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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
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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.

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