Entertainment device safety system and related methods of use

• US 9,773,163 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2014
• Issued: 09/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Click-It Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Click-It Incorporated
• Inventors: Carey, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Aghevli, Reza
• Application Number:
  US14/542,013
• Publication Number:
  US 20150130934A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,047 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

An entertainment device safety system includes a video camera configured to capture video of an entertainment device and a user of the entertainment device and a video analytic module to perform real-time video processing of the captured video to generate non-video data from video. A computer receives the video and the non-video data from the video camera analyzes the video or the non-video data to determine a user position in relation to the entertainment device. The user position is compared to a user position rule to determine whether the user position violates the user position rule. A notification is transmitted in response to a determination that the user position violates the user position rule.

Claims

1. An entertainment device safety system, comprising:

a video camera configured to capture video of an entertainment device and a user of the entertainment device;

one or more processors; and

one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

perform real-time video processing of the captured video to generate non-video data from the captured video,

receive the video and the non-video data from the video camera,

analyze the video or the non-video data to determine a user position in relation to the entertainment device and to determine a type of the entertainment device,

wherein the one or more memories further store a plurality of rules associated with a plurality of types of entertainment devices, respectively, and the user position rule is one of the plurality of rules,

choose a user position rule based on the type of entertainment device,

compare the user position to the user position rule,

determine whether the user position violates the user position rule, and

transmit a notification in response to a determination that the user position violates the user position rule.

2. The entertainment device safety system of claim 1, wherein the one or more memories further store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

analyze the video or the non-video data to determine a safety device position of a safety device in relation to the entertainment device;

compare the safety device position to a safety device position rule;

determine whether the safety device position violates the safety device position rule; and

transmit a notification in response to a determination that the safety device position violates the safety device position rule.

3. The entertainment device safety system of claim 2, wherein the one or more memories further store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

analyze the video or the non-video data to determine a type of entertainment device; and

choose the safety device position rule based on the type of entertainment device.

4. The entertainment device safety system of claim 3, wherein the safety device position rule is chosen based on a color of the safety device.

5. The entertainment device safety system of claim 4, wherein the safety device includes a fluorescent infra-red pigment.

6. The entertainment device safety system of claim 5, wherein the video camera is configured to capture infra-red images of the safety device.

7. The entertainment device safety system of claim 1, wherein the user position rule includes at least one of an aspect ratio, an absolute height, absolute width, or a weighted centroid.

8. The entertainment device safety system of claim 1, wherein the one or more memories further store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a position from the entertainment device.

9. The entertainment device safety system of claim 2, wherein the one or more memories further store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to cease operation of the entertainment device if it is determined that the safety device position violates the safety device position rule.

10. The entertainment device safety system of claim 2, wherein the one or more memories further store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to activate a visual indicator if it is determined that the safety device position violates the safety device position rule.

11. An entertainment device safety method, comprising:

capturing video of an entertainment device and a user of the entertainment device;

performing real-time video processing of the captured video to generate non-video data from the captured video;

analyzing the video or the non-video data to determine a user position in relation to the entertainment device and to determine a type of the entertainment device;

storing a plurality of rules associated with a plurality of types of entertainment devices, respectively, wherein the user position rule is one of the plurality of rules;

choosing a user position rule based on the type of entertainment device;

comparing the user position to the user position rule;

determining whether the user position violates the user position rule; and

transmitting a notification in response to a determination that the user position violates the user position rule.

12. The entertainment device safety method of claim 11, further comprising:

analyzing the video or the non-video data to determine a safety device position of a safety device in relation to the entertainment device;

comparing the safety device position to a safety device position rule;

determining whether the safety device position violates the safety device position rule; and

transmitting a notification in response to a determination that the safety device position violates the safety device position rule.

13. The entertainment device safety method of claim 12, further comprising:

analyzing the video or the non-video data to determine a type of entertainment device; and

choosing the safety device position rule based on the type of entertainment device.