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US 9,317,110 B2Granted
Game with hand motion control
AssigneeCfph, LLC
InventorsHoward W. Lutnick, Dean P. Alderucci, Geoffrey M. Gelman
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Abstract
In various embodiments, the motion of a wristband is used to control games.
Claims28
An apparatus comprising:
- a band formed into a loop, the loop dimensioned and having a closure designed to allow the band to be carried on a human body, and having affixed thereto for consolidated unitary motion with a part of the human body on which the band is carried:
- a power source;
- a motion sensor;
- an electromagnetic transmitter/receiver;
- at least one of an audio speaker and/or a haptics transducer;
- and
- a processor, the processor being programmed to:
- receive signals from the motion sensor that indicate a position of the band and to encode position information and to issue signals that encode gaming commands to a gambling game for regulated gaming play for value on a gaming device over the electromagnetic transmitter/receiver to a gaming device,
- drive the audio speaker and/or haptics transducer to provide information to the human, the information regarding the gambling game's response to the commands;
- receive a first electronic signal from the motion sensor;
- determine a first command for the gambling game based on the first electronic signal;
- transmit the first command to the electromagnetic transmitter;
- and
- direct the electromagnetic transmitter to transmit the first command to the gaming device.
11 more elements
An apparatus comprising:
- a gaming device having:
- a display screen, a processor, a wireless receiver/transmitter;
- and
- first and second light sources mounted to be visible in a gaming region near the gaming device, the first and second light sources configured to emit light of first and second characteristics different from each other, and being spaced far enough from each other to permit angular resolution of line of sight between them in the gaming region;
- a band formed into a loop, the loop dimensioned and having a closure designed to allow the band to be carried on a human body, the band having affixed thereto for consolidated unitary motion with a part of the human body on which the band is carried:
- a power source, an electromagnetic transmitter/receiver designed to communicate with the gaming device's wireless receiver/transmitter, an optical sensor, and a processor attached to the band;
- the processor being programmed to receive signals from the optical sensor and to resolve images of the two light sources into position information of the optical sensor relative to the two light sources, and to encode that position information into gaming commands and issue signals over the band's receiver/transmitter to the gaming device.
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A method, comprising the steps of:
- by a processor, receiving signals from a motion sensor of a human-mounted apparatus, the human-mounted apparatus being affixed to a human player, the human-mounted apparatus having a power source, the motion sensor, an electromagnetic receiver/transmitter, at least one of an audio speaker and/or a haptics transducer, and the processor, all conjoined for consolidated unitary motion with a part of the human body on which the apparatus is affixed;
- by the processor, transforming the received motion sensor signals for transmission over the electromagnetic transmitter/receiver to a gaming device to command activity of a regulated gambling game for value, the gambling game being executed on the gaming device;
- and
- by the processor, driving the audio speaker and/or haptics transducer to provide information regarding the gambling game's response to the commands to the human player.
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A method, comprising the steps of:
- by a processor, receiving signals from one or more optical sensors of an human-mounted apparatus, the human-mounted apparatus being affixed to a human player, the human-mounted apparatus having a power source, the optical sensor(s), an electromagnetic receiver/transmitter designed to communicate with a gaming device, and the processor, the optical sensor(s) receiving light from first and second light sources mounted to be visible in a gaming region near a gaming device, the first and second light sources configured to emit light of first and second characteristics different from each other, and being spaced far enough from each other to permit angular resolution of line of sight between them in the gaming region;
- by the processor, transforming the received optical sensor signals to resolve position information of the optical sensor, and encoding that position information into signals for communicating over the electromagnetic transmitter/receiver to the gaming device to command gaming activity of the gaming device.
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