Method for guiding controller to move to within recognizable range of multimedia apparatus, the multimedia apparatus, and target tracking apparatus thereof
First Claim
1. A method for guiding a user of a controller of a multimedia apparatus to move within an angle-of-view range of a camera connected to the multimedia apparatus, comprising:
- determining, using the camera, whether a target is within the angle-of-view range of the camera; and
if it is determined that the target is not within the angle-of-view range;
acquiring sensor information generated by a sensor included in the controller, the sensing information indicating movements of the controller corresponding to the target;
estimating the location of the controller corresponding to the target based on the sensor information; and
outputting, by the multimedia apparatus, guidance information based on the estimated location of the controller to guide the target to move within the angle-of-view range of the camera,wherein the sensor information is generated outside the angle-of-view range of the camera,wherein the multimedia apparatus is configured to determine a movement of the target within the angle-of-view range of the camera as an input of the multimedia apparatus using the camera.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for guiding a subject back within the recognizable visual range of a multimedia system are described. According to one of the described methods, when it is determined that the target has left the recognizable range of the multimedia system, sensor information is acquired from a portable electronic device (or controller) the user has been using to control the multimedia system, and the acquired sensor information is used to determine where the user is, relative to the recognizable range. In one example, the user is asked to make a gesture with the portable electronic device, and the sensor information concerning that gesture is used to determine the user'"'"'s relative location. In another example, the sensor information recorded at the time the user left the recognizable range is used to determine the user'"'"'s relative location.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for guiding a user of a controller of a multimedia apparatus to move within an angle-of-view range of a camera connected to the multimedia apparatus, comprising:
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determining, using the camera, whether a target is within the angle-of-view range of the camera; and if it is determined that the target is not within the angle-of-view range; acquiring sensor information generated by a sensor included in the controller, the sensing information indicating movements of the controller corresponding to the target; estimating the location of the controller corresponding to the target based on the sensor information; and outputting, by the multimedia apparatus, guidance information based on the estimated location of the controller to guide the target to move within the angle-of-view range of the camera, wherein the sensor information is generated outside the angle-of-view range of the camera, wherein the multimedia apparatus is configured to determine a movement of the target within the angle-of-view range of the camera as an input of the multimedia apparatus using the camera. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A multimedia apparatus for guiding a user of a controller of the multimedia apparatus to move within an angle-of-view range of a camera connected to the multimedia apparatus, comprising:
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a display; and a processor configured to; determine, using the camera, whether a target is within the angle-of-view range of the camera, acquire sensor information generated by a sensor included in the controller, the sensing information indicating movements of the controller corresponding to the target when no target is detected within the angle-of-view range of the camera, estimate the location of the controller corresponding to the target using the sensor information of the controller, and output, using the display, guidance information based on the estimated location of the controller to guide the target to move within the angle-of-view range of the camera, wherein the sensor information is generated outside the angle-of-view range of the camera, wherein the processor is further configured to determine a movement of the target within the angle-of-view range of the camera as an input of the multimedia apparatus using the camera. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a short-range communication unit configured to transmit short-range communication signals; at least one sensor configured to acquire information concerning at least one of orientation, movement, and location of the portable electronic device; and at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having program instructions recorded thereon, the program instructions configured to have the portable electronic device perform the steps of; receiving, via the short-range communication unit, a request from a multimedia system for sensor information corresponding to a user of the portable electronic device when the user of the portable electronic device is outside an angle-of-view range of the multimedia system; and transmitting, via the short-range communication unit, the requested sensor information to the multimedia system, the multimedia system subsequently using the received sensor information to determine which direction outside its angle-of-view visual range the user is in, wherein the sensor information is generated outside the angle-of-view range of the multimedia system, wherein a movement of the user is determined as an input of the multimedia system within the angle-of-view range of the multimedia system. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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