NETWORKED SENSOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20170169695A1
• Filed: 12/14/2015
• Published: 06/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Poisner, David I, Krimon, Yuri
• Granted Patent: US 9,984,549 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/212 using sensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat or leg activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/245 specially adapted to a particular type of game, e.g. steering wheels
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/285 Generating tactile feedback signals via the game input device, e.g. force feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/42 by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/46 Computing the game score
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2358 Change logging, detection, and notification replication G06F16/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2477 Temporal data queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/436 using biological or physiological data of a human being, e.g. blood pressure, facial expression, gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/182 Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold

Abstract

Embodiments of a system and methods for using a sensing attached to footwear are generally described herein. A device may include an accelerometer to measure a force, a transceiver to: send information about the force to an external device, and receive a response from the external device, the response indicating whether the force exceeded a threshold and occurred within a specified timing window around a sensory output. The device may include feedback hardware to generate feedback when the response indicates that the force fell below the threshold or occurred outside the specified timing window.

Claims

1. A control device comprising:

a transceiver to;

receive sensor data from a sensor; and

assign a timestamp to the sensor data;

a processor to;

determine whether the timestamp falls within a window, the window corresponding to an error range around a sensory output; and

save, in response to determining that the timestamp falls within the window, a successful movement indication to a database.

2. The control device of claim 1, wherein the sensor includes an accelerometer.

3. The control device of claim 2, wherein the sensor data includes a force measurement.

4. The control device of claim 3, wherein to save the successful movement indication includes the processor to first determine whether the force measurement exceeds a minimum force.

5. The control device of claim 1, further comprising a display that includes a user interface to display the successful movement indication.

6. The control device of claim 5, wherein the processor is to increment a count of points for a user in a game displayed on the user interface based on the successful movement indication.

7. The control device of claim 1, wherein the sensor is attached to footwear or embedded in footwear of a user.

8. The control device of claim 1, wherein the sensor is attached to an ankle bracelet.

9. The control device of claim 1, wherein the processor is to play a tone in response to saving the successful movement indication.

10. The control device of claim 1, wherein the sensory output includes an audio or visual output.

11. The control device of claim 10, wherein the audio output includes music, and wherein to determine whether the timestamp falls within the window, the processor is to determine that the sensor data is synchronized with the music.

12. The control device of claim 10, wherein the visual output includes video and wherein to determine whether the timestamp falls within the window, the processor is to determine that the sensor data is synchronized with the video.

13. The control device of claim 1, wherein the transceiver is to send, in response to determining that the timestamp falls outside the window, a signal to the sensor indicating feedback to be performed at the sensor.

14. The control device of claim 11, wherein the feedback includes haptic feedback, light feedback, or audio feedback.

15. A device configured to move with footwear, the device comprising:

an accelerometer to measure a force;

a transceiver to;

send information about the force to an external device; and

receive a response from the external device, the response indicating whether the force exceeded a threshold and occurred within a specified timing window around a sensory output; and

feedback hardware to generate feedback when the response indicates that the force fell below the threshold or occurred outside the specified timing window.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein when the response indicates that the force exceeded the threshold and occurred within the specified timing window, the transceiver is to receive an indication of points awarded to a user of the footwear in a game.

17. The device of claim 15, wherein when the response indicates that the force exceeded the threshold and occurred within the specified timing window, the feedback hardware is to play a tone, generate haptic feedback, or display light.

18. The device of claim 15, wherein the sensory output includes an audio or visual output.

19. The device of claim 15, wherein before the transceiver sends information about the force, the transceiver is to send an initialization indication to the external device, the initialization indication sent in response to the accelerometer determining a lack of movement for a predetermined period of time.

20. At least one machine readable medium including instructions that, when executed, cause the machine to perform operations for dynamic hardware acceleration, the operations comprising:

receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors;

assigning a plurality of timestamps to the sensor data;

determining whether the plurality of timestamps fall within a window, the window corresponding to an error range around a sensory output; and

in response to determining that a first timestamp of the plurality of timestamps falls within the window, saving a first indication to a database.

21. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 20, wherein in response to determining a set of timestamps of the plurality of timestamps fall within the window, playing a plurality of instrument lines of a song, wherein the plurality of instrument lines correspond to the set of timestamps.

22. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 20, wherein the plurality of packets include force information from the plurality of sensors.

23. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 22, wherein in response to saving the first indication, increasing or decreasing a speed of a virtual vehicle on a user interface in response to an increase or decrease in force at a first sensor, the first sensor corresponding to the first timestamp.

24. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 20, further comprising determining that the plurality of timestamps are synchronized, and in response, playing music.

25. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 20, wherein the sensory output includes an nth beat of a song.

26. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 20, further comprising displaying results of whether the plurality of timestamps fall within the window on a user interface.

27. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 20, further comprising assigning points in a virtual game to users of the plurality of sensors according to temporal proximity of the plurality of timestamps to the sensory output.