Method and system for 3D online sports athletics

• US 10,471,301 B2
• Filed: 11/04/2016
• Issued: 11/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Pico Technology Co., Ltd (Qingdao PICO Technology Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Beijing Pico Technology Co., Ltd (Qingdao PICO Technology Company Limited)
• Inventors: Yang, Xiangchen, Liu, Kai
• Primary Examiner(s): Liddle, Jay Trent
• Application Number:
  US15/344,344
• Publication Number:
  US 20170296872A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,103 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0025 Tracking the path or location of one or more users, e.g. players of a game
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0028 Tracking the path of an object, e.g. a ball inside a soccer pitch
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0021 Tracking a path or terminating locations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0084 Exercising apparatus with means for competitions, e.g. virtual races
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/212 using sensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat or leg activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/25 Output arrangements for video game devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/5255 according to dedicated instructions from a player, e.g. using a secondary joystick to rotate the camera around a player's character
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• 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 3/033 Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A system for 3D online sports athletics includes: a cloud server and several head-mounted devices, wherein each of the head-mounted devices is paired with an intelligent terminal having a step counting function. A 3D scene virtualizing unit virtualizing a 3D online sports athletics scene to display the virtualized objects of all the head-mounted device users. A wirelessly connecting unit wirelessly connecting the intelligent terminal that it is paired with and the cloud server. A processing unit acquiring step counting data of the intelligent terminal and uploading the step counting data to the cloud server, and acquiring the step counting data of other head-mounted devices from the cloud server, driving the 3D scene virtualizing unit to display online the step counting data of each of the head-mounted device users in its 3D online running athletics scene, to realize sports athletics where a plurality of persons are simultaneously online.

Claims

1. A system for 3D online sports athletics, comprises:

a cloud server and several head-mounted devices having a virtual reality function, wherein each of the head-mounted devices is paired with an intelligent terminal having a step counting function, and each of the head-mounted devices is assigned a unique ID in the cloud server, and is under centralized management by the cloud server;

the several head-mounted devices comprise one master head-mounted device, and other head-mounted devices than the master head-mounted device are slave head-mounted devices;

the master head-mounted device is configured to, at starting of the sports athletics, determine slave head-mounted devices that participate in the sports athletics, and send IDs of all the head-mounted devices that participate in the sports athletics and a preset competition rule to the cloud server, wherein the competition rule comprises sports scene, time and distance;

each of the head-mounted devices comprises a 3D scene virtualizing unit, a wirelessly connecting unit and a processing unit;

the 3D scene virtualizing unit is configured to, at the starting of the sports athletics, virtualize a 3D online sports athletics scene to display virtualized objects of all head-mounted device users that participate in the sports athletics;

the wirelessly connecting unit is configured to, during the sports athletics, wirelessly connect the intelligent terminal that it is paired with and the cloud server; and

the processing unit is configured to acquire, via the wirelessly connecting unit, in real time, step counting data of the intelligent terminal that it is paired with, upload in real time the acquired step counting data to the cloud server, and acquire the step counting data of other head-mounted devices from the cloud server; and

drive the 3D scene virtualizing unit to display online the step counting data of each of the head-mounted device users in its 3D online sports athletics scene, to realize sports athletics where a plurality of persons are simultaneously online.

2. The system for 3D online sports athletics according to claim 1, wherein,

each of the head-mounted devices maintains a friend list therein, and the master head-mounted device is specifically configured to send an invitation to head-mounted devices that are in the friend list in the master head-mounted device and determine slave head-mounted device users that participate in the sports athletics;

and/or, each of the head-mounted devices comprises a positioning unit, and the master head-mounted device is specifically configured to, according to position information that is positioned by the positioning unit in the master head-mounted device, send an invitation to nearby head-mounted devices and determine slave head-mounted device users that participate in the sports athletics.

