Networked applications including haptic feedback
    51.
    发明申请
    Networked applications including haptic feedback 有权
    网络应用程序,包括触觉反馈

    公开(公告)号:US20070279392A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-12-06

    申请号:US10615927

    申请日:2003-07-10

    IPC分类号: G06F3/041

    摘要: Method and apparatus for providing peer-to-peer force feedback over a computer network. A network force feedback system includes a network, a first computer coupled to the network, and a second computer coupled to the network. The first and second computers each include a visual display and a force feedback interface device. Each computer provides a force feedback signal to its force feedback device based on information received from the other, remote computer and in some cases also based on input from the local force feedback device. Positional information of each force feedback device and/or feel sensation information can be transmitted between the computers over the network. A graphical environment can be displayed to enhance the interaction between users. The present invention therefore permits two computer users to interact using force feedback provided over a network on a peer-to-peer basis.

    摘要翻译: 通过计算机网络提供点对点力反馈的方法和装置。 网络力反馈系统包括网络,耦合到网络的第一计算机和耦合到网络的第二计算机。 第一和第二计算机各自包括视觉显示器和力反馈接口设备。 每个计算机基于从另一个远程计算机接收的信息向其力反馈装置提供力反馈信号,并且在一些情况下还基于来自局部力反馈装置的输入提供力反馈信号。 每个力反馈装置的位置信息和/或感觉信息可以通过网络在计算机之间传输。 可以显示图形环境以增强用户之间的交互。 因此,本发明允许两个计算机用户在对等的基础上使用通过网络提供的力反馈进行交互。

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPATIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA-PLAYLISTS
    52.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPATIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA-PLAYLISTS 审中-公开
    空间和环境媒体播放列表的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20070233743A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-10-04

    申请号:US11762017

    申请日:2007-06-12

    申请人: Louis Rosenberg

    发明人: Louis Rosenberg

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30

    摘要: A system is disclosed for selecting musical media files from a plurality of available musical media files for play to a user based at least in part upon a current location of the user. In an embodiment, a spatial media server stores a set of geospatial playlists, each of which is associated with at least one designated location or area within the physical world. A processor implements a spatial media selection application configured to select a particular geospatial playlist from the set of geospatial playlists based on a current location of a portable electronic device of the user. In an embodiment, the spatial media selection application selects the particular geospatial playlist from the set of geospatial playlists based also on a current environmental condition proximal to the electronic device. An automated selection process is then used to select and play a particular media file from the selected geospatial playlist. The automated selection process may include a weighted random selection routine.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于至少部分地基于用户的当前位置从多个可用音乐媒体文件中选择音乐媒体文件以播放用户的系统。 在一个实施例中,空间媒体服务器存储一组地理空间播放列表,每个地理空间播放列表与物理世界中的至少一个指定位置或区域相关联。 处理器实现空间媒体选择应用,其被配置为基于用户的便携式电子设备的当前位置从该组地理空间播放列表中选择特定的地理空间播放列表。 在一个实施例中,空间媒体选择应用还基于靠近电子设备的当前环境条件,从一组地理空间播放列表中选择特定的地理空间播放列表。 然后,使用自动选择过程从所选择的地理空间播放列表中选择和播放特定的媒体文件。 自动选择过程可以包括加权随机选择例程。

    MULTIPLAYER GAMING USING GPS-ENABLED PORTABLE GAMING DEVICES
    54.
    发明申请
    MULTIPLAYER GAMING USING GPS-ENABLED PORTABLE GAMING DEVICES 审中-公开
    多玩家游戏使用GPS启用便携式游戏设备

    公开(公告)号:US20070190494A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-08-16

    申请号:US11697704

    申请日:2007-04-06

    申请人: Louis Rosenberg

    发明人: Louis Rosenberg

    摘要: A method of providing a mobile gaming experience to a group of users of portable computing devices within a predefined spatial area. Positional data and orientational data from each of the portable computing devices is received and stored in a tracking database. Position and orientation sensors local for a first portable computing device are read to determine a current location and a current targeting vector for the first portable computing device. A targeting area within a real physical world is determined based on the current location and the current targeting vector. A determination is made regarding whether the first portable computing device scores a hit on a second portable computing device within the targeting area.

