Pose to device mapping

• US 9,591,118 B2
• Filed: 01/01/2009
• Issued: 03/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/01/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Graumann, David L., Raffa, Giuseppe, Nachman, Lama
• Primary Examiner(s): Kujundzic, Dino
• Application Number:
  US12/347,999
• Publication Number:
  US 20100169781A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,987 Days
• Field of Search: 715/701, 715/702, 715/727, 715/729, 715863-865, 345/156
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion

Abstract

Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to map content of a device such as a mobile device, a laptop, a desktop, or a server, to a two dimensional field or table and map user poses or movements to the coordinates within the table to offer quick access to the content by a user. Many embodiments, for example, utilize three wireless peripherals such as a watch, ring, and headset connected to a mobile Internet device (MID) comprising an audible user interface and an auditory mapper to access to the content. The audible user interface may communicatively couple with the peripherals to receive pose data that describes the motion or movements associated with one or more of the peripherals and to provide feedback such as audible items and, in some embodiments, other feedback.

Claims

1. A method for auditory mapping, the method comprising:

receiving user pose data, the user pose data comprising data indicative of a first rotation about a first axis and a second rotation about a second axis;

associating the user pose data with a user pose location, wherein the user pose location comprises a set of coordinates within a first mapping of a first set of cells, each cell of the first set of cells having a size defined by a width and a height, and coordinates within the first mapping;

associating the user pose location with a first cell in the first mapping;

transmitting a first audible item to a user interface to output audio associated with the first cell;

updating the user pose location based upon receipt of subsequent user pose data;

transmitting a second audible item associated with the first cell to the user interface to output audio after the user pose location remains associated with the first cell for a threshold period of time; and

magnifying at least the first cell in response to a duration for which the user pose location remains associated with the first cell;

wherein magnifying the first cell comprises increasing at least one of the height and the width of the first cell.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first mapping comprises one or more columns within a range of rotation about the first axis and one or more rows within a range of rotation about the second axis, each row of cells in the first mapping comprising a portion of the range of rotation about the first axis, each column comprising a portion of the range of rotation about the second axis.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the magnifying comprises increasing at least one of the height and the width of the first cell in response to hovering over the first cell.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the magnifying comprises increasing at least one of the height and the width of the first cell in relation to a speed of traversal of the first cell.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving user pose data to awake the user interface from an idle state to the first mapping, wherein the first mapping comprises main menu items associated with the first set of cells, wherein at least one of the first set of cells comprises a drop zone to return the user interface to the idle state.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving data to indicative of a click of a button and, in response, executing a function associated with the first cell at the user pose location.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein executing a function associated with the first cell at the user pose location comprises entering a child mapping associated with the first cell at the user pose location.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising receiving user pose data comprising data indication of rotations about the first axis and the second axis associated with a top zone cell in the child mapping and, in response, entering the first mapping.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving data indicative of pressing and holding a button and, in response, entering a child mapping associated with the first cell at the user pose location.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving data indicative of releasing the button and, in response, executing a function associated with a cell in the child mapping at the user pose location.

11. An apparatus for auditory mapping, the apparatus comprising:

a user interface comprising hardware;

logic coupled with the user interface, wherein the logic comprises;

logic to receive user pose data, the user pose data comprising data indicative of a first rotation about a first axis and a second rotation about a second axis;

logic to associate the user pose data with a user pose location, wherein the user pose location comprises a set of coordinates within a first mapping of a first set of cells, each cell of the first set of cells having a size defined by a width and a height, and coordinates within the first mapping;

logic to associate the user pose location with a first cell in the first mapping;

logic to transmit a first audible item to the user interface to output audio associated with the first cell;

logic to update the user pose location based upon receipt of subsequent user pose data;

logic to transmit a second audible item associated with the first cell to the user interface to output audio after the user pose location remains associated with the first cell for a threshold period of time; and

logic to magnify at least the first cell in response to a duration for which the user pose location remains associated with the first cell;

wherein magnifying the first cell comprises increasing at least one of the height and the width of the first cell.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first mapping comprises one or more columns within a range of rotation about the first axis and one or more rows within a range of rotation about the second axis, each row of cells in the first mapping comprising a portion of the range of rotation about the first axis, each column comprising a portion of the range of rotation about the second axis.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the logic to magnify comprises logic to increase at least one of the height and the width of the first cell in response to hovering over the first cell.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the logic to magnify comprises logic to increase at least one of the height and the width of the first cell in relation to a speed of traversal of the first cell.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein logic to receive user pose data comprises logic to receive user pose data to awake the user interface from an idle state to the first mapping, wherein the first mapping comprises main menu items associated with the first set of cells, wherein at least one of the first set of cells comprises a drop zone to return the user interface to the idle state.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the logic to receive user pose data comprises logic to receive data indicative of a click of a button and, in response, to execute a function associated with the first cell at the user pose location.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the logic to execute a function associated with the first cell at the user pose location comprises logic to enter a child mapping associated with the first cell at the user pose location.

18. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the logic to receive user pose data comprises logic to receive user pose data comprising data indication of rotations about the first axis and the second axis associated with a top zone cell in the child mapping and, in response, to enter the first mapping.

19. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the logic to receive user pose data comprises logic to receive data indicative of pressing and holding a button and, in response, to enter a child mapping associated with the first cell at the user pose location.

20. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the logic to receive user pose data comprises logic to receive data indicative of releasing the button and, in response, to execute a function associated with a cell in the child mapping at the user pose location.

21. A system for auditory mapping, the system comprising:

a wireless transmitter/receiver comprising hardware; and

an auditory mapper coupled with the wireless transmitter/receiver, comprising logic to receive user pose data, the user pose data comprising data indicative of a first rotation about a first axis and a second rotation about a second axis;

to associate the user pose data with a user pose location, wherein the user pose location comprises a set of coordinates within a first mapping of a first set of cells, each cell of the first set of cells having a size defined by a width and a height, and coordinates within the first mapping;

to associate the user pose location with a first cell in the first mapping;

to transmit a first audible item to the user interface to output audio associated with the first cell;

to update the user pose location based upon receipt of subsequent user pose data;

to transmit a second audible item associated with the first cell to the user interface to output audio after the user pose location remains associated with the first cell for a threshold period of time; and

to magnify at least the first cell in response to a duration for which the user pose location remains associated with the first cell;

wherein magnifying the first cell comprises increasing at least one of the height and the width of the first cell.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the apparatus further comprises one or more antennas coupled with the wireless transmitter/receiver and the auditory mapper comprises one or more processors and memory.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the first mapping comprises one or more columns within a range of rotation about the first axis and one or more rows within a range of rotation about the second axis, each row of cells in the first mapping comprising a portion of the range of rotation about the first axis, each column comprising a portion of the range of rotation about the second axis.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein the logic to magnify comprises logic to increase at least one of the height and the width of the first cell in response to hovering over the first cell.

25. The system of claim 21, wherein the logic to magnify comprises logic to increase at least one of the height and the width of the first cell in relation to a speed of traversal of the first cell.

26. The system of claim 21, wherein logic to receive user pose data comprises logic to receive user pose data to awake the user interface from an idle state to the first mapping, wherein the first mapping comprises main menu items associated with the first set of cells, wherein at least one of the first set of cells comprises a drop zone to return the user interface to the idle state.

27. A computer program product for auditory mapping, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer useable medium having a computer useable program code embodied therewith wherein the computer useable medium is not a propagation medium, the computer useable program code comprising;

computer useable program code configured to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving user pose data, the user pose data comprising data indicative of a first rotation about a first axis and a second rotation about a second axis;

associating the user pose data with a user pose location, wherein the user pose location comprises a set of coordinates within a first mapping of a first set of cells, each cell of the first set of cells having a size defined by a width and a height, and coordinates within the first mapping;

associating the user pose location with a first cell in the first mapping;

transmitting a first audible item to a user interface to output audio associated with the first cell;

updating the user pose location based upon receipt of subsequent user pose data;

transmitting a second audible item associated with the first cell to the user interface to output audio after the user pose location remains associated with the first cell for a threshold period of time; and

magnifying at least the first cell in response to a duration for which the user pose location remains associated with the first cell;

wherein magnifying the first cell comprises increasing at least one of the height and the width of the first cell.

28. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the operations further comprise receiving user pose data to awake the user interface from an idle state to the first mapping, wherein the first mapping comprises main menu items associated with the first set of cells, wherein at least one of the first set of cells comprises a drop zone to return the user interface to the idle state.

29. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the operations further comprise receiving data to indicative of a click of a button and, in response, executing a function associated with the first cell at the user pose location.

30. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the operations further comprise receiving data indicative of pressing and holding a button and, in response, entering a child mapping associated with the first cell at the user pose location.