LIGHTING FOR VIDEO GAMES
    22.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180236354A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-23

    申请号:US15752286

    申请日:2016-08-01

    摘要: A lighting controller for controlling illumination emitted by one or more luminaires to accompany a video game. When a first event occurs during gameplay, the controller receives an indication of an identified type of the first event from amongst a set of predefined event types, and based on this controls the illumination to produce a first lighting effect to accompany the first event during the gameplay phase. When a second event of the same type occurs in a non-gameplay phase of the video game, the controller receives an indication of this also. Based on identifying that the events are the same type, but that the video game is in the non-gameplay phase rather than the gameplay phase, the controller controls the illumination to produce a second lighting effect to accompany the occurrence of the second event during the non-gameplay phase, this effect being visibly distinct from the first lighting effect.

    RF TRACKING WITH ACTIVE SENSORY FEEDBACK
    28.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170372524A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-28

    申请号:US15687779

    申请日:2017-08-28

    发明人: Edward L. Hill

    摘要: A system includes a wireless device having a radio frequency (RF) receiver, an RF transmitter, and means for producing sensory feedback to a user of the wireless device. A position-tracking system includes at least three antennae. The position-tracking system computes a multi-dimensional position of the wireless device using triangulation or trilateration based on time of arrival information from radio signals transmitted by the RF transmitter of the wireless device and received by each of the at least three antennae. A processor receives the multi-dimensional position of the wireless device determined by the position-tracking system, correlates the multi-dimensional position to a point of interest registered with an interactive software program that produces a virtual reality environment, and generates, in response to the multi-dimensional position correlated with the registered point of interest, data configured to activate the sensory feedback producing means of the wireless device.

    GAME CONTROLLER
    29.
    发明申请
    GAME CONTROLLER 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20170354871A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-14

    申请号:US15422785

    申请日:2017-02-02

    发明人: Takanori OKAMURA

    IPC分类号: A63F13/24 A63F13/28

    CPC分类号: A63F13/24 A63F13/25 A63F13/28

    摘要: An example of a game controller includes a key top of an operation button, a tubular light-guiding portion surrounding a periphery of the key top, a light-shielding portion surrounding a periphery of the light-guiding portion, an elastic member placed immediately below the key top and configured to allow light to pass therethrough, a switch placed below the elastic member, and an LED. The key top and the light-guiding portion are exposed through a surface of a housing of the game controller. Light from the LED is incident on the light-guiding portion and guided to a surface of the housing through the inside of the light-guiding portion. The light-guiding portion is surrounded by the light-shielding portion, and therefore, light does not come out to the periphery of the light-guiding portion. Consequently, it is possible to cause the periphery of the operation button to emit light in a ring-shaped manner.