    摘要翻译: 一种向预定空间区域内的便携式计算设备的一组用户提供移动游戏体验的方法。 来自每个便携式计算设备的位置数据和取向数据被接收并存储在跟踪数据库中。 读取第一便携式计算设备本地的位置和方位传感器以确定第一便携式计算设备的当前位置和当前的定向向量。 根据当前位置和当前的定位向量确定真实物理世界中的目标区域。 确定第一便携式计算设备是否在目标区域内的第二便携式计算设备上得分。

    AMBIENT SOUND RESPONSIVE MEDIA PLAYER
    55.
    发明申请
    AMBIENT SOUND RESPONSIVE MEDIA PLAYER 审中-公开
    环绕声响的媒体播放器

    公开(公告)号:US20070189544A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-08-16

    申请号:US11697706

    申请日:2007-04-07

    申请人: Louis Rosenberg

    发明人: Louis Rosenberg

    IPC分类号: H03G3/20 H03G3/00

    摘要: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a method of adjusting an output of a media player comprising capturing an ambient audio signal; processing the ambient audio signal to determine whether one or more characteristic forms are present within the ambient audio signal; and reducing an output of a media player from a first volume to a second volume if the one or more characteristic forms are present within the ambient audio signal. The characteristic forms may be, for example, a name or personal identifier of a user of the media player, the voice of a user of the media player, or an alarm or siren.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的一些实施例提供了一种调节媒体播放器的输出的方法,包括捕获环境音频信号; 处理环境音频信号以确定环境音频信号内是否存在一个或多个特征形式; 以及如果所述一个或多个特征形式存在于所述环境音频信号内,则将媒体播放器的输出从第一音量减小到第二音量。 特征形式可以是例如媒体播放器的用户的姓名或个人标识符,媒体播放器的用户的声音,或警报器或警报器。

    System, Method and Computer Program Product for Intelligent Groupwise Media Selection
    56.
    发明申请
    System, Method and Computer Program Product for Intelligent Groupwise Media Selection 审中-公开
    智能分组媒体选择的系统,方法和计算机程序产品

    公开(公告)号:US20070156676A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-07-05

    申请号:US11676298

    申请日:2007-02-18

    申请人: Louis Rosenberg

    发明人: Louis Rosenberg

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30 G11B21/08

    摘要: A system, method, and computer program product is provided which enables a media player to automatically select and play one or more media files from among a plurality of available media files to a group of users such that each of the members of the group are likely to be partial towards the automatically selected media file. In an exemplary embodiment, the media player may be configured to automatically select the media file from the plurality of available media files in dependence on media exposure history data and/or media taste preference data of associated with each of the users in the group of users. In another exemplary embodiment, the media exposure history data and/or the media taste preference data associated with each user may be retrievably stored in a portable information device on the person of the user. In another exemplary embodiment the media exposure history data and/or the media taste preference data associated with each user may be retrievably stored in a third party server and indexed with respect to a unique user identifier stored in a portable information device on the person of the user.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种系统,方法和计算机程序产品,其使得媒体播放器能够自动地从多个可用媒体文件中选择并播放一个或多个媒体文件到一组用户,使得该组的每个成员都可能 偏向于自动选择的媒体文件。 在示例性实施例中,媒体播放器可以被配置为根据与用户组中的每个用户相关联的媒体曝光历史数据和/或媒体品味偏好数据,从多个可用媒体文件中自动选择媒体文件 。 在另一个示例性实施例中,与每个用户相关联的媒体曝光历史数据和/或媒体品味偏好数据可被可检索地存储在用户的人的便携式信息设备中。 在另一个示例性实施例中,与每个用户相关联的媒体曝光历史数据和/或媒体品味偏好数据可以被可检索地存储在第三方服务器中,并针对存储在便携式信息设备中的唯一用户标识符 用户。

    Providing force feedback to a user of an interface device based on interactions of a user-controlled cursor in a graphical user interface
    57.
    发明申请
    Providing force feedback to a user of an interface device based on interactions of a user-controlled cursor in a graphical user interface 有权
    基于用户控制的光标在图形用户界面中的交互,向接口设备的用户提供力反馈

    公开(公告)号:US20070139375A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-06-21

    申请号:US11703322

    申请日:2007-02-06

    IPC分类号: G09G5/08

    摘要: A method and apparatus for providing force feedback to a user operating a human/computer interface device in conjunction with a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed by a host computer system. A physical object, such as a joystick or a mouse, controls a graphical object, such as a cursor, within the GUI. The GUI allows the user to interface with operating system functions implemented by the computer system. A signal is output from the host computer to the interface device to apply a force sensation to the physical object using one or more actuators. This desired force sensation is associated with at least one of the graphical objects and operating system functions of the graphical user interface and is determined by a location of the cursor in the GUI with respect to targets that are associated with the graphical objects. The graphical objects include icons, windows, pull-down menus and menu items, scroll bars (“sliders”), and buttons. The force sensation assists the user to select a desired operating system function or physically informs the user of the graphical objects encountered by the cursor within the GUI. A microprocessor local to the interface apparatus and separate from the host computer can be used to control forces on the physical object.

