TWI619048B - Virtual reality operating system and operating method for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A virtual reality operating system includes an external operating device for accommodating an electronic device and providing an operation signal, an application installed in the electronic device, and a plurality of beacon devices (Beacons) disposed in an actual environment. After the application is executed, the virtual reality program is implemented on the electronic device. Each of the light-marking devices continuously transmits a trigger signal of different content to the outside of the wireless device. When the electronic device enters the signal transmission range of any of the light-marking devices, the trigger signal sent by the light-marking device can be received, and the application triggers the virtual reality according to the content of the trigger signal. The corresponding event in the environment program. Before the end of the event, the application continuously controls the virtual reality program according to the operation signal transmitted by the external operating device to perform corresponding operations.

Description

Virtual reality operating system and its operation method

The present invention relates to virtual reality, and in particular to a virtual reality operating system and an operation method thereof.

In recent years, the technology of Virtual Reality (VR) has flourished, and various industries have combined with VR technology to enable users to get a more special experience.

Take VR games as an example. Currently, VR games on the market are generally implemented by mobile devices (such as smart phones or tablets). When playing VR games, the users mainly use the buttons on the mobile devices. Control components such as touch screens or sensors. The existing VR games are all performed using the above-mentioned manipulation methods, and there is a lack of changes in use, which is apt to make the user feel boring.

In addition, some VR games will detect the user's position while the game is in progress, and trigger the corresponding function by location. However, the existing VR games use the GPS of the electronic device itself or the network communication technologies such as Wi-Fi, 3G, 4G, etc. to detect the position of the user, thereby making the electronic device consume too much power and greatly reducing the use time. . Moreover, the above positioning method also limits the location where VR games can be played due to the quality of communication (for example, it is impossible to perform VR games in a place where the network cannot be connected), which is quite troublesome.

A main objective of the present invention is to provide a virtual reality operating system and an operating method thereof, which can implement a virtual reality program by an external operating device attached to an electronic device and a beacon device disposed in an actual environment.

In order to achieve the above objective, the operating system of the present invention mainly includes an external operating device for accommodating an electronic device and providing an operation signal, an application installed in the electronic device, and a plurality of applications installed in the actual environment. Beacon device. After the application is executed, a virtual reality program is implemented on the electronic device. Each of the light-marking devices continuously transmits a trigger signal of different content to the outside, and when the electronic device enters the signal transmission range of any of the light-marking devices, the trigger signal sent by the light-marking device can be received, and the application is based on The content of the trigger signal triggers a corresponding event in the virtual reality program. Before the end of the event, the application continuously controls the virtual reality program to perform corresponding operations according to an operation signal transmitted by the external operating device.

Compared with the virtual instance of the related art, the present invention accepts the operation of the user by an external operating device to issue an operation signal to the electronic device, and provides a user with more operation modes to increase the fun of the virtual reality program. . Moreover, the present invention triggers a corresponding event in the virtual reality program by the beacon device, and can avoid the use of the GPS and the network to perform the virtual reality program in the most power-saving manner.

1, 4, 5‧‧‧ external operating devices

10, 40, 50‧‧‧ shell

100, 400, 500‧‧‧ accommodating space

101‧‧‧ grip

11, 41, 51‧‧‧ trigger mechanism

12, 42, 52‧‧‧ interactive components

13, 43, 53‧ ‧ switch

14‧‧‧Signal transmission components

2‧‧‧Electronic devices

20‧‧‧Application

21‧‧‧Signal receiving unit

22‧‧‧Central Processing Unit

23‧‧‧Action sensing unit

24‧‧‧Bluetooth unit

3‧‧‧Lighting device

31‧‧‧First lamp standard device

32‧‧‧Second light fixture

33‧‧‧ Third light fixture

34‧‧‧fourth indicator device

35‧‧‧ fifth light fixture

S10~S24‧‧‧ operation steps

1 is a schematic view of an external operating device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a system architecture diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a flow chart showing the operation method of the first embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a schematic view showing the arrangement of a lamp beacon apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a schematic view of an external operating device in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a schematic view of an external operating device in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

The present invention discloses a virtual reality operating system (hereinafter referred to as the system), and a virtual reality operating method (hereinafter simply referred to as the method) used by the system.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 together, FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are respectively a schematic diagram of an external operation device and a system architecture diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, in the present invention, the system mainly includes an application 20 installed in an electronic device 2 to implement a virtual reality (VR) program for accommodating the electronic device 2 to provide An external operating device 1 operated by the user and a plurality of beacons 3 disposed around the environment and in wireless communication with the electronic device 2.

