Dynamic effects processing and communications for wearable devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9939910-B2
Application number	US-201514978822-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2015
Priority date	Dec 22, 2015
Publication date	Apr 10, 2018
Grant date	Apr 10, 2018

Abstract

Processing techniques and device configurations for performing and controlling output effects at a plurality of wearable devices are generally described herein. In an example, a processing technique may include receiving, at a computing device, an indication of a triggering gesture that occurs at a first wearable device, determining an output effect corresponding to the indication of the triggering gesture, and in response to determining the output effect, transmitting commands to computing devices that are respectively associated with a plurality of wearable devices, the commands causing the plurality of wearable devices to generate the output effect at the plurality of wearable devices. In further examples, output effects such as haptic feedback, light output, or sound output, may be performed by the plurality of wearable devices, associated computing devices, or other controllable equipment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computing device comprising:
at least one hardware processor to perform electronic operations that:
decode an indication from a first wearable device, wherein the indication is of a triggering gesture indicated by motion characteristics detected by the first wearable device;
determine an output effect corresponding to the indication of the triggering gesture; and
transmit commands to a plurality of computing devices respectively associated with a plurality of wearable devices, in response to a determination of the output effect, wherein the commands cause the plurality of wearable devices to generate the output effect.

2. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is to perform further electronic operations that:
perform drift compensation on sensor data, to determine the output effect, the sensor data included in the indication from the first wearable device.

3. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is to perform further electronic operations that:
receive a plurality of response signals from the plurality of wearable devices, in response to the commands that cause the plurality of wearable devices to generate the output effect; and
trigger a second output event in response to receipt of the plurality of response signals from a threshold number of the plurality of wearable devices.

4. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is to perform further electronic operations that:
transmit instructions to an effects controller to control one or more of: lights, fireworks, audio, or visual effects.

5. A method, comprising electronic operations, which when performed by circuitry of a computing system, causes the computing system to perform the electronic operations including:
receiving an indication of a triggering gesture occurring with use of a first wearable device, wherein the triggering gesture is indicated by motion characteristics detected by the first wearable device;
determining an output effect corresponding to the indication of the triggering gesture; and
in response to determining the output effect, transmitting commands to a plurality of computing devices respectively associated with a plurality of wearable devices, wherein the commands cause the plurality of wearable devices to generate the output effect.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the indication of the triggering gesture is transmitted from the first wearable device to the computing system using a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connection.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the indication of the triggering gesture is transmitted from the first wearable device to the computing system using a 900 MHz band radio connection.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the indication of the triggering gesture is transmitted from the first wearable device to the computing system using an Ultra-wideband (UWB) connection.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the indication of the triggering gesture is transmitted via two or more of: the BLE connection, the UWB connection, or a 900 MHz band radio connection for redundancy.

10. The method of claim 5 , wherein determining the output effect is performed in response to performing drift compensation on sensor data from the first wearable device, wherein the sensor data is included in the indication of the triggering gesture.

11. The method of claim 5 , wherein the motion characteristics are provided from one or more of: direction measurements, acceleration measurements, rotation measurements, or magnetic field measurements, of the triggering gesture collected in sensor data from the first wearable device.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the triggering gesture is a personalized gesture, the personalized gesture being programmed in the computing system to be specific to a human user of the first wearable device.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the triggering gesture includes one or more of: a downward movement, a horizontal swipe, or a twist movement by a human user of the first wearable device.

14. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
correlating the output effect to a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) note in a musical arrangement; and
changing one or more of volume, pitch, or notation of the MIDI note in the musical arrangement.

15. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
determining that the indication of the triggering gesture corresponds to a MIDI instrument and a MIDI note; and
playing the MIDI note on the MIDI instrument.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
receiving a second indication from a second wearable device;
determining that the second indication corresponds to a second MIDI instrument and a second MIDI note; and
wherein playing the MIDI note includes playing the second MIDI note on the second MIDI instrument.

17. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first wearable device is operated by a first human user, and wherein the plurality of wearable devices are operated by respective users of a plurality of other human users.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first wearable device is a band or bracelet worn by the first human user, and wherein the plurality of wearable devices are bands or bracelets worn by the respective users of the plurality of other human users.

19. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
receiving a plurality of response signals from the plurality of wearable devices, in response to the plurality of wearable devices generating the output effect;
determining a second output effect corresponding to the plurality of response signals; and
triggering a second output event in response to receiving the plurality of response signals from a threshold number of human users of the plurality of wearable devices.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein triggering the second output event includes transmitting instructions to an effects controller to control one or more of: lights, fireworks, audio, or visual effects.

21. The method of claim 5 , wherein the output effect includes one or more of: haptic feedback, light, or sound.

22. At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions for operation of a computing system, which when executed by the computing system, cause the computing system to perform electronic operations comprising:
receive an indication of a triggering gesture from use of a first wearable device, wherein the triggering gesture is indicated by motion characteristics detected by the first wearable device;
determine an output effect corresponding to the indication of the triggering gesture; and
transmit commands to a plurality of computing devices respectively associated with a plurality of wearable devices, in response to a determination of the output effect, wherein the commands cause the plurality of wearable devices to generate the output effect.

23. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 22 , wherein the instructions further cause the computing system to perform electronic operations that:
perform drift compensation on sensor data, to determine the output effect, the sensor data included in the indication from the first wearable device.

24. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 22 , wherein the instructions further cause the computing system to perform electronic operations that:
receive a plurality of response signals from the plurality of wearable devices,

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Shah Saurin
• Sundararajan Narayan
• Goel Manan
• Vogel Brian K
• Blanchard Jason
• Wright Jason
• Krishnamurthy Lakshman
• Kar Swarnendu

Classifications

• G10H1/348

  Switches actuated by parts of the body other than fingers · CPC title

• G10H2240/211

  Wireless transmission, e.g. of music parameters or control data by radio, infrared or ultrasound · CPC title

• G10H1/0008

  Associated control or indicating means · CPC title

• G10H2220/201

  for movement interpretation, i.e. capturing and recognizing a gesture or a specific kind of movement, e.g. to control a musical instrument · CPC title

• G10H2220/321

  Garment sensors, i.e. musical control means with trigger surfaces or joint angle sensors, worn as a garment by the player, e.g. bracelet, intelligent clothing · CPC title