wherein the wireless transmitter automatically detects when wireless communication becomes enabled, and in response, automatically transmits the at least one physical activity parameter to the further device.

11. The portable device according to claim 10, wherein the device is further configured to transmit without a user commanding the portable device to transmit.

12. The portable device according to claim 3, wherein the transmitter transmits the at least one parameter via a short range wireless radio communication.

13. The portable device according to claim 3, further comprising a display operatively coupled to the processor, the processor being further configured to display the at least one physical activity parameter on the display.

14. The portable device according to claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to generate the at least one physical activity parameter based upon detected motion of the portable device.

15. The portable device according to claim 14, wherein the processor determines whether the detected motion of the portable device corresponds to human movement.

16. The portable device of claim 3, wherein the processor determines the at least one parameter while the wireless communication is disabled and stores the parameter in a memory, and the wireless transceiver transmits the at least one parameter to the further device in response to a determination that the wireless communication has re-enabled.

17. The portable device according to claim 3, wherein the further device is configured to operate in standby mode, and wherein the portable device is further configured to transmit to the further device for storage while the further device is operating in standby mode.

18. The portable device according to claim 3, wherein the wireless transmitter is configured to communicate when the portable device is in a low power mode.

19. The portable device according to claim 3, wherein the transmitted at least one parameter includes time information related to the physical activity.

20. A portable device comprising:

at least one sensor providing signals;

a processor configured to recurrently determine, in response to the provided signals, a parameter corresponding to human physical activity; and

a wireless transmitter connected to the processor, the wireless transmitter wirelessly transmitting, automatically and recurrently, the recurrently-determined physical activity parameter to a further device for storage.