As shown in FIG. 1 , in an embodiment, the external operating device 1 mainly has a casing 10 , a trigger mechanism 11 disposed on an outer surface of the casing 10 , and an interaction component 12 connected to the trigger mechanism 11 . An accommodating space 100 is disposed in the housing 10 for receiving the electronic device 2 . The bottom of the outer casing 10 is further provided with a grip 101, which can be gripped by a user.

The application 20 is installed in the electronic device 2 and is executed by a central processing unit 22 of the electronic device 2. When the application 20 is executed, the virtual reality program can be implemented on the electronic device 2. The virtual reality program can be, for example, a VR game, a VR teaching, or a scene guide. In this embodiment, when the user wants to perform the virtual reality program, the grip 101 can be held, and the electronic device 2 can be controlled by the operation of the interactive component 12 to perform the virtual reality program.

As shown in FIG. 1, the interactive component 12 is coupled to the triggering mechanism 11. When the interactive component 12 accepts an external operation of the user, the triggering mechanism 11 can be actuated accordingly, thereby generating a corresponding An operation signal is transmitted to the electronic device 2. In this embodiment, the electronic device 2 controls the progress of the virtual reality program according to the received operation signal.

As shown in FIG. 2, the plurality of lamp marking devices 3 are respectively disposed at different positions in the environment, and send a trigger signal of different content to the outside. In this embodiment, the trigger signals sent by each of the beacon devices 3 respectively correspond to different events in the virtual reality program. After receiving the trigger signals, the electronic device 2 can respectively trigger each corresponding event in the virtual reality program according to the content of each of the trigger signals, thereby providing more users through the indicator devices 3 Meta virtual reality experience.

In an embodiment, the electronic device 2 can have a Bluetooth unit 24, and the plurality of indicator devices 3 can transmit the trigger signal to the electronic device 2 through a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) transmission protocol.

Specifically, the electronic device 2 is received in the accommodating space 100 of the external operating device 1. When the virtual reality program is executed, the user can carry the external operating device 1 to move in the environment. When the electronic device 2 enters a signal transmission range (for example, a BLE transmission range) of one of the plurality of indicator devices 3, the trigger signal sent by the indicator device 3 can be received by the Bluetooth unit 24. At this time, the application 20 can trigger a corresponding event in the virtual reality program according to the content of the trigger signal. Moreover, before the event is triggered and has not ended, the application 20 can continue to receive the operation signal sent by the external operating device 1 due to the external operation of the interactive component 12, and then control the virtual reality program according to the operation signal. Perform the corresponding action.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the external operating device 1 further includes a switch 13 and a signal transmission component 14 disposed in the housing 10 , wherein one end of the signal transmission component 14 is electrically connected to the switch 13 and the other end is used to The electronic device 2 is connected. Specifically, the electronic device 2 further has a signal receiving unit 21, and the other end of the signal transmitting component 14 is electrically connected to the signal receiving unit 21 to transmit the operating signal to the electronic device 2.

The switch 13 is disposed in the external operating device 1 with respect to the position of the trigger mechanism 11. When the interactive component 12 accepts an external operation of the user (for example, releasing after being pulled outward), the trigger mechanism 11 is subjected to the interaction. The element 12 is actuated to actuate relative to the switch 13 to change an electrical state of the switch 13. Moreover, the external operating device 1 transmits the corresponding operation signal to the electronic device 2 through the signal transmission component 14 according to the electrical state of the switch 13.

For example, when the interactive element 12 is pulled outward, the trigger mechanism 11 is moved outward by the traction of the interactive element 12, and thus is disconnected from the switch 13, touched or aligned, and the switch 13 is The electrical state is OFF, and the operation signal corresponding to the electrical state is turned off via the signal transmission component 14. When the interactive component 12 is released and reset, the triggering mechanism 11 is moved inward by the interaction of the interactive component 12, thereby causing connection, touch or alignment with the switch 13, and the electrical property of the switch 13 at this time. The state is ON, and the operation signal corresponding to the electrical state is turned on via the signal transmission component 14.

