Smart watch and motion gaming system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9989924-B2
Application number	US-201615255070-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 1, 2016
Priority date	Mar 19, 2015
Publication date	Jun 5, 2018
Grant date	Jun 5, 2018

Abstract

A smart watch and motion gaming system are disclosed. The smart watch interacts with the motion-controlled game apparatus, and includes a controller, and a geomagnetic field sensor, a gravity sensor, a gyroscope, and a data transmission circuit, which are electrically connected to the controller. The geomagnetic field sensor detects an orientation of the smart watch and acquires the orientation data. The gravity sensor detects an inclination condition of the smart watch and acquires the inclination data. The gyroscope detects a rate of rotation of the smart watch to acquire the rotation rate data. The controller runs at least one of the geomagnetic field sensor, the gravity sensor, and the gyroscope in response to the user's selection, and accordingly collect the sensing data. The data transmission circuit transmits the collected sensing data to the motion-controlled game apparatus.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A smart watch used to interact with a motion-controlled game apparatus, comprising a controller, and a geomagnetic field sensor, a gravity sensor, a gyroscope, and a data transmission circuit, which are respectively electrically connected to the controller; wherein
the geomagnetic field sensor is configured to detect an orientation of the smart watch and acquire corresponding orientation data of the smart watch;
the gravity sensor is configured to detect an inclination condition of the smart watch and acquire corresponding inclination data of the smart watch;
the gyroscope is configured to detect a rate of rotation of the smart watch and acquire corresponding rotation rate data of the smart watch;
the controller is configured to run at least one of the geomagnetic field sensor, the gravity sensor, and the gyroscope in response to a user's selection, and accordingly collect at least one-axis data of the at least one of the orientation data, the inclination data and the rotation rate data; and
the data transmission circuit is configured to combine the collected at least one-axis data in an order of the orientation data, the inclination data and the rotation rate data which are implemented in sequence, and transmit the combined data to the motion-controlled game apparatus, which identifies a corresponding action based on the sensing data, wherein the data transmission circuit is a BLUETOOTH circuit, which transmits the combined data to the motion-controlled game apparatus using BLUETOOTH 4.0 HIDS communication protocol.

2. The smart watch according to claim 1 , wherein the gravity sensor and the gyroscope are integrated into one single sensor.

3. The smart watch according to claim 2 , wherein the single sensor is an accelerometer/gyroscope 6-axis sensor.

4. The smart watch according to claim 1 , further comprising a power management circuit configured to provide power management, and charge and discharge management.

5. The smart watch according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is electrically connected to the geomagnetic field sensor, the gravity sensor, the gyroscope, and the data transmission circuit via an I 2 C interface.

6. The smart watch according to claim 1 , wherein the smart watch further provide functionalities comprising call, messaging, playback of audio and video files, FM radio, and photography.

7. A smart watch used to interact with a motion-controlled game apparatus, comprising a controller, and a geomagnetic field sensor, a gravity sensor, a gyroscope, and a data transmission circuit, which are respectively electrically connected to the controller; wherein
the geomagnetic field sensor is configured to detect an orientation of the smart watch and acquire corresponding orientation data of the smart watch;
the gravity sensor is configured to detect an inclination condition of the smart watch and acquire corresponding inclination data of the smart watch;
the gyroscope is configured to detect a rate of rotation of the smart watch and acquire corresponding rotation rate data of the smart watch;
the controller is configured to run at least one of the geomagnetic field sensor, the gravity sensor, and the gyroscope in response to a user's selection, and accordingly collect at least one-axis data of the at least one of the orientation data, the inclination data and the rotation rate data; and
the data transmission circuit is configured to combine the collected at least one-axis data in an order of the orientation data, the inclination data and the rotation rate data which are implemented in sequence, and transmit the combined data to the motion-controlled game apparatus, which identifies a corresponding action based on the combined data.

8. The smart watch according to claim 7 , wherein the data transmission circuit is a BLUETOOTH circuit, which uses BLUETOOTH 4.0 HIDS communication protocol to transmit the combined data to the motion-controlled game apparatus.

9. The smart watch according to claim 7 , wherein the gravity sensor and the gyroscope are integrated into one single sensor.

10. The smart watch according to claim 9 , wherein the single sensor is an accelerometer/gyroscope 6-axis sensor.

11. The smart watch according to claim 7 , further comprising a power management circuit configured to provide power management, and charge and discharge management.

12. The smart watch according to claim 7 , wherein the controller is electrically connected to the geomagnetic field sensor, the gravity sensor, the gyroscope, and the data transmission circuit via an I 2 C interface.

13. The smart watch according to claim 7 , wherein the smart watch further provide functionalities comprising call, messaging, playback of audio and video files, FM radio, and photography.

14. A motion gaming system, comprising a smart watch and a motion-controlled game apparatus; wherein
the smart watch is configured to interact with the motion-controlled game apparatus, and comprises a controller, and a geomagnetic field sensor, a gravity sensor, a gyroscope, and a data transmission circuit, which are respectively electrically connected to the controller; wherein
the geomagnetic field sensor is configured to detect an orientation of the smart watch and acquire corresponding orientation data of the smart watch;
the gravity sensor is configured to detect an inclination condition of the smart watch and acquire corresponding inclination data of the smart watch;
the gyroscope is configured to detect a rate of rotation of the smart watch and acquire corresponding rotation rate data of the smart watch;
the controller is configured to run at least one of the geomagnetic field sensor, the gravity sensor, and the gyroscope in response to a user's selection, and accordingly collect at least one-axis data of the at least one of the orientation data, the inclination data and the rotation rate data;
the data transmission circuit is configured to combine the collected at least one-axis data in an order of the orientation data, the inclination data and the rotation rate data which are implemented in sequence, and transmit the combined data to the motion-controlled game apparatus; and
the motion-controlled game apparatus is configured to identify a corresponding action based on the combined data.

15. The motion gaming system according to claim 14 , wherein the data transmission circuit is a BLUETOOTH circuit, which uses BLUETOOTH 4.0 HIDS communication protocol to transmit the combined data to the motion-controlled game apparatus.

16. The motion gaming system according to claim 14 , wherein the gravity sensor and the gyroscope are integrated into one single sensor.

17. The motion gaming system according to claim 16 , wherein the single sensor is an accelerometer/gyroscope 6-axis sensor.

18. The motion gaming system according to claim 14 , wherein the motion-controlled game apparatus comprises one of smart television, smart phone, and tablet computer.

Assignees

• Jrd Communication Inc

Inventors

• Huang Yanfeng

Classifications

• A63F13/211 Primary

  using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes · CPC title

• Y02D70/144

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y02D70/26

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• A63F13/235

  using a wireless connection, e.g. infrared or piconet · CPC title

• G01C21/08

  involving use of the magnetic field of the earth · CPC title