Virtual Reality Headset

• US 20170021272A1
• Filed: 04/29/2016
• Published: 01/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Saj Muzaffar
• Original Assignee: Saj Muzaffar
• Inventors: Muzaffar, Saj
• Application Number:
  US15/142,385
• Publication Number:
  US 20170021272A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/23 for interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console

Abstract

A user input device comprising a sensor arrangement arranged to detect user interaction with the user input device, and an optical or audio transducer responsive to said sensor arrangement and arranged in use to transmit an optical or audio output signal to an optical or audio sensor of a separate mobile computing device, said output signal encoding instructions for launching or controlling an app.

Claims

1. A user input device comprising:

a sensor arrangement arranged to detect user interaction with the user input device, and an optical or audio transducer responsive to said sensor arrangement and arranged in use to transmit an optical or audio output signal to an optical or audio sensor of a separate mobile computing device, said output signal encoding instructions for launching or controlling an app.

2. The user input device of claim 1, wherein the user input device is for use with a virtual reality headset.

4. The user input device of claim 1, further comprising a mobile computing device programmed to decode an audio input signal encoding gameplay to user interaction according to the output signal encoding instructions.

3. The user input device of claim wherein the user input device is arranged to generate audio signals for gameplay

5. A user input device comprising:

a sensor arrangement arranged to detect user interaction therewith, and an audio transducer responsive to said sensor arrangement and arranged in use to transmit an audio output signal to an audio sensor of a separate processing device, said output signal encoding of user gameplay or controlling application software of the processing device.

6. The user input device of claim 5, further comprising a virtual game playing apparatus and a mobile computing device, wherein an audio sensor of said mobile computing device being arranged to receive said audio output signal from said audio transducer.