- Number
- 10585471
- Published
- 2020-03-10
- Filed
- 2017-10-03
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors
- Reichow; Mark A., Burk; Kameron, Marshall; Gary R., Goslin; Michael P., Ackley; Jonathan M.
- CPC
- G08G1/096708; G08G1/096783; G08G1/00; G06F3/011; G08G1/09675; B60W50/14; B60W50/0097; G08G1/09623; G01S17/931
- Verdict
- Low Hardware
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
The keeper's note
Predictive traffic-based interactive ride-vehicle space system.
Abstract
This disclosure relates to systems and methods to provide an interactive space based on events likely to occur. A system may be coupled to a vehicle. The events likely to occur may be predicted based on motion of the vehicle and/or other information. Content may be presented to the user. The predicted events may be used as a basis for adjusting the content. This may allow the motion of the vehicle and/or the predicted events to form a part of a user's experience with the interactive space. The users may feel more immersed in the experiences as the vehicle moves.
Background
FIELD(1) This disclosure relates to systems and methods to provide an interactive space based on predicted events.BACKGROUND(2) Some vehicles include sensors and processing components to detect and/or predict vehicle events. For example, Light Detection and Ranging (lidar) systems have been used for research in various self-driving vehicle programs. Lidar uses laser pulses to take measurements and generate a 3D map of an environment. After the unit sends out a laser pulse, a sensor on the instrument measures the amount of time it takes for the pulse to bounce back. As light moves at a constant speed, the lidar unit is able to accurately calculate the distance between itself and the target. Some vehicles may use monocular cameras around the perimeter of the vehicle combined with radar to get 3D ranging. Some vehicles may use stereo cameras to get both image data and ranging data from just cameras. Using environmental and biometric indicators, cars may prepare themselves for an upcoming task the driver already has in mind, e.g., slowing down to ready for a turn, or changing lanes in anticipation of a highway exit. Vehicles may be “connected” with other vehicles and even the highways they travel. Vehicle-to-vehicle communication may allow cars to communicate with each other over a dedicated Wi-Fi band and share information about vehicle speed, direction of travel, traffic flow, and road and weather conditions. Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) have been utilized to make
Claims
1. A system configured to provide an interactive space based on predicted events, the system being coupled to a vehicle, the system comprising: one or more physical processors configured by machine readable instructions to: obtain experience information, the experience information defining visual content to be presented to a user residing in the vehicle to create an interactive space, the visual content including a simulated space and one or more virtual objects present in the simulated space, the one or more virtual objects including a first virtual object; effectuate presentation of the visual content on a client device configured to be installed on a head of the user; determine a position and/or heading of the client device, the position and/or heading of the client device characterizing a viewpoint of the user of the client device; synchronize the presentation of the visual content on the client device based on the position and/or heading of the client device so that the presentation of the visual content changes as the viewpoint of the user changes; obtain output signals generated by a set of sensors coupled to the vehicle, the output signals conveying ride information, the ride information characterizing movement, operation, context, or a combination thereof of the vehicle; obtain individual sets of potential adjustments to make to the visual content, individual potential adjustments being associated with individual event types of individual predicted events, such that a first set of potential adjustments associated with the first virtual object is obtained, the first set of potential adjustments including a first potential adjustment to the first virtual object and a second potential adjustment to the first virtual object, the first potential adjustment being associated with a first event type, and the second potential adjustment being associated with a second event type; predict events likely to occur based on the ride information; determine event type of the individual predicted events; select one or more potential adjustments from the individual sets of potential adjustments based on the event type of the individual predicted events; and trigger selected ones of the one or more potential adjustments to the visual content currently within a view being presented to the user at individual occurrences of the individual predicted events, such that: responsive to the first virtual object currently being within the view and an occurrence of a first predicted event of the first event type, the first potential adjustment to the first virtual object is selected and triggered; and responsive to the first virtual object currently being within the view and an occurrence of a second predicted event of the second type, the second potential adjustment to the first virtual object is selected and triggered.
9. A method to provide an interactive space based on predicted events, the method being implemented in a system coupled to a vehicle, the method comprising: obtaining experience information, the experience information defining visual content to be presented to a user residing in the vehicle to create an interactive space, the visual content including a simulated space and one or more virtual objects present in the simulated space, the one or more virtual objects including a first virtual object; effectuating presentation of the visual content on a client device configured to be installed on a head of the user; determining a position and/or heading of the client device, the position and/or heading of the client device characterizing a viewpoint of the user of the client device; synchronizing the presentation of the visual content on the client device based on the position and/or heading of the client device so that the presentation of the visual content changes as the viewpoint of the user changes; obtaining output signals generated by a set of sensors coupled to the vehicle, the output signals conveying ride information, the ride information characterizing movement, operation, context, or a combination thereof of the vehicle; obtaining individual sets of potential adjustments to make to the visual content, individual potential adjustments being associated with individual event types of individual predicted events, including obtaining a first set of potential adjustments associated with the first virtual object, the first set of potential adjustments including a first potential adjustment to the first virtual object and a second potential adjustment to the first virtual object, the first potential adjustment being associated with a first event type, and the second potential adjustment being associated with a second event type; predicting events likely to occur based on the ride information; determining event type of the individual predicted events; selecting one or more potential adjustments from the individual sets of potential adjustments based on the event type of the individual predicted events; and triggering selected ones of the one or more potential adjustments to the visual content currently within a view being presented to the user at individual occurrences of individual predicted events, including: responsive to the first virtual object currently being within the view and an occurrence of a first predicted event of the first event type, selecting and triggering the first potential adjustment to the first virtual object; and responsive to the first virtual object currently being within the view and an occurrence of a second predicted event of the second type, selecting and triggering the second potential adjustment to the first virtual object.
17. A system configured to provide an interactive space based on predicted events, the system being coupled to a vehicle, the system comprising: one or more physical processors configured by machine readable instructions to: obtain experience information, the experience information defining visual content to be presented to a user residing in the vehicle to create an interactive space; effectuate presentation of the visual content on a client device configured to be installed on a head of the user; determine a position and/or heading of the client device, the position and/or heading of the client device characterizing a viewpoint of the user of the client device; synchronize the presentation of the visual content on the client device based on the position and/or heading of the client device so that the presentation of the visual content changes as the viewpoint of the user changes; obtain output signals generated by a set of sensors coupled to the vehicle, the set of sensors including an engine control module sensor, the output signals conveying ride information, the ride information characterizing movement, operation, and/or context of the vehicle as determined from the output signals from at least the engine control module sensor; predict events likely to occur based on the ride information characterizing the movement, the operation, and/or the context of the vehicle as determined from the output signals from at least the engine control module sensor; and trigger adjustments to the visual content at anticipated occurrences of individual predicted events.