- Number
- 20170296922
- Published
- 2017-10-19
- Filed
- 2017-06-30
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors
- MUHLHEIM; Eric Wilson, HASELTINE; Eric Charles, GARLINGTON; Joseph OBrien, LEUNG; Theodore Wei-Yun, SCHLUMBERGER; Gabriel Sebastian
- CPC
- A63F13/47; A63F13/42; G11B27/034; A63F13/65; A63F13/327; A63F13/537; A63F13/40; A63F13/50; A63F13/45; G11B27/105; A63F13/53; G11B27/34
- Verdict
- High Notable software
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
The keeper's note
Coordinates a group of physical storytelling toy devices so each performs context-appropriate actions in response to story stimulus events, for an immersive multi-device storytelling experience.
Abstract
Techniquesfor providing an immersive storytelling experience using a plurality of storytelling devices. Each of the storytelling devices may be configured to perform one or more actions based on a current context of a story and in response to a stimulus event. The actions include at least one of an auditory and a visual effect. Embodiments also provide a controller device configured to manage a playback of the story, by adjusting the stimulus event and the effect of each of the plurality of storytelling devices, based on the current context ofthe story, thereby creating an interactive and immersive storytelling experience.
Background
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
So that the manner in which the above recited aspects are attained and can be understood in detail, a more particular description of embodiments of the invention, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to the appended drawings.
It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only typical embodiments of this invention and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for the invention may admit to other equally effective embodiments.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustratinga storytelling environment including a plurality of storytelling devices, according to one embodiment described herein.
FIG. 2 is a use case illustrating a plurality of storytelling devices interacting with each other to playback a story, according to one embodiment described herein.
FIG. 3 is a flow diagram illustrating an interaction between storytelling devices and a controller device, according to one embodiment described herein.
FIG. 4 is a flow diagram illustrating determining a plurality of storytelling devices, according to one embodiment described herein.
FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating mapping a story onto a plurality of storytelling devices, according to one embodiment described herein.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a storytelling device, according to one embodiment described herein.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a controller device, according to o
Claims
1. A system, comprising: a plurality of electronic devices, each configured to producean effect based on a current context of a story in response to detecting an occurrence ofa stimulus event, wherein the effect is at least one of an auditory and a visual effect, and wherein at least one of the respective stimulus events for each of the plurality of electronic devices comprises detecting, based on data values collected from one or more sensor devices, performance of a user action by a first user in a physical environment in which the plurality of electronic devices and the first user are located; and a controller device configured to: determine that the plurality of electronic devices are present in the physical environment and are available and compatible with the story, through wireless communication with each of the plurality of electronic devices; manage a playback of the storywithin the physical environment, by transmitting one or more instructions to each of the plurality of electronic devices to adjust the stimulus event and the effect of each of theplurality of electronic devices, based on the current context of the story; during the playback of the story, determine that a first one of the plurality of electronic devices hasbecome unavailable; and adjust the playback of the story within the physical environment,by transmitting one or more instructions to each of a second plurality of electronic devices, non-inclusive of the first electronic device, to update the stimulus event and the effect of each of the second plurality of electronic devices, based on an updated context ofthe story.
18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer program codethat, when executed, performs an operation comprising: providing a plurality of electronic devices, each configured to produce an effect based on a current context of a story in response to a stimulus event, wherein the effect is at least one of an auditory and a visual effect, and wherein at least one of the respective stimulus events for each of the plurality of electronic devices comprises detecting, based on data values collected from one ormore sensor devices, performance of a user action by a first user in a physical environment in which the plurality of electronic devices and the first user are located; determining that the plurality of electronic devices are present in the physical environment and areavailable and compatible with the story, through wireless communication with each of the plurality of electronic devices; transmitting one or more instructions to each of the plurality of electronic devices to manage a playback of the story within the physical environment, by adjusting the stimulus event and the effect of each of the plurality of electronicdevices, based on the current context of the story; and during the playback of the story:determining that a first one of the plurality of electronic devices has become unavailable; determining that a second electronic device, distinct from the electronic devices in the plurality of electronic devices is present within the physical environment and is currently available and compatible with the story; and adjusting the playback of the story within the physical environment, by transmitting one or more instructions to each of a second plurality of electronic devices, non-inclusive of the first electronic device and inclusiveof the second electronic device, to update the stimulus event and the effect of each of the second plurality of electronic devices, based on an updated context of the story.
19. Asystem, comprising: a plurality of electronic devices, each configured to produce an effect based on a current context of a story in response to detecting an occurrence of a stimulus event, wherein the effect is at least one of an auditory and a visual effect, and wherein at least one of the respective stimulus events for each of the plurality of electronicdevices comprises detecting performance of a user action by a first user in a physical environment in which the plurality of electronic devices and the first user are located; anda controller device configured to: determine that the plurality of electronic devices arepresent in the physical environment and are available and compatible with the story, through wireless communication with each of the plurality of electronic devices; manage a playback of the story within the physical environment, comprising: transmitting one or more instructions to each of the plurality of electronic devices to adjust the stimulus event andthe effect of each of the plurality of electronic devices, based on the current context of the story; upon determining that a first one of the plurality of electronic devices has become unavailable, transmitting one or more instructions to each of a second plurality ofelectronic devices, non-inclusive of the first electronic device, to update the stimulus event and the effect of each of the second plurality of electronic devices, based on an updated context of the story; upon determining that a second electronic device, distinct from the electronic devices in the plurality of electronic devices is present within the physical environment and is currently available and compatible with the story, transmitting one or more instructions to each of a second plurality of electronic devices, non-inclusive of the first electronic device and inclusive of the second electronic device, to update the stimulus event and the effect of each of the second plurality of electronic devices, based on an updated context of the story, wherein at least one of the stimulus event and the effects is reassigned from the first electronic device to the second electronic device, and wherein the second electronic device was not available when the controller device determined that the plurality of electronic devices were present in the physical environment andwere available and compatible with the story.