In one embodiment, the signal transmission component 14 is a sound source line. The signal receiving unit 21 of the electronic device 2 is an earphone hole, and the other end of the signal transmission component 14 is inserted into the earphone hole of the electronic device 2. .

In this embodiment, the electronic device 2 is an electronic device that can support the wire control function of the earphone. The signal transmission component 14 can be electrically connected to a voltage divider resistor such as 220 ohms or 600 ohms to allow the external operating device 1 to transmit different voltage values to the electronic device 2 through the signal transmission component 14.

Specifically, the external operation device 1 can simulate the operation signal sent by the switch 13 as a control signal of a volume up key, a volume down key, a pause key, and the like of the wire headset. And transmitted to the electronic device 2. After receiving the control signal, the electronic device 2 can be interpreted by the application 20 into a corresponding control instruction in the virtual reality program (for example, a pull bow in a VR game). The command (corresponding to the interactive element 12 being pulled outward), the firing command (corresponding to the interactive component 12 being released), the switching of the weapon command, the entry of the menu command, etc.), thereby controlling the actuation of the virtual reality program.

In one embodiment, the trigger mechanism 11 and the switch 13 are disposed on one side of the outer casing 10, and one end of the interaction component 12 is coupled to the trigger mechanism 11.

In another embodiment, the accommodating space 100 is disposed at the center of the housing 10, and the number of the triggering mechanism 11 and the switch 13 is two, which are respectively disposed on two sides of the accommodating space 100. In this embodiment, the interactive component 12 is disposed across the accommodating space 100, and the two ends of the accommodating component 12 are respectively connected to the two triggering mechanisms 11 on both sides of the accommodating space 100. When the interactive component 12 accepts an external operation, the electrical state of the two switches 13 can be changed simultaneously or sequentially, thereby increasing the content combination of the issued operational signals.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 , the external operating device 1 is a slingshot frame, and the interactive component 12 is an elastic band, and the two ends of the elastic band are respectively connected to the two triggers on both sides of the accommodating space 100. Agency 11. The above-mentioned slingshot frame is only a specific embodiment of the present invention, and is not limited thereto.

Continuing to refer to FIG. 3, a flowchart of an operation method of the first embodiment of the present invention is shown. In particular, Figure 3 discloses the various steps of the method of the present invention, and the method is primarily applied to the system as shown in Figure 2.

First, the application program 20 is executed by the central processing unit 22 of the electronic device 2 (step S10), so that the virtual reality program is implemented on the electronic device 2. During the execution of the virtual reality program, the application 20 continues to determine whether the trigger signal sent by one of the plurality of light fixtures 3 is received by the electronic device 2 (step S12). If the trigger signal is not received, it indicates that the electronic device 2 (that is, the external operating device 1 that houses the electronic device 2) has not entered the signal transmission range of any of the light fixture devices 3. The application 20 continues to determine. .

After the application 20 receives the trigger signal sent by any of the beacon devices 3 through the Bluetooth unit 24 of the electronic device 2, the application 20 is based on the received trigger signal. The corresponding event in the virtual reality program is triggered (step S14). Taking the VR game as an example, the event may be different according to the content of the trigger signal of each of the beacon devices 3, for example, encountering an enemy, obtaining a treasure chest, or entering a special scene.

After any event is triggered, the application 20 can receive the operation signal transmitted by the external operation device 1 through the signal receiving unit 21 of the electronic device 2 (step S16), thereby controlling the virtual by the operation signal. The real-world program performs the corresponding action. In this way, the user can solve the events triggered by each of the beacon devices 3 by the operation of the external operating device 1.

In an embodiment, the external operating device 1 receives an external operation of the user through the interactive component 12, and the triggering mechanism 11 is actuated by the interactive component 12 to actuate relative to the switch 13 and change the electrical property of the switch 13. status. The external operating device 1 sends the operation signal to the electronic device 2 according to the electrical state of the switch 13. Taking the external operating device 1 as a slingshot and the virtual reality program as a VR game as an example, the user can pull the interactive component 12 to control the VR game by the operation signal indicating that the electrical state of the switch 13 is off. The character performs a bowing action, and then the interactive component 12 is released to control the character in the VR game to perform a firing action by an operation signal indicating that the electrical state of the switch 13 is on.

