SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUGMENTING A SECOND ITEM WITH A PRESENTATION OF FEATURES AT A FIRST ITEM

• US 20150195397A1
• Filed: 07/10/2014
• Published: 07/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Boogli, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Boogli, Inc.
• Inventors: RICE, Todd
• Granted Patent: US 9,635,157 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/48 specially adapted for particular use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60

Abstract

In some implementations, features of a character represented by a second item may be provided at a first item to augment the second item. In an implementation, a connection between the first item and the second item may be detected. The second item may comprise one or more physical components that represent a set of features of the character. First information associated with the character may be obtained in response to the detection of the connection. A presentation of one or more features of the character may be provided at the first item based on the first information.

Claims

1. A first item for providing, at the first item, features of a character represented by a second item to augment the second item, the first item comprising:

one or more physical processors programmed with one or more computer program instructions which, when executed, cause the one or more physical processors to;

detect a connection between the first item and the second item, wherein the second item comprises one or more physical components that represent a set of features of the character;

obtain first information associated with the character in response to the detection of the connection; and

provide, at the first item, based on the first information, a presentation of one or more features of the character, wherein the presentation of the one or more features of the character augments the second item.

2. The first item of claim 1, wherein the one or more features of the character comprises at least one feature of the set of features of the character that are represented by the one or more physical components of the second item.

3. The first item of claim 1, wherein the one or more features of the character comprises at least one of:

(i) an additional feature of the character that is not represented by the one or more physical components of the second item;

or (ii) an alternative feature of the character to a feature of the set of features of the character that are represented by the one or more physical components of the second item.

4. The first item of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical processors are further caused to:

provide, at the first item, a presentation of a media item that is different than the presentation of the one or more features of the character; and

modify the presentation of the one or more features of the character to reflect the presentation of the media item.

5. The first item of claim 4, wherein modifying the presentation of the one or more features comprises:

modify the presentation of the one or more features of the character at multiple times to reflect the presentation of the media item at each of the multiple times such that;

(i) at a first time during the presentation of the media item, the presentation of the one or more features of the character comprises a presentation of a first set of characteristics of the one or more features of the character; and

(ii) at a second time during the presentation of the media item, the presentation of the one or more features of the character comprises a second set of characteristics of the one or more features of the character, wherein the second set of characteristics is different than the first set of characteristics.

6. The first item of claim 5, wherein the one or more physical processors are further caused to:

capture, at the first item, an utterance of a user, wherein the media item comprises the utterance;

wherein providing the presentation of the media item comprises providing, at the first item, a playback of the utterance, and

wherein modifying the presentation of the one or more features of the character comprises;

providing, at the first item, the presentation of the first set of characteristics at the first time such that at least one characteristic of the first set of characteristics corresponds to a first voice characteristic of a first portion of the utterance that is played back at the first time; and

providing, at the first item, the presentation of the second set of characteristics at the second time such that at least one characteristic of the second set of characteristics corresponds to a second voice characteristic of a second portion of the utterance that is played back at the second time.

7. The first item of claim 6, wherein the first voice characteristic comprises at least one of a first pitch characteristic, a first tone characteristic, a first intonation characteristic, or a first volume characteristic, and wherein the second voice characteristic comprises at least one of a second pitch characteristic, a second tone characteristic, a second intonation characteristic, or a second volume characteristic.

8. The first item of claim 5, wherein the media item comprises at least one of audio content, graphic content, or video content.

9. The first item of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical processors are further caused to:

detect an utterance of a user, wherein a first portion of the utterance is detected at a first time, and a second portion of the utterance is detected at a second time; and

modify the presentation of the one or more features of the character to reflect the utterance of the user, wherein modifying the presentation of the one or more features of the character comprises;

providing, at the first item, a presentation of a first set of characteristics of the one or more features of the character at the first time such that at least one characteristic of the first set of characteristics corresponds to a first voice characteristic of the first portion of the utterance that is detected at the first time; and

providing, at the first item, the presentation of the second set of characteristics at the second time such that at least one characteristic of the second set of characteristics corresponds to a second voice characteristic of the second portion of the utterance that is detected at the second time.

10. The first item of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical processors are further caused to:

detect an action of a user; and

modify the presentation of the one or more features of the character such that the presentation of the one or more features of the character gives an appearance of the character reacting to the action of the user.

11. The first item of claim 10, wherein modifying the presentation of the one or more features of the character comprises modifying the presentation of the one or more features of the character such that the presentation of the one or more features of the character gives at least one of:

(i) an appearance that the action of the user physically affected the character;

(ii) an appearance that the action of the user mentally affected the character;

or (iii) an appearance that the action of the user emotionally affected the character.

12. The first item of claim 11, wherein the presentation of the one or more features of the character gives the appearance that the action of the user physically affected the character.

13. The first item of claim 11, wherein the presentation of the one or more features of the character gives the appearance that the action of the user emotionally affected the character.

14. The first item of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical processors are further caused to:

determining at least one of a current date or a current time; and

modifying the presentation of the one or more features of the character to reflect at least one of the current date or the current time.

15. The first item of claim 14, wherein modifying the presentation of the one or more features of the character comprises modifying the presentation of the one or more features of the character such that the presentation of the one or more features of the character gives at least one of:

(i) an appearance that at least one of the current date or the current time has a physical effect on the character;

(ii) an appearance that at least one of the current date or the current time has a mental effect on the character;

or (iii) an appearance that at least one of the current date or the current time has an emotional effect on the character.

16. The first item of claim 1, wherein the one or more features comprise one or more anatomical features, and wherein providing the presentation of the one or more features comprises providing, at the first item, a presentation of the one or more anatomical features based on the first information.

17. The first item of claim 16, wherein the one or more anatomical features comprise one or more facial features, and wherein providing the presentation of the one or more anatomical features comprises providing, at the first item, a presentation of the one or more facial features based on the first information.

18. The first item of claim 1, wherein the first information comprises an identifier associated with the character, and wherein the one or more physical processors are further caused to:

obtain, based on the identifier, second information associated with the character, wherein the second information comprises information related to the one or more features, and

wherein presenting the one or more features comprises presenting, at the first item, the one or more features based on the second information.

19. A method of providing, at a first item, features of a character represented by a second item to augment the second item, the method being implemented by a computer system that includes one or more physical processors executing one or more computer program instructions which, when executed, perform the method, the method comprising:

detecting, by the computer system, a connection between the first item and the second item, wherein the second item comprises one or more physical components that represent a set of features of the character;

obtaining, by the computer system, first information associated with the character in response to the detection of the connection; and

providing, by the computer system, based on the first information, a presentation of one or more features of the character at the first item, wherein the presentation of the one or more features of the character augments the second item.

20. A system for providing, at a first item, features of a character represented by a second item to augment the second item, the system comprising:

one or more physical processors programmed with one or more computer program instructions which, when executed, cause the one or more physical processors to;

receive, from a first item, a request for information related to one or more features of the character in response to a detection of a connection between the first item and the second item, wherein the second item comprises one or more physical components that represent a set of features of the character;

obtain the information related to the features of the character in response to the receipt of the request; and

provide, to the first item, the information related to the features of the character to enable a presentation of the one or more features of the character at the first item, wherein the presentation of the one or more features of the character augments the second item.