Electronic device for improving cooperation among a plurality of members

• US 10,511,398 B2
• Filed: 06/04/2018
• Issued: 12/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Futoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Warren, David S
• Application Number:
  US15/997,063
• Publication Number:
  US 20180367231A1
• Time in Patent Office: 561 Days
• Field of Search: 84713, 84611, 84612, 84635, 84636, 84651, 84652
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0058 Transmission between separate instruments or between individual components of a musical system G10H1/0083 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/40 Rhythm
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/086 for transcription of raw audio or music data to a displayed or printed staff representation or to displayable MIDI-like note-oriented data, e.g. in pianoroll format
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 3/188 for converting the signal to digital format transmission using a MIDI interface G10H1/0066
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 3/0638 Clock or time synchronisation among nodes; Internode synchronisation synchronization for ring networks H04L12/422; data switching networks with synchronous transmission H04L12/43
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

An electronic device 10 that are wirelessly connected to other electronic devices within a range of a limited communication distance, and the device has a controller CNT that configured to determine at least one of whether or not there are a plurality of members who each have an electronic device within a predetermined range and whether or not a plurality of members who each have an electronic device show a same behavior, and to transmit, if it is determined that there are a plurality of members who each have an electronic device within the predetermined range, or that a plurality of members who each have an electronic device show a same behavior, a request to the plurality of electronic devices to generate rhythm signals at a same tempo to encourage improvement in cooperation among the plurality of members.

Claims

1. An electronic device, said electronic device comprising:

a processor; and

a storage that stores a program executable by the processor,

wherein the processor, under control of the program stored in the storage, performs processing comprising;

presence determining processing to determine whether or not a plurality of members who are each in possession of an electronic device are present within a predetermined range;

behavior determination processing to determine whether or not a plurality of members who are each in possession of an electronic device play a same team sport; and

in response to (i) determining in the presence determination processing that a plurality of members who are each in possession of an electronic device are present within the predetermined range, and (ii) determining in the behavior determination processing that a plurality of members who are each in possession of an electronic device play the same team sport, control processing to request a plurality of electronic devices, each of which is in the possession of one of the plurality of members, to generate rhythm signals at a same tempo to encourage improvement in cooperation among the plurality of members.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein:

the presence determination processing is performed to determine whether or not there is a member who is in possession of an electronic device other than said electronic device within the predetermined range,

the behavior determination processing is performed to determine whether or not a member who is in possession of an electronic device other than said electronic device plays a same team sport as a member who is in possession of said electronic device, and

the control processing is performed to request the electronic device other than said electronic device to generate rhythm signals at the same tempo in response to (i) determining in the presence determination processing that there is a member who is in possession of an electronic device other than said electronic device within the predetermined range, and (ii) determining in the behavior determination processing that the member who is in possession of an electronic device other than said electronic device plays the same team sport as the member who is in possession of said electronic device.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein:

said electronic device comprises a detecting unit that detects a plurality of pieces of environment information including an external force applied to said electronic device, and

the control processing is performed to determine a tempo based on the plurality of pieces of environment information detected by the detecting unit, and to request generation of the rhythm signals at the same tempo.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the environment information includes a position coordinate in a three-dimensional space, an acceleration, an angular velocity, a magnetic field, and a heart rate of a member who is in possession of said electronic device.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the request transmitted in the control processing to request generation of the rhythm signals includes a request to generate at least one of sound, vibration, and light.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein in response to determining that a predetermined length of time has elapsed since a last request to generate rhythm signals at the same tempo was made, the control processing requests generation of rhythm signals of a new tempo different from the same tempo.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the control processing requests generation of rhythm signals of a new tempo different from the same tempo in response to detecting a change in the same team sport.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein:

the same team sport is a team sport in which participants switch between defense and offense, and

the control processing comprises requesting an electronic device to generate rhythm signals at a new tempo different from the same tempo in response to a determination that a time spent on defense is longer than a time spent on offense.

9. A method of rhythm information notification in an electronic device, the method comprising:

determining whether or not a plurality of members who are each in possession of an electronic device are present within a predetermined range;

determining whether or not a plurality of members who are each in possession of an electronic device play a same team sport; and

in response to determining that (i) a plurality of members who are each in possession of an electronic device are present within the predetermined range and (ii) a plurality of members who are each in possession of an electronic device play the same team sport, requesting a plurality of electronic devices, each of which is in possession of one of the plurality of members, to generate rhythm signals at a same tempo to encourage improvement in cooperation among the plurality of members.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program executable by a computer integrated in an electronic device, the program controlling the computer to perform functions comprising:

determining whether or not a plurality of members who are each in possession of an electronic device are present within a predetermined range;

determining whether or not a plurality of members who are each in possession of an electronic device play a same team sport; and

in response to determining (i) that a plurality of members who are each in possession of an electronic device are present within the predetermined range, and (ii) that a plurality of members who are each in possession of an electronic device play the same team sport, requesting a plurality of electronic devices, each of which is in the possession of one of the plurality of members, to generate rhythm signals at a same tempo to encourage improvement in cooperation among the plurality of members.