Location graph adapted video games

• US 9,630,110 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2013
• Issued: 04/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Kruglick, Ezekiel
• Primary Examiner(s): Deodhar, Omkar
• Assistant Examiner(s): HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N
• Application Number:
  US14/353,238
• Publication Number:
  US 20150231503A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,310 Days
• Field of Search: 463 31
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/216 using geographical information, e.g. location of the game device or player using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/65 automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/003 Navigation within 3D models or images
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

Abstract

Technologies related to location graph adapted video games are generally described. In some examples, location graphs may be generated for received environment inputs, such as received three dimensional (3D) models of environments. Video games may be adapted to generated location graphs, such as by placing video game content at nodes of location graphs. Video game and/or user parameters may be accommodated when adapting video games to location graphs.

Claims

1. A method to adapt a video game to a received environment input, the method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, an environment input that comprises at least multidimensional environment information;

generating, by the computing device, a location graph that represents the received environment input, wherein the generated location graph comprises at least;

nodes that correspond to locations within the received environment input, and connections, between the nodes, that correspond to pathways between the locations within the received environment input; and

adapting, by the computing device, the video game to the generated location graph, wherein adapting the video game comprises;

matching the generated location graph with a preexisting video game location graph; and

generating, by the computing device, the adapted video game that comprises video game content associated with one or more nodes, or connections in the preexisting video game location graph, at corresponding nodes or connections of the generated location graph and within a multidimensional environment defined by the at least multidimensional environment information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the received environment input comprises;

a three dimensional (3D) model of an environment;

or

an environment scan that comprises images of the environment; and

the method further comprises constructing the 3D model of the environment from the received environment input.

3. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer executable instructions executable by a processor, the instructions, in response to execution by the processor, implement an adaptation system that adapts video games to received environment inputs, and which cause the processor to:

receive an environment input that comprises at least multidimensional environment information;

generate a location graph that represents the received environment input, wherein the generated location graph comprises at least;

nodes that correspond to locations within the received environment input, and connections, between the nodes, that correspond to pathways between the locations within the received environment input; and

adapt a video game to the generated location graph, wherein the instructions which cause the processor to adapt the video game comprise;

instructions to match the generated location graph with a preexisting video game location graph; and

instructions to generate the adapted video game that comprises video game content associated with one or more nodes, or connections in the preexisting video game location graph, at corresponding nodes or connections of the generated location graph and within a multidimensional environment defined by the at least multidimensional environment information.

4. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein:

the received environment input comprises;

a three dimensional (3D) model of an environment;

or

an environment scan that comprises images of the environment; and

the non-transitory computer readable storage medium further comprises instructions which cause the processor to construct the 3D model of the environment from the images of the environment.

5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the instructions which cause the processor to construct the 3D model of the environment from the images of the environment comprise instructions which cause the processor to perform image recognition on the images of the environment to identify room dimensions and/or doorways.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the instructions which cause the processor to construct the 3D model of the environment from the images of the environment comprise instructions which cause the processor to perform image recognition on the images of the environment to identify objects within the environment.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the instructions which cause the processor to adapt the video game comprise instructions which cause the processor to replace and/or modify objects identified by the image recognition.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein the adapted video game comprises an augmented reality video game in which the video game content is encountered within the adapted video game as a user physically changes position and/or orientation within an environment that corresponds to the received environment input.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein the received environment input comprises data that corresponds to rooms in a building, wherein one or more of the locations within the received environment input comprise a room in the building, and wherein one or more of the pathways between the locations comprise a doorway between the rooms in the building.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein the received environment input comprises one or more of location trace data or motion data.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3, further comprising:

instructions which cause the processor to receive one or more user parameters to adapt the video game to the location graph, wherein the one or more user parameters comprise one or more of;

a time of use parameter that marks a location within the received environment input as available for use in the adapted video game during a specified time of use;

or

a content type parameter that designates an allowed or a disallowed video game content type within a location within the received environment input; and

instructions which cause the processor to apply the received one or more user parameters when adapting the video game to the generated location graph.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3, further comprising instructions which cause the processor to share the adapted video game with one or more authorized users.

13. A computing system configured to provide location graph adapted video games, the computing system comprising:

a processor;

a memory; and

an adaptation system to adapt video games stored in the memory and executable by the processor, wherein the adaptation system is configured to;

receive an environment input comprising at least multidimensional environment information;

generate a location graph representing the received environment input, wherein the generated location graph comprises at least;

nodes that correspond to locations within the received environment input, and connections, between the nodes, that correspond to pathways between the locations within the received environment input; and

adapt a video game to the generated location graph, wherein to adapt the video game, the adaptation system is configured to;

match the generated location graph with a preexisting video game location graph; and

generate the adapted video game that comprises video game content associated with one or more nodes, or connections in the preexisting video game location graph, at corresponding nodes or connections of the generated location graph and within a multidimensional environment defined by the at least multidimensional environment information.

14. The computing system of claim 13, wherein:

the received environment input comprises;

a three dimensional (3D) model of an environment;

or

an environment scan that comprises images of the environment; and

the adaptation system is further configured to construct the 3D model of the environment from the images of the environment.

15. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the adaptation system is configured to construct the 3D model of the environment from the received environment input by performance of image recognition on the images of the environment to identify room dimensions and/or doorways.

16. The computing system of claim 14, wherein the adaptation system is configured to perform the image recognition on the images of the environment to identify objects within the environment.

17. The computing system of claim 16, wherein the adaptation system is further configured to replace and/or modify objects identified by the image recognition.

18. The computing system of claim 13, wherein the adapted video game comprises an augmented reality video game in which the video game content is encountered within the adapted video game as a user physically changes position and/or orientation within an environment that corresponds to the received environment input.

19. The computing system of claim 13, wherein the received environment input comprises data that corresponds to rooms in a building, wherein one or more of the locations within the received environment input comprise a room in the building, and wherein one or more of the pathways between the locations comprise a doorway between the rooms in the building.

20. The computing system of claim 13, wherein the received environment input comprises one or more of location trace data or motion data.

21. The computing system of claim 13, wherein the adaptation system is further configured to:

receive one or more user parameters to adapt the video game to the location graph, wherein the one or more user parameters comprise one or more of;

a time of use parameter that marks a location within the received environment input as available for use in the adapted video game during a specified time of use;

or

a content type parameter that designates an allowed or a disallowed video game content type within a location within the received environment input; and

apply the received one or more user parameters while the video game is being adapted to the generated location graph.

22. The computing system of claim 13, wherein the adapted video game is adapted for workplace training.

23. The computing system of claim 13, wherein the adaptation system is further configured to share the adapted video game with one or more authorized users.

24. The computing system of claim 13, wherein the adaptation system is configured to generate the location graph at least in part by:

display of an automatically generated location graph in a user interface (UI) adapted to edit the generated location graph; and

application of location graph modifications received via the UI.