Interactive system and method for sensing movement

• US 9,532,428 B2
• Filed: 03/03/2010
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Bialoskorski, Leticia Sofia Susanna, Westerink, Joanne Henriette Desiree Monique, Van Den Broek, Egidius Leon
• Primary Examiner(s): Yacob, Sisay
• Application Number:
  US13/255,334
• Publication Number:
  US 20120001766A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,491 Days
• Field of Search: 340/686.1, 340/500, 340/540, 340/691.1, 340/691.6, 340/691.8, 340/692, 340/815.83, 700/18, 700186-193, 361/37, 362/103
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/155 Coordinated control of two or more light sources

Abstract

A system for sensing emotions, which produce color or sound variation in a series of elements, which experience different patterns of movement.

Claims

1. An interactive system for coordinating at least one of light and sound emitted by physically separate elements, the system comprising:

a plurality of physically separate elements each adapted to controllably produce at least one of light and sound emissions, at least one of said elements being adapted to be moved separately from others of said plurality of physically separate elements with predetermined detectable motions corresponding with respective predetermined ones of said emissions;

at least one motion sensor for sensing said motions of said at least one element; and

a control system adapted to receive inputs from said at least one motion sensor and to control the at least one of light and sound emitted by said at least one element and to control the at least one of light and sound emitted by others of said plurality of physically separate elements in correspondence with the sensed predetermined motion of said at least one element.

2. The interactive system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one motion sensor comprises a plurality of motion sensors, each included in a respective one of said plurality of physically separate elements.

3. The interactive system according to claim 1, wherein said control of light emission comprises controlling at least one of color and luminosity of the emitted light.

4. The interactive system according to claim 1, wherein said control of light emission comprises inducing periodical variations of the emitted light.

5. The interactive system according to claim 1, wherein said interactive system further comprises an information storage unit for storing the inputs from said at least one motion sensor.

6. The interactive system according to claim 5, wherein the control system is adapted to receive inputs from said information storage unit and, in response to said received inputs, to selectively induce said plurality of physically separate elements to produce variations in the light emitted thereby.

7. The interactive system according to claim 1, wherein the control system comprises;

software for determining one or more motion property characteristics of the motion of at least one of the elements from the inputs from the at least one motion sensor; and

software for mapping the determined motion property characteristics into a provided space for at least one of light color and intensity;

the control system being adapted to induce the at least one element to emit light according to the respective motion property characteristics position for the at least one element in said provided space.

8. The interactive system according to claim 1, wherein least one of said plurality of physically separate elements comprises a light emitting device for emitting light of diverse colors.

9. The interactive system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of physically separate elements comprises a light emitting device including a polychromatic source of light and optical filters.

10. The interactive system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of physically separate elements comprises a light emitting device arranged so that emitted light is visible from at least two opposing sides of the at least one element.

11. A method for coordinating at least one of light and sound emitted by physically separate elements, the method comprising the steps of:

effecting movement of at least one of a plurality of physically separate elements separately from others of said plurality of physically separate elements, said at least one element being adapted to controllably produce at least one of light and sound emissions, said movement being in one of a plurality of predetermined detectable motions corresponding with respective predetermined ones of said emissions;

sensing said motions of said at least one element; and

controlling the at least one of light and sound emitted by the at least one element and controlling the at least one of light and sound emitted by others of the plurality of physically separate elements in correspondence with the sensed predetermined motion of the at least one element.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein said method further comprises the step of:

storing information representing the sensed motions of the at least one element.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein said method further comprises the step of:

controlling the emission of the light from at least one of said physically separate elements by inducing said at least one element to produce a variation in light emission based on at least one stored chronological sequence of the sensed motions.

14. The method according to the claim 11, wherein said step of controlling the at least one of light and sound emitted by the plurality of physically separate elements is performed in real time.

15. A computer program embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium for effecting the performance of a method for coordinating at least one of light and sound emitted by physically separate elements, the method comprising:

effecting movement of at least one of a plurality of physically separate elements separately from others of said plurality of physically separate elements, said at least one element being adapted to controllably produce at least one of light and sound emissions, said movement being in one of a plurality of predetermined detectable motions corresponding with respective predetermined ones of said emissions;

sensing said motions of said at least one element; and

controlling the at least one of light and sound emitted by the at least one element and controlling the at least one of light and sound emitted by others of the plurality of physically separate elements in correspondence with the sensed predetermined motions of the at least one element.