Information processing system

• US 8,878,776 B2
• Filed: 09/12/2011
• Issued: 11/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takahashi, Masaki, Karasawa, Hidenori, Higuchi, Masaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisen, Alexander
• Assistant Examiner(s): REGN, MARK W
• Application Number:
  US13/230,283
• Publication Number:
  US 20120062454A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,149 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-158, 463 36- 39
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry

Abstract

Provided is an information processing system which includes: a communication device including a sensor that measures information regarding a posture thereof; and an information processing device. The information processing device displays a guide image for causing a user to perform a rotational operation for rotating the communication device, and executes calibration of the sensor by using the measurement result of the sensor acquired from the communication device while the guide image is displayed. The guide image includes an image representing a reference axis to be a rotation center for the rotational operation and an image representing the communication device, and the image representing the communication device is located within the guide image so that a portion of the communication device corresponding to a position of the sensor overlaps with the reference axis.

Claims

1. An information processing system, comprising:

a communication device operating to permit a user to provide inputs; and

an information processing device that is communicatively connectable to the communication device in order to receive the inputs from the communication device, where the information processing device and communication device operate in;

(i) a calibration mode in which a calibration routine is executed, and (ii) an application processing mode in which one or more application programs are executed after the calibration routine is completed, wherein;

the communication device comprises a sensor that measures information regarding a posture thereof;

the information processing device comprises;

an acquisition section for acquiring a measurement result of the sensor from the communication device;

a section for displaying on a display device, when in the calibration mode, a guide image for guiding the user in performing a rotational operation for rotating the communication device; and

a calibration section for executing calibration of the sensor, when in the calibration mode, by using the measurement result acquired by the acquisition section while the guide image is displayed;

wherein;

the guide image comprises an image representing a reference axis to visually guide the user as to a desired rotation center for the rotational operation and an image representing the communication device, where the image representing the communication device has an appearance substantially matching an appearance of the communication device; and

the image representing the communication device is located within the guide image so that the user is guided to place a portion of the communication device corresponding to a position of the sensor in overlapping orientation with the reference axis, and so that the guide image visually represents that the image representing the communication device rotates about the reference axis as the rotation center as the user is guided in rotating the communication device during the rotation operation.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein:

the rotational operation comprises an operation for rotating the communication device by using a plurality of reference axes intersecting one another sequentially as the rotation center;

the guide image comprises an image representing each of the plurality of reference axes; and

the image representing the communication device is located within the guide image so that the portion of the communication device corresponding to the position of the sensor overlaps with a position in which the plurality of reference axes intersect one another.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the image representing the reference axis maintains a position thereof within the guide image while the guide image is displayed on the display device.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the guide image comprises an image representing a user'"'"'s hand gripping the portion of the communication device corresponding to the position of the sensor.

5. An information processing device, which is communicatively connectable to a communication device operating to permit a user to provide inputs, the communication device comprising a sensor that measures information regarding a posture thereof, the information processing device receiving the inputs from the communication device, and the information processing device and the communication device operating in:

(i) a calibration mode in which a calibration routine is executed, and (ii) an application processing mode in which one or more application programs are executed after the calibration routine is completed, the information processing device comprising;

an acquisition section for acquiring a measurement result of the sensor from the communication device;

a section for displaying on a display device, when in the calibration mode, a guide image for guiding the user in performing a rotational operation for rotating the communication device; and

a calibration section for executing calibration of the sensor, when in the calibration mode, by using the measurement result acquired by the acquisition section while the guide image is displayed;

wherein;

the guide image comprises an image representing a reference axis to visually guide the user as to a desired rotation center for the rotational operation and an image representing the communication device, where the image representing the communication device has an appearance substantially matching an appearance of the communication device; and

the image representing the communication device is located within the guide image so that the user is guided to place a portion of the communication device corresponding to a position of the sensor in overlapping orientation with the reference axis, and so that the guide image visually represents that the image representing the communication device rotates about the reference axis as the rotation center as the user is guided in rotating the communication device during the rotation operation.

6. A control method for an information processing device, which is communicatively connectable to a communication device operating to permit a user to provide inputs, the communication device comprising a sensor that measures information regarding a posture thereof, the information processing device receiving the inputs from the communication device, and the information processing device and the communication device operating in:

(i) a calibration mode in which a calibration routine is executed, and (ii) an application processing mode in which one or more application programs are executed after the calibration routine is completed, the information processing device, the method comprising;

displaying on a display device, when in the calibration mode, a guide image for guiding the user in performing a rotational operation for rotating the communication device; and

executing calibration of the sensor, when in the calibration mode, by using the measurement result acquired by the acquisition section while the guide image is displayed;

wherein;

the guide image comprises an image representing a reference axis to visually guide the user as to a desired rotation center for the rotational operation and an image representing the communication device, where the image representing the communication device has an appearance substantially matching an appearance of the communication device; and

the image representing the communication device is located within the guide image so that the user is guided to place a portion of the communication device corresponding to a position of the sensor in overlapping orientation with the reference axis, and so that the guide image visually represents that the image representing the communication device rotates about the reference axis as the rotation center as the user is guided in rotating the communication device during the rotation operation.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium having a program stored therein, the program controlling an information processing device, which is communicatively connectable to a communication device operating to permit a user to provide inputs, the communication device comprising a sensor that measures information regarding a posture thereof, the information processing device receiving the inputs from the communication device, and the information processing device and the communication device operating in:

(i) a calibration mode in which a calibration routine is executed, and (ii) an application processing mode in which one or more application programs are executed after the calibration routine is completed, the information processing device, the program controlling an information processing device to function as;

an acquisition section for acquiring a measurement result of the sensor from the communication device;

a section for displaying on a display device, when in the calibration mode, a guide image for guiding the user in performing a rotational operation for rotating the communication device; and

a calibration section for executing calibration of the sensor, when in the calibration mode, by using the measurement result acquired by the acquisition section while the guide image is displayed;

wherein;

the guide image comprises an image representing a reference axis to visually guide the user as to a desired rotation center for the rotational operation and an image representing the communication device, where the image representing the communication device has an appearance substantially matching an appearance of the communication device; and

the image representing the communication device is located within the guide image so that the user is guided to place a portion of the communication device corresponding to a position of the sensor in overlapping orientation with the reference axis, and so that the guide image visually represents that the image representing the communication device rotates about the reference axis as the rotation center as the user is guided in rotating the communication device during the rotation operation.