Interactive system with movement sensing capability

• US 20060256076A1
• Filed: 07/27/2005
• Published: 11/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Cheng, Yu-Hung, Liou, Shun-Nan, Lu, Ying-Ko, Chen, Yung-Yu, Tsai, Ming-Jye, Huang, Hsiang-Yu
• Application Number:
  US11/190,133
• Publication Number:
  US 20060256076A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• 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 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors

Abstract

An interactive system with movement sensing capability, comprising: an inertial sensing unit disposed on a movable object so as to sense a movement of the movable object and generate a corresponding signal; a control unit connected to the inertial sensing unit so as to transmit the signal; and a multi-media unit receiving the signal so as to display a corresponding first image and a second image interacted with the first image.

Claims

1. An interactive system with movement sensing capability, comprising:

an inertial sensing unit disposed on a movable object so as to sense a movement of said movable object and generate a corresponding signal;

a control unit connected to said inertial sensing unit so as to transmit said signal; and

a multi-media unit receiving said signal so as to display a corresponding first image and a second image interacted with said first image.

2. The interactive system with movement sensing capability as recited in claim 1, wherein said control unit comprises a signal transformer and a signal transmission module, said signal transformer being electrically connected to said inertial sensing unit and said signal transmission module so as to receive and process said signal generated by said inertial sensing unit.

3. The interactive system with movement sensing capability as recited in claim 1, wherein said multi-media unit generates and displays said first image on a display.

4. The interactive system with movement sensing capability as recited in claim 3, wherein said display is one selected from a group comprising a computer, a television, a cell phone, a personal digital assistant, and a projector.

5. The interactive system with movement sensing capability as recited in claim 1, wherein said control unit transmits said signal by wireless transmission.

6. The interactive system with movement sensing capability as recited in claim 1, wherein said movable object is a human body.

7. The interactive system with movement sensing capability as recited in claim 1, wherein said inertial sensing unit comprises at least a single-axis inertial sensor.

8. The interactive system with movement sensing capability as recited in claim 1, wherein said inertial sensing unit comprises at least a multi-axis inertial sensor.

9. The interactive system with movement sensing capability as recited in claim 1, wherein said inertial sensing unit comprises at least a single-axis inertial sensor and a multi-axis inertial sensor.

10. The interactive system with movement sensing capability as recited in claim 1, wherein said inertial sensing unit comprises at least an accelerometer.

11. The interactive system with movement sensing capability as recited in claim 1, wherein said inertial sensing unit comprises at least a gyroscope.

12. The interactive system with movement sensing capability as recited in claim 1, wherein said inertial sensing unit comprises at least an accelerometer and a gyroscope.

13. The interactive system with movement sensing capability as recited in claim 1, further comprising a micro power generator capable of transforming kinetic energy of said movable object into electricity, said micro power generator being connected to a power supply so as to provide electricity for said inertial sensing unit and said control unit.

14. The interactive system with movement sensing capability as recited in claim 1, wherein said signal is an acceleration signal of said movable object.

15. The interactive system with movement sensing capability as recited in claim 1, wherein said signal is an angular velocity signal of said movable object.

16. The interactive system with movement sensing capability as recited in claim 1, wherein said signal is an acceleration signal and an angular velocity signal of said movable object.

17. The interactive system with movement sensing capability as recited in claim 1, wherein said multi-media unit is one selected from a group comprising a game media, a large-size game station and a personal computer.