Interactive entertainment system and method of operation thereof
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsDavid A. Eves, Richard S. Cole
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Abstract
An interactive entertainment system comprises a plurality of devices providing an ambient environment, gesture detection means for detecting a gesture of a user, and control means for receiving an output from the gesture detection means and for communicating with at least one device. The control means is arranged to derive from the output a location in the ambient environment and to change the operation of one or more devices in the determined location, according to the output of the gesture detection means.
Claims13
1-14. (canceled)
An interactive entertainment system comprising a plurality of devices (12) providing an ambient environment, gesture detection means (16) for detecting a gesture of a user (14), and control means (18) for receiving an output from the gesture detection means (16) and for communicating with at least one device (12), the control means (18) arranged to derive from the output a location in the ambient environment and to change the operation of one or more devices (12) in the determined location, according to the output of the gesture detection means (16), wherein a device (12) is arranged to render an event in a defined location and the control means (18) is arranged to ascertain whether the defined location matches the location derived from the output of the gesture detection means (16).
A method of operating an interactive entertainment system comprising operating a plurality of devices (12) to provide an ambient environment, rendering an event in a defined location, detecting a gesture of a user (14), determining a location in the ambient environment, ascertaining whether the defined location matches the determined location and changing the operation of one or more devices (12) in the determined location, according to the detected gesture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.