System and method for augmenting a second item with a presentation of features at a first item

• US 9,635,157 B2
• Filed: 07/10/2014
• Issued: 04/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Boogli, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Boogli, Inc.
• Inventors: Rice, Todd
• Primary Examiner(s): Crawford, Jacinta M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cofino, Jonathan M
• Application Number:
  US14/327,804
• Publication Number:
  US 20150195397A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,020 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/48 specially adapted for particular use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60

Abstract

In some implementations, features of a character represented by a second item may be provided at a first item to augment the second item. In an implementation, a connection between the first item and the second item may be detected. The second item may comprise one or more physical components that represent a set of features of the character. First information associated with the character may be obtained in response to the detection of the connection. A presentation of one or more features of the character may be provided at the first item based on the first information.

Claims

1. A first item for providing, at the first item, features of a character to augment the character, the first item comprising:

one or more physical processors programmed with one or more computer program instructions which, when executed, cause the one or more physical processors to;

detect a connection between the first item and the character, wherein the character includes a body having one or more physical features, the connection between the first item and the character including a power connection between the first item and the character, with the power connection being detected in response to the first item being powered or charged via the character;

obtain first information associated with the character in response to the detection of the power connection; and

provide, at the first item, based on the first information, a presentation of one or more augmented features of the character, wherein the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character augments the character, and wherein the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character augments at least one aspect of the one or more physical features of the character;

wherein the character includes a mounting component that extends away from the body of the character, the mounting component configured to externally hold the first item in place relative to the character;

wherein the first information includes a unique identifier associated with the character, the character pre-programmed with the unique identifier; and

wherein the one or more physical processors are further caused to;

obtain second information associated with the character based on the unique identifier, the second information including information related to the one or more physical features, wherein presenting the one or more augmented features includes presenting, at the first item, the one or more augmented features based on the second information.

2. The first item of claim 1, wherein the one or more augmented features of the character further comprises at least one of:

(i) an additional feature of the character that is not represented by the one or more physical features of the character;

or (ii) an alternative feature of the character to a feature of the one or more physical features of the character.

3. The first item of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical processors are further caused to:

provide, at the first item, a presentation of a media item that is different than the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character; and

modify the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character to reflect the presentation of the media item.

4. The first item of claim 3, wherein modifying the presentation of the one or more augmented features comprises:

modify the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character at multiple times to reflect the presentation of the media item at each of the multiple times such that;

(i) at a first time during the presentation of the media item, the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character includes a presentation of a first set of characteristics of the one or more augmented features of the character; and

(ii) at a second time during the presentation of the media item, the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character includes a second set of characteristics of the one or more augmented features of the character, wherein the second set of characteristics is different than the first set of characteristics.

5. The first item of claim 4, wherein the one or more physical processors are further caused to:

capture, at the first item, an utterance of a user, wherein the media item includes the utterance;

wherein providing the presentation of the media item includes providing, at the first item, a playback of the utterance, and

wherein modifying the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character includes;

providing, at the first item, the presentation of the first set of characteristics at the first time such that at least one characteristic of the first set of characteristics corresponds to a first voice characteristic of a first portion of the utterance that is played back at the first time; and

providing, at the first item, the presentation of the second set of characteristics at the second time such that at least one characteristic of the second set of characteristics corresponds to a second voice characteristic of a second portion of the utterance that is played back at the second time.

6. The first item of claim 5, wherein the first voice characteristic comprises at least one of a first pitch characteristic, a first tone characteristic, a first intonation characteristic, or a first volume characteristic, and wherein the second voice characteristic comprises at least one of a second pitch characteristic, a second tone characteristic, a second intonation characteristic, or a second volume characteristic.

7. The first item of claim 4, wherein the media item comprises at least one of audio content, graphic content, or video content.

8. The first item of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical processors are further caused to:

detect an utterance of a user, wherein a first portion of the utterance is detected at a first time, and a second portion of the utterance is detected at a second time; and

modify the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character to reflect the utterance of the user, wherein modifying the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character comprises;

providing, at the first item, a presentation of a first set of characteristics of the one or more augmented features of the character at the first time such that at least one characteristic of the first set of characteristics corresponds to a first voice characteristic of the first portion of the utterance that is detected at the first time; and

providing, at the first item, a presentation of a second set of characteristics of the one or more augmented features of the character at the second time such that at least one characteristic of the second set of characteristics corresponds to a second voice characteristic of the second portion of the utterance that is detected at the second time.

