Managing states of a gesture recognition device and an interactive casing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12299204-B2
Application number	US-202117547443-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 10, 2021
Priority date	Sep 6, 2019
Publication date	May 13, 2025
Grant date	May 13, 2025

Abstract

Provided is a system that includes an interactive casing and a GR device. The interactive casing receives a first signal based on activation of a masked electrical switch by release of a magnetic assertion when a lid member of an interactive casing is disengaged from a base member of the interactive casing. A first system state of the interactive casing is converted to a second system state. Audio-visual feedback is generated and a second signal is communicated to the GR device based on the conversion. Based on the received second signal, a first device state of the GR device is converted to a second device state. Power levels of a first power storage device of the interactive casing and a second power storage device of the GR device are maintained during the first system state and the first device state, respectively.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a memory for storing instructions; and
a first processor for executing the instructions to perform a method, the method comprising:
receiving a first signal based on an activation of a masked electrical switch by release of a magnetic assertion when a lid member of an interactive casing is disengaged from a base member of the interactive casing;
converting a first system state of the interactive casing to a second system state upon receipt of the first signal;
generating audio-visual feedback to provide a first-time user experience based on the conversion to the second system state from the first system state; and
communicating a second signal to a gesture-recognition (GR) device based on the conversion to the second system state from the first system state,
wherein, based on the received second signal, a first device state of the GR device is converted to a second device state, and
wherein power levels of a first power storage device of the interactive casing and a second power storage device of the GR device are maintained during the first system state and the first device state, respectively.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the GR device is a wireless interactive wand or a smart wand configured to communicate wirelessly via a radio frequency (RF) or an infrared (IR) communication mode with the interactive casing and/or an external electronic device by utilizing power generated by the second power storage device.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first processor is controlled by a state of a magnetic assertion signal connected to an optional inverting of a first set of transistors to minimize a first current leakage from the first power storage device when the interactive casing is in the first system state,
wherein a second processor is connected to and controlled by a power line signal of the first processor to minimize a second current leakage from the second power storage device when the GR device is in the first device state, and
wherein the first system state and the first device state correspond to a ship mode state.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprising enabling, by the first processor, a system power-on sequence when the interactive casing is in the second system state,
wherein a second processor is further configured to enable a device power-on sequence when the GR device is in the second device state, and
wherein the second system state and the second device state correspond to a wake-up state.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein a top surface of the base member of the interactive casing comprises a longitudinal cavity,
wherein boundary line of the longitudinal cavity is based on contours of the GR device, and
wherein the longitudinal cavity is adapted to removably secure the GR device.

6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the top surface of the base member of the interactive casing further comprises a flat portion under which the masked electrical switch and additional electrical components are masked.

7. The system according to claim 5 , wherein a bottom surface of the lid member, that engages with the top surface of the base member of the interactive casing, comprises a magnetic component, and
wherein a detection of a magnetic-field induced by the magnetic component asserts or de-asserts the masked electrical switch when the lid member is engaged or disengaged from the base member.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the conversion of the first system state to the second system state and a back conversion from the second system state to the first system state corresponds to a state cycle of the interactive casing, and
wherein the conversion of the first device state to the second device state and a back conversion from the second device state to the first device state corresponds to a device cycle of the GR device.

9. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the method further comprising terminating, by the first processor, the state cycle of the interactive casing based on a detection of an established first communication channel between the interactive casing and an external device when the interactive casing is in the second system state, and/or another establishment of a second communication channel between the GR device and the external device when the GR device is in the second device state, and
wherein the termination of the state cycle prevents the back conversion from the second system state to the first system state.

10. The system according to claim 8 , wherein a device cycle timer of the GR device is delayed or reset by a second processor based on a detection of a first movement of the GR device and/or a second movement of a user handling the GR device.

11. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprising converting, by the first processor, the second system state to the first system state based on a detection of an unestablished first communication channel between the interactive casing and an external device and/or another unestablished second communication channel between the GR device and the external device over a pre-defined time period.

12. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprising converting, by the first processor, the second system state to the first system state based on a detection of a zero first movement of the GR device and/or a zero second movement of a user handling the GR device over a pre-defined time period.

13. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprising converting, by the first processor, the second system state to the first system state based on an assertion of the masked electrical switch in the interactive casing via a presence of a magnetic-field induced by a magnetic component in the lid member over a pre-defined time period.

14. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the conversion of the first system state and the first device state to the second system state and the second device state, respectively, is independent of a touch assertion by a user on the GR device.

15. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first power storage device of the interactive casing and the second power storage device of the GR device correspond to non-removable rechargeable batteries.

16. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprising communicating, by the first processor, the second signal to a second processor of the GR device, via the first processor of the interactive casing,
wherein, based on the second signal, the first device state of the GR device is converted to the second device state by the second processor.

17. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprising communicating, by the first processor, the second signal to a second processor of the GR device,
wherein, based on an instruction from the first processor in response to the receipt of the second signal, the first device state of the GR device is converted to the second device state by a second processor during a wake state or a full power-on state.

18. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprising transmitting, by the first processor, a power signal to a second processor of the GR device via one of a physical power transfer mechanism or a wireless power transfer mechanism.

19. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a first processor of an interactive casing, a first signal based on an activation of a masked electrical swit

Assignees

• Warner Bros Entertainment Inc

Inventors

• Nocon Nathan
• Goslin Michael
• Hsu Jonathan

Classifications

• H05B47/19

  via wireless transmission · CPC title

• H05B47/1975

  Gesture control · CPC title

• H05B47/1965

  using handheld communication devices · CPC title

• G06F3/0346

  with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a three-dimensional [3D] space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors · CPC title

• G06F3/0304

  Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means (constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042) · CPC title