Device and method for conditionally transmitting data

• US 8,922,368 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2010
• Issued: 12/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: MMD Hong Kong Holding Limited
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Grasso, Marc Henri Antoine Marie
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehmood, Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): ALAM, MIRZA F
• Application Number:
  US13/501,152
• Publication Number:
  US 20120206262A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,539 Days
• Field of Search: 340/540, 340/546, 340/407.1, 340/545.5, 340/545.2, 340/547, 340/428, 340/538.15, 340/539.11, 340/539.23, 345/158, 345/502, 345/503, 345/504, 345/1.1, 345/156, 345/173, 455/569.1, 455/423, 455/456.3, 455/414, 455/12.1, 455/456, 455/412.1, 455/556.1, 455/502, 455/41.2, 709/318, 709/228
• US Class Current: 340/540
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/323 between game devices with different hardware characteristics, e.g. hand-held game devices connectable to game consoles or arcade machines
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/428 involving motion or position input signals, e.g. signals representing the rotation of an input controller or a player's arm motions sensed by accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/73 Authorising game programs or game devices, e.g. checking authenticity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/77 involving data related to game devices or game servers, e.g. configuration data, software version or amount of memory
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/79 involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1031 using a wireless connection, e.g. Bluetooth, infrared connections
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/105 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/208 for storing personal settings or data of the player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/405 being a wireless ad hoc network, e.g. Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Pico net
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6045 for mapping control signals received from the input arrangement into game commands
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883

Abstract

The device (31) of the invention comprises a receiver (33) for receiving from a further device (41) an identifier identifying a person in the vicinity of the device, warning means (35) for providing a warning signal to a user of the device and a transmitter (37) for transmitting data to said further device. The device further comprises a controller (39) for performing the method of the invention. The device is operative to instruct said warning means (35) to provide a warning signal in dependence on the identified person, to use a gesture detector (43) for detecting a specific gesture by said user from among a plurality of gestures in response to the warning signal and to instruct said transmitter to transmit said data to said further device upon detection of said specific gesture, wherein said data depends on said specific gesture. The computer program product of the invention enables a programmable device to perform the method of the invention.

Claims

1. A device for conditionally transmitting data, the device comprising:

a receiver for receiving from a further device an identifier identifying a person in the vicinity of the device;

a warning unit for providing a warning signal to a user of the device;

a transmitter for transmitting data to said further device; and

a controller for instructing said warning unit to provide a warning signal in dependence on the identified person, for using a gesture detector for detecting a specific gesture by said user from among a plurality of gestures in response to the warning signal, and for instructing said transmitter to transmit said data to said further device upon detection of said specific gesture, said data depending on said specific gesture.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device comprises a bracelet or a watch.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further operative to determine that a specific action in a game has been performed upon detection of said specific gesture.

4. The device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the controller is operative to determine that a specific action in a game has been performed if said further device is within a certain distance of the device upon detection of said specific gesture.

5. The device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the controller is operative to instruct said transmitter to transmit data identifying said action or identifying a result of said action.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is operative to instruct said transmitter to transmit a certain type of data, the certain type depending on said specific gesture.

7. The device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said type of data comprises one of elaborate personal information, limited personal information, music preferences and pictures.

8. A method of conditionally transmitting data, the method comprising:

receiving an identifier identifying a person in the vicinity of a device from a further device;

providing a warning signal to a user of the device in dependence on the identified person;

detecting a specific gesture by said user from among a plurality of gestures in response to the warning signal; and

transmitting data to said further device upon detection of said specific gesture, said data depending on said specific gesture.

9. A non-transitory computer program product having instructions stored therein which when executed cause a processing device to perform the method of claim 8.