Method and device for providing a game

• US 8,858,327 B2
• Filed: 11/02/2012
• Issued: 10/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
• Original Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, Fei
• Primary Examiner(s): Ahmed, Masud
• Application Number:
  US13/667,993
• Publication Number:
  US 20140051509A1
• Time in Patent Office: 711 Days
• Field of Search: 463 31- 43
• US Class Current: 463/31
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/26 having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/06 Consumer Electronics Control, i.e. control of another device by a display or vice versa
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and a device for providing a game. The method includes: a detection step, for determining an additional display device being attached to a mobile device; and a push step, for pushing multimedia information of the game to the additional display device to be presented by the additional display device, and pushing a visual human machine interface of the game to a display of the mobile device to be displayed by the display; wherein, a controlled object displayed on the additional display device is controlled by the visual human machine interface. The above-mentioned method and device for providing a game can make a game machine have a smaller size and be more portable, display multimedia information of a game on a bigger screen for players and provide players with a visual human machine interface on the entire screen of a mobile device, and therefore it improves user experiences.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining that an additional display device is attached to a mobile device;

pushing multimedia information for a game to the additional display device to be presented by the additional display device; and

pushing a visual human machine interface for the game to a display of the mobile device to be presented by the display, of the mobile device,

wherein a controlled object displayed on the additional display device is controlled by the visual human machine interface, and

wherein the visual human machine interface comprises;

a direction control part for controlling a direction of movement of the controlled object, the direction control part being associated with substantially a first half of the display, of the mobile device and configured to move the controlled object at least up, down, left, and right, and second control part-being associated with substantially a second half of the display;

wherein the second control part comprises a game action control part that is configured to control an action of the controlled object.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the visual human machine interface includes a gap area between the direction control part and the action control part.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein a width of the gap area ranges from 0.5 cm to 1.5 cm.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the direction of movement of the controlled object is performed by swiping a finger across the display of the mobile device in a control direction corresponding to the direction of movement.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the action of the controlled object is performed by swiping a finger across the display, of the mobile device in a control direction corresponding to the action.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the visual human machine interface uses an entire screen of the display of the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the direction control part is configured to move the controlled object in eight different directions.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the additional display device is attached to the mobile device comprises detecting, by the mobile device at a fixed clock frequency, an interface with the additional display device.

9. A device, comprising:

a detection module configured to determine that an additional display device is attached to a mobile device; and

a push module configured to;

push multimedia information for the game to the additional display device to be presented by the additional display device, and

push a visual human machine interface for the game to a display of the mobile device to be presented by the display of the mobile device,

wherein a controlled object displayed on the additional display device is controlled by the visual human machine interface, and wherein the visual human machine interface comprises;

a direction control part for controlling a direction of movement of the controlled object, the direction control part being associated with substantially a first half of the display of the mobile device and configured to move the controlled object at least up, down, left, and right, and second control part associated with substantially a second half of the display;

wherein the second control part comprises a game action control part that is configured to control an action of the controlled object.

10. The device according to claim 9, wherein the visual human machine interface includes a gap area between the direction control part and the action control part.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein a width of the gap area ranges from 0.5 cm to 1.5 cm.

12. The device according to claim 9, wherein the mobile device includes a smart phone or a tablet computer.

13. The device according to claim 9, wherein the display includes a capacitive touch screen.

14. The device of claim 9, wherein controlling the direction of movement of the controlled object is performed by swiping a finger across the display of the mobile device in a control direction corresponding to the direction of movement.

15. The device of claim 9, wherein controlling the action of the controlled object is performed by swiping a finger across the display in a control direction corresponding to the action.

16. The device of claim 9, wherein the visual human machine interface uses an entire screen of the display of the mobile device.

17. The device of claim 9, wherein the direction control part is configured to move the controlled object in eight different directions.

18. The device of claim 9, wherein determining that the additional display device is attached to the mobile device comprises detecting, by the mobile device at a fixed clock frequency, an interface with the additional display device.