MOTION COORDINATION OPERATION DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND MOTION COORDINATION REPRODUCTION SYSTEM

• US 20150262503A1
• Filed: 06/01/2015
• Published: 09/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: SANO, Akane
• Application Number:
  US14/727,438
• Publication Number:
  US 20150262503A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/803 Motion sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2244/22 Dancing
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0006 Computerised comparison for qualitative assessment of motion sequences or the course of a movement
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0015 Dancing
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/003 Repetitive work cycles; Sequence of movements
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F

Abstract

A motion coordination operation device is provided, which includes a movement information input unit inputting movement information supplied from respective sensor devices mounted on a plurality of users; and an operation unit operating coordination information that indicates the synchronization of motions of bodies or parts of the bodies of the plurality of users from the input movement information from the respective sensor devices, and generating control information for feedback outputs for the users based on the coordination information.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

acquire movement information of a plurality of users;

determine a first information indicating the synchronization of motions of bodies or parts of the bodies of the plurality of users based on the movement information; and

determine feedback outputs based on the first information;

wherein the feedback outputs are communicated to the plurality of users via tactile sensation.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to acquire the movement information from respective sensor devices mounted on the plurality of users.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the sensor device is mounted on a wrist of user, an ankle of user, a neck of user, an arm of user, a trunk of user or a leg portion of user.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to acquire the movement information from respective sensor devices,

a type of the sensor device is one of headphone type, a necklet type that is put on a neck, a type that is mounted on clothes with a clip or a type that is put in a pocket.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to acquire the movement information from respective sensor devices held by user in user'"'"'s hand.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the movement information are based on images captured by camera devices.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the synchronization is measured by comparing the motions of the plurality of users to one another.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein respective degrees of the feedback outputs are determined based on the first information.

9. An information processing apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

acquire movement information of a plurality of users;

determine a first information indicating the synchronization of motions of bodies or parts of the bodies of the plurality of users based on the movement information; and

determine feedback outputs based on the first information;

wherein respective degrees of the feedback outputs are determined based on the first information.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the circuitry is configured to acquire the movement information from respective sensor devices mounted on the plurality of users.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the sensor device is mounted on a wrist of user, an ankle of user, a neck of user, an arm of user, a trunk of user or a leg portion of user.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the circuitry is configured to acquire the movement information from respective sensor devices,

a type of the sensor device is one of headphone type, a necklet type that is put on a neck, a type that is mounted on clothes with a clip or a type that is put in a pocket.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the circuitry is configured to acquire the movement information from respective sensor devices held by user in user'"'"'s hand.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the movement information are based on images captured by camera devices.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the synchronization is measured by comparing the motions of the plurality of users to one another.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the feedback outputs are communicated with the plurality of users via one of tactile sensation, audio or image.

17. A method comprising:

acquiring movement information of a plurality of users;

determining a first information indicating the synchronization of motions of bodies or parts of the bodies of the plurality of users based on the movement information; and

determining feedback outputs based on the first information;

wherein the feedback outputs are communicated to the plurality of users via tactile sensation.