    摘要翻译: 结合由主计算机系统显示的图形用户界面(GUI)向操作人/计算机接口设备的用户提供力反馈的方法和装置。 诸如操纵杆或鼠标的物理对象在GUI内控制诸如光标的图形对象。 GUI允许用户与由计算机系统实现的操作系统功能接口。 信号从主计算机输出到接口装置,以使用一个或多个致动器对物理对象施加力感。 该期望的力感觉与图形用户界面的至少一个图形对象和操作系统功能相关联,并且由GUI中的游标相对于与图形对象相关联的目标的位置确定。 图形对象包括图标,窗口,下拉菜单和菜单项,滚动条(“滑块”)和按钮。 力感觉帮助用户选择所需的操作系统功能,或物理地通知用户GUI内遇到的图形对象。 可以使用接口设备本地并与主机分离的微处理器来控制物理对象上的力。

    BIMODAL USER INTERFACE PARADIGM FOR TOUCH SCREEN DEVICES
    58.
    发明申请
    BIMODAL USER INTERFACE PARADIGM FOR TOUCH SCREEN DEVICES 审中-公开
    用于触摸屏设备的双向用户界面

    公开(公告)号:US20070097096A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-03

    申请号:US11626353

    申请日:2007-01-23

    申请人: Louis Rosenberg

    发明人: Louis Rosenberg

    IPC分类号: G09G5/00

    摘要: A touch screen device provides bi-modal user interaction. The touch screen device includes (a) a touch screen interface, (b) a detector to detect an area of finger interaction with the touch screen surface, and (c) a processor. The processor determines, based on at least one of a size, a shape, and an orientation of the detected area of finger interaction, whether a current finger interaction is of one of: a finger-tip interaction type and a finger-pad interaction type. The processor also selects and implements, based on a determined interaction type, one of two different targeting modes, including a first targeting mode selected and implemented in response to a determined finger-tip interaction type and a second targeting mode selected and implemented in response to a determined finger-pad interaction type. In a preferred embodiment, the first targeting mode is direct-targeting mode and the second targeting mode is an offset-targeting mode.

    摘要翻译: 触摸屏设备提供双模式用户交互。 触摸屏设备包括(a)触摸屏界面,(b)检测手指与触摸屏表面交互的区域的检测器,以及(c)处理器。 处理器基于手指交互的检测区域的大小,形状和取向中的至少一个来确定当前手指交互是否是以下之一:手指尖交互类型和指垫交互类型 。 处理器还基于确定的交互类型来选择和实现两种不同的定位模式之一,包括响应于所确定的指尖交互类型选择和实现的第一定位模式,以及响应于所选择和实现的第二定位模式 确定的指垫交互类型。 在优选实施例中,第一定位模式是直接定向模式,而第二定位模式是偏移定位模式。

    Force feedback device including coupling device
    60.
    发明申请
    Force feedback device including coupling device 审中-公开
    力反馈装置包括联轴器

    公开(公告)号:US20060267932A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-11-30

    申请号:US11499426

    申请日:2006-08-04

    IPC分类号: G09G5/00

    摘要: A method and apparatus which includes a manipulandum that is movable in at least one degree of freedom. A sensor which is configured to sense motion of the manipulandum provides a locative signal to a first processor. A coupling device is coupled to the manipulandum and a first component. The coupling device is configured to allow the manipulandum to freely move a first distance with respect to the first component. An actuator coupled to the first component and configured to output force feedback to the first component in response to receiving a force signal from the first processor, whereby the force feedback to the first component causes resistance to movement of the manipulandum when the manipulandum moves beyond the first distance.

    摘要翻译: 一种包括可在至少一个自由度上移动的操纵的方法和装置。 被配置为感测操纵的运动的传感器向第一处理器提供定位信号。 耦合装置耦合到操纵和第一部件。 联接装置被配置为允许操纵部分相对于第一部件自由移动第一距离。 耦合到所述第一部件并且被配置为响应于接收到来自所述第一处理器的力信号而将力反馈输出到所述第一部件的致动器,由此当所述操纵杆移动超过所述第一部件的力反馈到所述第一部件时, 第一距离