Portable device pairing with a tracking system

• US 9,389,699 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2015
• Issued: 07/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Bailey, Richard St Clair
• Primary Examiner(s): Bibbins, Latanya
• Application Number:
  US14/861,657
• Publication Number:
  US 20160077595A1
• Time in Patent Office: 294 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/21 characterised by their sensors, purposes or types
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• 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 13/25 Output arrangements for video game devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/332 using wireless networks, e.g. cellular phone networks
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/335 using Internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/428 involving motion or position input signals, e.g. signals representing the rotation of an input controller or a player's arm motions sensed by accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/61 using advertising information
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/803 Driving vehicles or craft, e.g. cars, airplanes, ships, robots or tanks
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/812 Ball games, e.g. soccer or baseball
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1006 having additional degrees of freedom
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/105 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1087 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. a camera
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/30 characterized by output arrangements for receiving control signals generated by the game device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/406 Transmission via wireless network, e.g. pager or GSM
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/407 Data transfer via internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5506 using advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6045 : for mapping control signals received from the input arrangement into game commands
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8011 : Ball
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8017 : Driving on land or water; Flying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 : Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• 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: 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

Abstract

In embodiments of portable device pairing with a tracking system, a pairing system includes a portable device that generates device acceleration gesture data responsive to a series of motion gestures of the portable device. The pairing system also includes a tracking system that is configured for pairing with the portable device. The tracking system recognizes the series of motion gestures of the portable device and generates tracked object position gesture data. A pairing service can then determine that the series of motion gestures of the portable device corresponds to the series of motion gestures recognized by the tracking system, and communicate a pairing match notification to both the tracking system and the portable device to establish the pairing.

Claims

1. A pairing system comprising:

a pairing service configured to;

receive from a portable device via a communication network, plane aligned device gesture data from the portable device, the plane aligned device gesture data associated with a series of motion gestures of the portable device;

receive from a tracking system via the communication network or an alternate communication network, plane aligned object gesture data from the tracking system, the plane aligned object gesture data associated with a series of motion gestures recognized by the tracking system; and

determine that the series of motion gestures of the portable device corresponds to the series of motion gestures recognized by the tracking system.

2. A pairing system as described in claim 1, wherein the pairing service is further configured to communicate a pairing match notification to both the tracking system and the portable device to establish pairing the portable device with the tracking system.

3. A pairing system as described in claim 1, wherein the pairing service is further configured to determine a pairing match of the portable device with the tracking system by comparing the plane aligned device gesture data to the plane aligned object gesture data.

4. A pairing system as described in claim 3, wherein to compare the plane aligned device gesture data to the plane aligned object gesture data comprises use of a dynamic time warping analysis.

5. A pairing system as described in claim 1, wherein the plane aligned device gesture data and the plane aligned object gesture data are based on an X,Y plane of the series of motion gestures.

6. A pairing system as described in claim 5, wherein the plane aligned device gesture data and the plane aligned object gesture data minimize Z-coordinate motions from the series of motion gestures.

7. A pairing system as described in claim 1, wherein the pairing service is further configured to:

receive from another portable device, other plane aligned device gesture data from the another portable device;

receive from the tracking system, other plane aligned object gesture data; and

determine another pairing match of the another portable device with the tracking system by comparing the other plane aligned device gesture data to the other plane aligned object gesture data.

8. A pairing system as described in claim 7, wherein the pairing service is configured to communicate another pairing match notification to the tracking system and the another portable device.

9. A pairing system as described in claim 1, wherein the pairing service is a networked-based service configured for communication with the tracking system and with the portable device.

10. A pairing system as described in claim 1, wherein the pairing system is associated with a gaming system.

11. A pairing system as described in claim 1, wherein the pairing service is associated with a locational checkpoint system.

12. A method implemented at a pairing service, the method comprising:

receiving plane aligned device gesture data from a portable device that generates and processes gesture data responsive to a series of motion gestures of the portable device;

receiving plane aligned object gesture data from a tracking system that recognizes the series of motion gestures of the portable device;

comparing the plane aligned device gesture data received from the portable device to the plane aligned object gesture data received from the tracking system;

determining the series of motion gestures of the portable device corresponds to the series of motion gestures recognized by the tracking system;

communicating a pairing match notification to the tracking system and the portable device to establish pairing the portable device with the tracking system.

13. A method as recited in claim 12, wherein the pairing service is a networked-based service configured for communication with the tracking system and with the portable device.

14. A method as recited in claim 12, wherein plane aligned device gesture data and the plane aligned object gesture data is based on an X,Y plane of the series of motion gestures.

15. A method as recited in claim 12, wherein the plane aligned device gesture data and the plane aligned object gesture data minimizes Z-coordinate motions from the series of motion gestures.

16. A method as recited in claim 12, wherein the comparing the plane aligned device gesture data to the plane aligned object gesture data comprises using a dynamic time warping analysis.

17. A computing device comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more computer-readable storage media storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, implement a tracking system configured to perform operations comprising;

recognizing a series of motion gestures utilizing one or more motion detection components;

generating tracked object position gesture data that corresponds to the series of motion gestures,

integrating tracked object position gesture data to generate tracked object acceleration gesture data;

generating plane aligned object gesture data by normalizing the tracked object acceleration gesture data;

transmitting the plane aligned object gesture data to a pairing service; and

receiving a pairing match notification from the pairing service that indicates a portable device with gesture data that corresponds to the tracked object position gesture data.

18. A computing device as recited in claim 17, further configured to perform operations comprising communicating with the portable device based on the pairing match of the portable device with the tracking system.

19. A computing device as recited in claim 18, further configured to perform operations comprising communicating one or more advertisements to the portable device.

20. A computing device as recited in claim 17, wherein the tracked object position gesture data corresponds to the user'"'"'s hand and/or the portable device.