It is worth mentioning that the electronic device 2 can also have a motion sensing unit 23 (as shown in FIG. 2 ), and the motion sensing unit 23 can be, for example, an accelerometer or a gyroscope for sensing the electronic device 2 . The state of motion (eg, movement, rotation, etc. in space), and accordingly generates a motion signal. In this embodiment, after any event is triggered, the application 20 can also receive the motion signal through the motion sensing unit 23 of the electronic device 2 (step S18). Thereby, the application 20 can simultaneously control the virtual reality program to perform corresponding operations by using the operation signal and the motion signal (step S20).

Taking the VR game as an example, after the user pulls the interactive component 12, the electronic device 2 (ie, the external operating device 1 accommodating the electronic device 2) can be moved to perform aiming by the motion signal, and The interactive element 12 is released after aiming to perform a firing action.

After the step S22, the application 20 continues to determine whether the triggered event is ended (step S22), and repeats the step S16 to the step S20 before the end of the event to continue to operate according to the operation signal and/or The motion signal controls the virtual reality program to interact with the event. In an embodiment, before the end of the triggered event, the application 20 does not trigger other events even if the electronic device 2 enters the signal transmission range of the other indicator device 3 and receives other trigger signals.

In another embodiment, if the triggered event is not yet completed, the electronic device 2 can still trigger other events and temporarily store in a queue after receiving the trigger signal of the other indicator device 3, and wait for At the end of the current event, other events will continue.

After the triggered event ends, the application 20 determines whether an operation time of the virtual reality program has arrived (step S24), and repeatedly performs the step S12 to the step S22 before the operation time arrives, to The virtual reality program is continuously implemented by the electronic device 2, the external operating device 1, and the beacon devices 3.

In an embodiment, the application 20 can set the operation time according to different conditions, and forcibly close the virtual reality program after the operation time arrives. The above-mentioned condition may be, for example, the sales amount or the rental amount of the system, the amount of power of the electronic device 2, and whether or not each event corresponding to the plurality of the lamp device 3 has been triggered, and is not limited.

Referring to FIG. 4, it is a schematic diagram of the setting of the lamp beacon apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment of FIG. 4, a first beacon device 31, a second beacon device 32, a third beacon device 33, a fourth beacon device 34, and a fifth beacon device 35 are disclosed. They are respectively disposed in the environment and have the same or different signal transmission ranges, and the signal transmission ranges of the respective indicator devices 3 do not overlap each other.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the user holds the external operating device 1 of the electronic device 2 and moves to the signal transmission range of the second lamp device 32, the second lamp device 32 can be received. The trigger signal is output. At this time, the application 20 in the electronic device 2 can trigger a corresponding event in the virtual reality program (ie, an event represented by the second light fixture device 32) according to the content of the trigger signal. Thereby, the user can enjoy the fun of the virtual reality program. The same is true when the user completes the event and moves to the signal transmission range of the other beacon device 3.

Continuing to refer to FIG. 5, a schematic diagram of an external operating device according to a second embodiment of the present invention is shown. FIG. 5 discloses a further external operating device 4 having a housing 40, a triggering mechanism 41 disposed on the housing 40, and an interactive component 42 coupled to the triggering mechanism 41. The housing 40 has an accommodating space 400 for accommodating the electronic device 2, and a switch 43 is provided in the housing 40 to be movable relative to the trigger mechanism 41 to change the electrical state.

The components of the external operating device 4 described above are the same as or similar to those of the external operating device 1 shown in FIG. 1, and will not be described again. The difference is that in the present embodiment, the external operating device 4 is a bow and the interactive member 42 is a bow arm. Through the external operating device 4, the user can simulate the use of the bow and arrow to implement the virtual reality program.

Continuing to refer to FIG. 6, a schematic diagram of an external operating device according to a third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 discloses a further external operating device 5 having a housing 50, a triggering mechanism 51 disposed on the housing 50, and an interactive component 52 coupled to the triggering mechanism 51. The housing 50 has an accommodating space 500 for accommodating the electronic device 2. The housing 50 is provided with a switch 53 that is movable relative to the trigger mechanism 51 to change the electrical state.

