Gaming System, Kit, and Method for Enabling Interactive Play

    公开(公告)号:US20180071621A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-15

    申请号:US15265642

    申请日:2016-09-14

    摘要: A gaming system, kit and attendant methodology provide users with overlapping real-virtual world interactive play. The gaming kit outfits and enables a user's smart phone or tablet type computer to enable virtual gaming upon the visual display thereof. A user-operable control device separate from the computer includes circuitry housing and signal-transmitting circuitry housed within the circuitry housing. The user-operable control device generates and transmits virtual object control signals enabled via the signal-transmitting circuitry. A signal-communicating mechanism receives virtual object control signals from the control device and communicates the virtual object control signals to the user's computer. A computer-implementable gaming application is deployable via the computer for providing a controllable and visually displayed virtual object upon the electronic visual display. The virtual object is virtually controllable in a gaming environment by way of the control signals sent from the user-operable control device and communicated to the computer via the signal-communicating mechanism.

    Interactive game system with an HMD and a ground pad

    公开(公告)号:US09901816B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-27

    申请号:US15195599

    申请日:2016-06-28

    申请人: HTC Corporation

    摘要: An interactive game system is provided. The interactive game system includes a head-mounted device (HMD), a game suit, a battery and a ground pad. The HMD executes a virtual reality program and displays video information of the virtual reality program to a user. The game suit is worn by the user and connected to the HMD. The game suit includes wireless sensors. The battery provides power to the HMD. The ground pad includes wireless charging devices arranged in a matrix to provide power. When the wireless charging device detects an approaching wireless sensor, the position information of the wireless charging device is transmitted to the approaching wireless sensor and a signal indicating whether the battery needs to be charged is transmitted to the wireless charging device. If the battery needs to be charged, the wireless charging device charges the battery via the approaching wireless sensor.

    CONTROLLER LANYARD SYSTEM
    46.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170368450A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-28

    申请号:US15190862

    申请日:2016-06-23

    申请人: Larry Lamb

    发明人: Larry Lamb

    IPC分类号: A63F13/24

    CPC分类号: A63F13/24 A63F13/98

    摘要: Supported two handed controllers usable with video games are disclosed that include a controller body with a back, a front, a lanyard and a joining structure. The joining structures may attach to the controller body at a body joining point near the controller body center of gravity and near a controller symmetry plane such that the controller body is able to freely hang from the lanyard by the joining structure with the controller back above the controller front and with the controller at a distance from the user that is comfortable for both play and short term retention when not actively engaged in play.

    MODULAR ACCESSORY FOR VIDEO GAMING
    47.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170354889A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-14

    申请号:US15177642

    申请日:2016-06-09

    IPC分类号: A63F13/65 A63F13/98 A63F13/24

    摘要: Systems and method for using a modular game accessory to play a video game. A smart toy is presented that can be reconfigured by the player on the fly while playing the video game by adding and removing modules. When the smart toy is reconfigured, the capabilities of the player's in-game avatar are modified accordingly. In this way, the smart toy exists as a hybrid of a physical toy and video game avatar. Modules for modifying the smart toy can represent components and crew of the vehicle represented by the smart toy, and different modules can offer different capabilities to the in-game avatar.

    Multi-device gaming interface
    50.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09808725B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-07

    申请号:US15366636

    申请日:2016-12-01

    摘要: An electronic device may be configured to present a user interface via which a user can select from a plurality of commands associated with a particular video game. In response to a selection of one of the plurality of commands, the electronic device may transmit the selected one of the plurality of commands to a user interface device. The selected command may cause said user interface device to transmit a corresponding one or more simulated user inputs to a game console. The selection of the command may occur automatically in response to detection, by audio processing circuitry, of an occurrence of the particular audio clip in an audio signal output by the game console.