Electronic devices in local interactions between users

• US 8,970,489 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2014
• Issued: 03/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Smoot, Lanny, Mkrtchyan, Armen, Mazzocco, Leonard J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kassa, Yosef
• Application Number:
  US14/303,501
• Publication Number:
  US 20140292651A1
• Time in Patent Office: 264 Days
• Field of Search: 382/103, 382/282, 382/291, 345/173, 345/205
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/20 Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16

Abstract

In one implementation, a method includes detecting, using a processor, user input through a camera lens. The method further includes determining, using the processor, that an identity of a user, selected from identities of at least two users, is associated with the user input. The method also includes tracking, using the processor, a local interaction between the at least two users based on at least the identity, the user input, and stored rules that govern the local interaction. The tracking can include determining whether the user has complied with the stored rules that govern the local interaction. Furthermore, the local interaction can include a multiplayer game.

Claims

1. A system for interaction with a user using one or more objects, the system comprising:

a computer including;

a processor,

a display; and

a camera lens;

a vision adaptor for placement on the camera lens, the vision adaptor configured to obtain a user input and provide the user input to the camera lens, wherein the user input uses the one or more objects;

wherein the processor is configured to;

detect the user input obtained by the vision adaptor and provided by the vision adaptor to the camera lens;

perform an action utilizing the display, in response to detecting the user input.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the vision adaptor includes a mirror directing the user input to the camera lens.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the user input is provided by moving the one or more objects.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein detecting includes recognizing a color of the one or more objects.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein detecting includes recognizing a shape of the one or more objects.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein detecting includes recognizing an orientation of the one or more objects.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein detecting comprises recognizing a visual indicia on the one or more objects.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the vision adaptor is attachable to the computer.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the vision adaptor changes a field of view of the camera lens.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more objects are configured to transmit data, and wherein the processor is further configured to receive the data transmitted by the one or more objects.

11. A method for use by a computer having a processor, a display and a camera lens, and a vision adaptor placed on the camera lens for interaction with a user using one or more objects, the method comprising:

detecting, using the processor, a user input obtained by the vision adaptor and provided by the vision adaptor to the camera lens, wherein the user input uses the one or more objects;

performing, using the processor, an action utilizing the display, in response to the detecting of the user input.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the vision adaptor includes a mirror directing the user input to the camera lens.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the user input is provided by moving the one or more objects.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the detecting includes recognizing a color of the one or more objects.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the detecting includes recognizing a shape of the one or more objects.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the detecting includes recognizing an orientation of the one or more objects.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the detecting comprises recognizing a visual indicia on the one or more objects.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the one or more objects are configured to transmit data, and wherein the method further comprises receiving, using the processor, the data transmitted by the one or more objects.

19. A system comprising:

a mobile computing device including;

a processor,

a display; and

a camera lens;

a game board;

a support for supporting a placement of the mobile computing device above the game . board, such that the game board is in a field of view of the camera lens of the mobile computing device;

wherein the processor is configured to;

detect a user input through the camera lens;

perform an action utilizing the display, in response to detecting the user input.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the user input is provided by moving one or more objects.