9. The first item of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical processors are further caused to:

detect an action of a user; and

modify the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character such that the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character gives an appearance of the character reacting to the action of the user.

10. The first item of claim 9, wherein modifying the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character gives at least one of:

(i) an appearance that the action of the user physically affected the character;

(ii) an appearance that the action of the user mentally affected the character;

or (iii) an appearance that the action of the user emotionally affected the character.

11. The first item of claim 10, wherein the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character gives the appearance that the action of the user physically affected the character.

12. The first item of claim 10, wherein the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character gives the appearance that the action of the user emotionally affected the character.

13. The first item of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical processors are further caused to:

determine at least one of a current date or a current time; and

modify the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character to reflect at least one of the current date or the current time.

14. The first item of claim 13, wherein modifying the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character gives at least one of:

(i) an appearance that at least one of the current date or the current time has a physical effect on the character;

(ii) an appearance that at least one of the current date or the current time has a mental effect on the character;

or (iii) an appearance that at least one of the current date or the current time has an emotional effect on the character.

15. The first item of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical features include one or more anatomical features, and wherein providing the presentation of the one or more augmented features includes providing, at the first item, a presentation of one or more augmented anatomical features based on the first information.

16. The first item of claim 15, wherein the one or more anatomical features include one or more facial features, and wherein providing the presentation of the one or more augmented anatomical features includes providing, at the first item, a presentation of one or more augmented facial features based on the first information.

17. The first item of claim 16, wherein the first information includes song information;

and

wherein during playback of the song at the first item, a presentation of a mouth of the character at the first item is modified to reflect music beats and vocals of the song, with the mouth presented at the first item closed and moving to sounds of the music beats of the song when no vocals are playing in the song.

18. A method of providing, at a first item, features of a character to augment the character, the method being implemented by a computer system that includes one or more physical processors executing one or more computer program instructions which, when executed, perform the method, the method comprising:

detecting, by the computer system, a connection between the first item and the character, wherein the character includes a body having one or more physical features, the connection between the first item and the character including a power connection between the first item and the character, with the power connection being detected in response to the first item being powered or charged via the character;

obtaining, by the computer system, first information associated with the character in response to the detection of the power connection; and

providing, by the computer system, based on the first information, a presentation of one or more augmented features of the character at the first item, wherein the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character augments the character, and wherein the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character augments at least one aspect of the one or more physical features of the character;

wherein the character includes a mounting component that extends away from the body of the character, the mounting component configured to externally hold the first item in place relative to the character;

wherein the first information includes a unique identifier associated with the character, the character pre-programmed with the unique identifier; and

wherein the method further includes;

obtaining, by the computer system, second information associated with the character based on the unique identifier, the second information including information related to the one or more physical features, wherein presenting the one or more augmented features includes presenting, at the first item, the one or more augmented features based on the second information.

19. A system for providing, at a first item, features of a character to augment the character, the system comprising:

one or more physical processors programmed with one or more computer program instructions which, when executed, cause the one or more physical processors to;

receive, from a first item, a request for information related to one or more physical features of a body of the character in response to a detection of a connection between the first item and the character, the connection between the first item and the character including a power connection between the first item and the character, with the power connection being detected in response to the first item being powered or charged via the character;

obtain the information related to the physical features of the character in response to the receipt of the request; and

provide, to the first item, the information related to the physical features of the character to enable a presentation of one or more augmented features of the character at the first item, wherein the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character augments the character, and wherein the presentation of the one or more augmented features of the character augments at least one aspect of the one or more physical features of the character;

wherein the character includes a mounting component that extends away from the body of the character, the mounting component configured to externally hold the first item in place relative to the character;

wherein the first information includes a unique identifier associated with the character, the character pre-programmed with the unique identifier; and

wherein the one or more physical processors are further caused to;

obtain second information associated with the character based on the unique identifier, the second information including information related to the one or more physical features, wherein presenting the one or more augmented features includes presenting, at the first item, the one or more augmented features based on the second information.