Electronic devices in local interactions between users

• US 9,213,888 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2012
• Issued: 12/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Smoot, Lanny, Mkrtchyan, Armen, Mazzocco, Leonard
• Primary Examiner(s): Kassa, Yosef
• Application Number:
  US13/535,168
• Publication Number:
  US 20140003651A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,266 Days
• Field of Search: 382/103, 382/115, 382/117, 382/118, 340/5.52, 340/5.81, 340/5.82
• 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: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/20 Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16

Abstract

In one implementation, a method includes detecting, using a processor, user input through a camera lens. The method further includes determining, using the processor, that an identity of a user, selected from identities of at least two users, is associated with the user input. The method also includes tracking, using the processor, a local interaction between the at least two users based on at least the identity, the user input, and stored rules that govern the local interaction. The tracking can include determining whether the user has complied with the stored rules that govern the local interaction. Furthermore, the local interaction can include a multiplayer game.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating a gameplay between at least two users playing a game using one or more game objects, the method comprising:

detecting, using a processor, a user input through a camera lens, wherein the user input uses the one or more game objects, and the detecting includes recognizing the one or more game objects through the camera lens;

determining, using the processor, an identity of a user of the at least two users based on the user input;

tracking, using the processor, a local-interaction between the at least two users based on at least the identity, the user input, and stored rules that govern the local interaction.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the tracking comprises determining whether the user has complied with the stored rules that govern the local interaction.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the local interaction comprises turn taking between the at least two users.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input is from a physical gesture made by the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting comprises recognizing a visual indicia on the one or more game objects.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting comprises recognizing a light pattern produced by the one or more game objects.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the camera lens has a vision adaptor that is configured to change a field of view of the camera lens.

8. A mobile device for facilitating a gameplay between at least two users playing a game using one or more game objects, the mobile device comprising:

a camera lens;

a processor configured to;

detect, using a processor, a user input through a camera lens, wherein the user input uses the one or more game objects, and the detecting includes recognizing the one or more game objects through the camera lens;

determine, using the processor, an identity of a user of the at least two users based on the user input;

track, using the processor, a local interaction between the at least two users based on at least the identity, the user input, and stored rules that govern the local interaction.

9. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the tracking comprises determining whether the user has complied with the stored rules that govern the local interaction.

10. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the local interaction comprises turn taking between the at least two users.

11. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the camera lens has a vision adaptor that is configured to change a field of view of the camera lens.

12. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the camera lens has a vision adaptor that is configured to increase the field of view of the camera lens.

13. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the one or more game objects include a visual indicia, wherein the processor detects the user input by recognizing the visual indicia on the one or more game objects.

14. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the one or more game objects include a retro reflective indicia, wherein the processor detects the user input by recognizing the retro reflective indicia on the one or more game objects.

15. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the one or more game objects are configured to produce a light pattern, and wherein the processor detects the user input by recognizing the light pattern produced by the one or more game objects.

16. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the one or more game objects are configured to transmit data and the processor is configured to receive the data transmitted by the one or more game objects.