System and method for activating, actioning and providing feedback on interactive objects within line of sight

摘要

Systems and methods are provided for line of sight, hands free interaction with interactive objects within a defined space on a line of sight basis. The system can include a base station in communication with one or more interactive objects having a variety of display options. Details about the display options are stored on the system along with the location of the interactive objects and layout of the surroundings of the interactive object. Users can carry devices that are in communication with the base station and that determine the user's location and head orientation and relay that information to the base station. Using the location and orientation of the user, the location of the interactive objects and the layout information about the surrounding area, the system can determine if the user is looking directly at an interactive object and can cause the interactive object to perform an action.

主权项

1. A system for line of sight, hands free interaction with one or more remote interactive output devices within a defined space on a line of sight basis, wherein the defined space has a layout, comprising:
a processor; a memory; a communication interface; a plurality of modules comprising instructions stored in the memory and executing in the processor to configure the processor, including: a user-interest module that when executed by the processor configures the processor to receive at least a user location and a user orientation which define user-interest information, wherein the user interest information is received from a remote user device associated with a user; an object-monitoring module that when executed by the processor configures the processor to receive a location of a particular interactive output device and an activity state of the particular interactive output device, wherein the particular interactive output device is remotely located and is configured to interact with the system and actively output information; a line-of-sight module that when executed by the processor configures the processor to compute a line of sight of the user at a moment in time using the user interest information; an analysis module that when executed by the processor configures the processor to determine, based on the layout and the line of sight, whether the location of the particular interactive output device is unobstructed by the defined space and intersects with the line-of-sight of the user; and an activation module that when executed by the processor configures the processor to output a signal to the particular interactive output device, the signal being configured to transition the particular interactive output device from a first state to a second state in response to a hands free interaction between the user and the particular interactive output device, wherein the hands free interaction is the unobstructed intersection of the user line of sight with the particular output device location for a defined amount of time.