SELF-PROPELLED DEVICE FOR INTERPRETING INPUT FROM A CONTROLLER DEVICE

• US 20150362919A1
• Filed: 08/21/2015
• Published: 12/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sphero Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sphero Inc.
• Inventors: Bernstein, Ian H., Wilson, Adam, Smith, Brian Keith, Carroll, Jonathan
• Granted Patent: US 9,394,016 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 30/04 using wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/005 Motorised rolling toys
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 61/00 Motor vehicles or trailers, characterised by the arrangement or number of wheels, not otherwise provided for, e.g. four wheels in diamond pattern
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0011 associated with a remote control arrangement
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0016 characterised by the operator's input device input arrangements for computing systems in general G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0044 by providing the operator with a computer generated representation of the environment of the vehicle, e.g. virtual reality, maps maps used for automatic navigation G05D1/0274; flight directors G01C23/005
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0088 characterized by the autonomous decision making process, e.g. artificial intelligence, predefined behaviours using knowledge based models G06N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0212 with means for defining a desired trajectory involving a plurality of land vehicles G05D1/0287
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0259 using magnetic or electromagnetic means
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/027 comprising intertial navigation means, e.g. azimuth detector inertial navigation G01C21/16; inertial navigation combined with non-inertial navigation instruments G01C21/165
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0278 using satellite positioning signals, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0891 specially adapted for land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 901/01 Mobile robot

Abstract

A self-propelled device operates to interpret an input corresponding to a set of actions that are performed on a controller device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method performed by one or more processors of a self-propelled spherical device, the computer-implemented method comprising:

(a) receiving, from a mobile computing device, motion-sensed inputs corresponding to a set of actions performed by a user of the mobile computing device, the motion-sensed inputs corresponding to the user'"'"'s manipulation of the mobile computing device through a sensor set that can detect the mobile computing device moving in three-dimensional space, the sensor set including at least an accelerometer;

(b) interpreting the motion-sensed inputs as a set of commands according to instructions executable by the one or more processors to maneuver the self-propelled spherical device, the executable instructions including motion input instructions specific to interpreting the user'"'"'s manipulation of the mobile computing device through the sensor set;

(c) implementing the set of commands on a drive system of the self-propelled spherical device to maneuver the self-propelled spherical device in accordance with the executable instructions; and

(d) controlling the self-propelled spherical device.