The components of the external operating device 5 described above are the same as or similar to the components of the external operating device 1 shown in FIG. 1 and the external operating device 4 shown in FIG. 5, and will not be described again. The difference is that in the present embodiment, the external operating device 5 is a gun holder and the interactive member 42 is a trigger. Through the external operating device 5, the user can simulate the use of a pistol or a rifle to implement the virtual reality program.

The above are only various embodiments of the present invention and are not limited thereto. The system can provide a variety of different styles of the external operating device for accommodating the electronic device 2 so that the user can have a completely different operating experience.

The system and the method of the present invention can not only add the user to the virtual reality program by the external operation device, but also replace the GPS and network communication functions by the lamp standard device, and save the electronic device to realize the virtual reality. The power required by the program.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Therefore, equivalent changes to the scope of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention. Bright.

Claims (13)

A virtual reality operating system includes: an application installed in an electronic device, the application executing a virtual reality program on the electronic device; an external operating device having a casing disposed on the casing a triggering mechanism of the outer surface and an interaction component connected to the triggering mechanism, the housing has an accommodating space for accommodating the electronic device, and the interactive component receives an external operation to drive the triggering mechanism to operate relative to generate a The operation signal is transmitted to the electronic device; and the plurality of light-marking devices are respectively disposed at different positions and respectively send a trigger signal of different content; wherein, when the electronic device enters the signal transmission range of one of the plurality of light-marking devices Receiving the trigger signal sent by the light label device, the application triggers a corresponding event in the virtual reality program according to the content of the trigger signal, and continuously receives the operation signal to control the virtual reality program before the end of the event Corresponding actuation; wherein the external operating device further comprises a switch disposed in the outer casing and a a transmission component, one end of the signal transmission component is electrically connected to the switch and the other end is used to connect the electronic device, and the trigger mechanism is driven by the interaction component to actuate with respect to the switch to change an electrical state of the switch, and The external operating device transmits the corresponding operation signal to the electronic device through the signal transmission component according to the electrical state. The virtual reality operating system of claim 1, wherein the signal transmission component is a sound source line, and the other end of the signal transmission component is plugged into a headphone hole of the electronic device. The virtual reality operating system of claim 1, wherein the external operating device is a volley frame, and the interactive component is an elastic band. The virtual reality operating system of claim 1, wherein the external operating device is a bow, and the interactive component is a bow arm. The virtual reality operating system of claim 1, wherein the external operating device is a gun rack and the interactive component is a trigger. The virtual reality operating system of claim 1, wherein the signal transmission range of the plurality of indicator devices does not overlap. The virtual reality operating system of claim 6, wherein the plurality of light-marking devices transmit the trigger signal through a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) transmission protocol. The virtual reality operating system of claim 1, wherein the virtual reality program is a virtual reality game. A virtual reality operation method used by the virtual reality operating system according to claim 1, comprising: a) executing the application to implement the virtual reality program on the electronic device; b) determining whether the application passes The electronic device receives the trigger signal sent by one of the plurality of light-marking devices; c) when receiving the trigger signal sent by any of the light-marking devices, triggering the corresponding one of the virtual reality programs according to the content of the trigger signal Receiving, by the electronic device, the operation signal transmitted by the external operation device, wherein the electronic device receives an external operation on the interactive component on the external operation device, and the trigger mechanism is driven by the interaction component Actuating the signal corresponding to the electrical state by the signal transmission component connected to the switch when the switch is actuated and changing the electrical state of the switch; and e) controlling the virtual reality according to the operation signal The program performs the corresponding action. The virtual reality operation method of claim 9, further comprising the steps of: f) determining whether the event ends; g) Repeat step d and step e before the end of the event. The virtual reality operation method of claim 10, further comprising the steps of: h) determining whether an operation time of the virtual reality program arrives after the event ends; and i) repeating before the operation time arrives Perform step b to step g. The virtual reality operation method of claim 9, wherein the step c further comprises: a step c1) receiving a motion signal by the electronic device; wherein the step e is simultaneously controlling the operation signal according to the operation signal and the motion signal The virtual reality program performs the corresponding action. The virtual reality operating method of claim 12, wherein the electronic device has an accelerometer or a gyroscope, and the step c1 is to sense the motion state of the electronic device by the accelerometer or the gyroscope to generate the motion. Signal.