3. The system for 3D online sports athletics according to claim 1, wherein each of the head-mounted devices further comprises a microphone for picking up a voice command;

each of the head-mounted devices is further configured to convert the voice command picked up by the microphone in the master head-mounted device into a digital voice command, and send the digital voice command to the cloud server; and

the cloud server is configured to, according to the received digital voice command, select a corresponding animation effect from an animation effect library stored in itself and send the corresponding animation effect to each of the head-mounted devices that participate in the sports athletics; and

each of the head-mounted devices is configured to display the animation effect in its 3D online sports athletics scene according to the animation effect sent by the cloud server.

4. The system for 3D online sports athletics according to claim 1, wherein the cloud server is further configured to, during the sports athletics, according to the step counting data uploaded in real time by each of the head-mounted devices that participate in the sports athletics, rank athletics results online and send the ranked results to each of the head-mounted devices that participate in the sports athletics, and after the sports athletics is finished, save the athletics results as historical data;

and

each of the head-mounted devices is configured to display the ranked results in its 3D online sports athletics scene according to the ranked results sent by the cloud server.

5. A method for 3D online sports athletics, comprises:

providing a cloud server and several head-mounted devices having a virtual reality function, wherein each of the head-mounted devices is paired with an intelligent terminal having a step counting function, each of the head-mounted devices is assigned a unique ID in the cloud server and is under centralized management by the cloud server, the several head-mounted devices comprise one master head-mounted device, and other head-mounted devices than the master head-mounted device are slave head-mounted devices;

at starting of the sports athletics, by the head-mounted device, determining slave head-mounted devices that participate in the sports athletics, and sending IDs of all the head-mounted devices that participate in the sports athletics and a preset competition rule to the cloud server, wherein the competition rule comprises sports scene, time and distance;

at the starting of the sports athletics, by the master head-mounted device and the slave head-mounted devices, virtualizing a 3D online sports athletics scene to display virtualized objects of all head-mounted device users that participate in the sports athletics;

during the sports athletics, by each of the head-mounted devices, establishing a wireless connection with the intelligent terminal that it is paired with, and a wireless connection with the cloud server;

acquiring in real time step counting data of the intelligent terminal that it is paired with, uploading in real time the acquired step counting data to the cloud server, and acquiring the step counting data of other head-mounted devices from the cloud server; and

displaying online the step counting data of each of the head-mounted device users in its 3D online sports athletics scene, to realize sports athletics where a plurality of persons are simultaneously online.

6. The method for 3D online sports athletics according to claim 5, wherein the step that the master head-mounted device determines slave head-mounted devices that participate in the sports athletics comprises:

by the master head-mounted device, sending an invitation to head-mounted devices that are in its friend list and determining slave head-mounted devices that participate in the sports athletics;

and/or,

by the master head-mounted device, according to its position information, sending an invitation to nearby head-mounted devices and determining slave head-mounted devices that participate in the sports athletics.

7. The method for 3D online sports athletics according to claim 5, wherein a microphone is provided on each of the head-mounted devices, and the method further comprises:

by the master head-mounted device, utilizing the microphone to pick up a voice command of its user, and converting the voice command into a digital voice command and sending the digital voice command to the cloud server;

by the cloud server, according to the received digital voice command, selecting a corresponding animation effect from an animation effect library stored in itself and sending the corresponding animation effect to each of the head-mounted devices that participate in the sports athletics; and

by each of the head-mounted devices, displaying the animation effect in its 3D online sports athletics scene according to the animation effect sent by the cloud server.

8. The method for 3D online sports athletics according to claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

during the sports athletics, by the cloud server, according to the step counting data uploaded in real time by each of the head-mounted devices that participate in the sports athletics, ranking athletics results online and sending the ranked results to each of the head-mounted devices that participate in the sports athletics, and after the sports athletics is finished, saving the athletics results as historical data; and

by each of the head-mounted devices, displaying the ranked results in its 3D online sports athletics scene according to the ranked results sent by the cloud server.