TWI710395B - Computer cockpit with wind modules - Google Patents

Abstract

A computer cockpit with wind modules is provided. The computer cockpit includes a chair, a display, a brace, multiple wind modules and a processor. The brace is connected to the chair and the display, and the wind modules are disposed at multiple positions of the computer cockpit. The processor is coupled with the wind modules, where the processor determines wind speed information and wind direction information according to field information in an application. Then, the processor determines at least one chosen wind module in the wind modules to create a wind according to the wind direction information, and determines the wind speed of the wind created by the chosen wind module according to the wind speed information.

Description

Computer cockpit with wind transmission module

The invention relates to a computer cockpit, and more particularly to a computer cockpit with a wind transmission module.

In order to allow players to feel immersive when playing games, various manufacturers are all committed to launching devices that are more compatible with the game situation. For example, many manufacturers currently launch gaming keyboards, which can emit light in different modes according to different keyboard operation modes and information in the game. For example, when the player presses the keys of each gaming keyboard, a light like an explosion effect is emitted around the keys, or the brightness of the keyboard light is adjusted according to the blood volume of the characters in the game. However, in general e-sports seats, somatosensory mechanisms such as wind and temperature control related to game content are usually not provided, so that players cannot truly experience the situation in the game.

In view of this, the present invention provides a computer cockpit with a wind transmission module, which can automatically generate wind corresponding to content such as running game programs or applications.

The invention provides a computer cockpit, which includes a seat, a display screen, a support arm, a plurality of air delivery modules, and a processor. The support arm is connected to the seat and the display screen, and the air delivery module is arranged at multiple positions in the computer cockpit. The processor is coupled to the wind transmission module, wherein the processor determines wind speed information and wind direction information according to the scene information of the application, and determines at least one selected wind transmission module to generate wind according to the wind direction information, and The wind speed information determines the wind speed of the wind generated by the selected wind delivery module.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the aforementioned computer cockpit further includes a storage device coupled to the processor. The storage device stores a first comparison table, where the first comparison table includes wind direction information and a wind conveying module corresponding to the wind direction information.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned storage device stores a second comparison table, wherein the second comparison table includes wind speed information and a set rotation speed of the wind transmission module corresponding to the wind speed information.

In an embodiment of the present invention, each of the above-mentioned air delivery modules includes a cold and warm air module, wherein the processor determines temperature information according to the scene information of the application program, and determines the wind level generated by the air delivery module according to the temperature information. temperature.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the aforementioned computer cockpit further includes a temperature sensor, which is disposed on the seat and coupled to the processor. The processor determines the temperature of the wind generated by the air conveying module according to the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor and the temperature information.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the aforementioned scene information includes climate information and coordinate information in the application.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned application program includes a game program.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the aforementioned scene information includes the moving speed of objects in the game program.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the aforementioned scene information is determined by the processor analyzing the image content of the image frame of the game program.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the aforementioned scene information includes coordinate information in a game program and climate information in another application program.

Based on the above, the computer cockpit proposed by the embodiment of the present invention can select the air delivery modules set in different positions of the computer cockpit to provide wind of different directions, wind speeds, and temperatures based on the content of the application and game programs. Accordingly, the user can feel the environment in the game when the user is operating the game, so that the user can obtain a good somatosensory effect and a better user experience.

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the following specific embodiments are described in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Part of the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The reference symbols in the following description will be regarded as the same or similar elements when the same symbol appears in different drawings. These embodiments are only a part of the present invention, and do not disclose all the possible implementation modes of the present invention. More precisely, these embodiments are only examples of computer cockpits within the scope of the patent application of the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a computer cockpit according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, in this embodiment, the computer cockpit 100 is, for example, a cockpit-type device including a seat 101, a display screen 102 and an arm 103, which allows a player to sit in it and run different software according to the player's needs. The arm 103 is connected to the seat 101 and the display screen 102.

The display screen 102 may be, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor (TFT)-LCD, an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), a flexible display, a three-dimensional (3D) display, etc., In addition, there may be multiple display screens 102, and the present invention is not limited here.

In this embodiment, the computer cockpit 100 includes an air delivery module 110, and the air outlet of the air delivery module 110 can be arranged at any position of the computer cockpit 100, or can be arranged at multiple positions of the computer cockpit 100. For example, the air delivery module 110 in FIG. 1 includes an air delivery module 110a with an air outlet set on the seat 101, an air outlet set on the display screen 102 of the air delivery modules 110b, 110c, and an air outlet set on the arm 103 The wind delivery modules 110d and 110e. The air delivery module 110 can be a fan, a centrifugal fan, or any device with a function of inhaling or blowing out airflow, and the present invention is not limited here.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of a computer cockpit according to an embodiment of the invention. In this embodiment, the computer cockpit 100 includes an air delivery module 110 and a processor 220. The processor 220 may be, for example, a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), or other programmable general-purpose or special-purpose microprocessor (Microprocessor), digital signal processor (Digital Signal Processor, DSP), or Programmable controller, embedded controller, special application integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuits, ASIC), programmable logic device (Programmable Logic Device, PLD), machine based on advanced simplified instruction set (Advanced RISC Machine, ARM) or other similar devices or a combination of these devices, the present invention is not limited here.

In this embodiment, the processor 220 is coupled to the wind delivery module 110, and the processor 220 determines wind speed information and wind direction information according to the scene information of the application, and determines that at least one of the wind delivery modules 110 is selected according to the wind direction information The wind transmission module generates wind, and the wind speed of the wind generated by the selected wind transmission module is determined according to the wind speed information. The air delivery module 110 can generate wind by blowing or sucking air.

First, the processor 220 determines wind speed information and wind direction information according to the scene information of the application. In one embodiment, the scene information of the application program may be climate information and coordinate information generated in the application program. In detail, the "weather" application that displays actual climate conditions in reality usually includes climate information such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction, and pressure. The processor 220 extracts wind speed and wind direction data from the climate information as wind speed information and wind direction information. In addition, the processor 220 can also simultaneously determine wind speed information and wind direction information based on climate information and coordinate information operated by the user in the application. For example, when the user uses the street view function of the "Map" application, the user often moves from the current coordinates to the target location to be explored. The coordinates and azimuth of the target location may move and turn compared to the coordinates and azimuth of the user's current location, resulting in a change in the direction of the wind felt by the user. Accordingly, the processor 220 can calculate wind speed information and wind direction information based on the coordinates, azimuth, and climate information of the target location.

In another embodiment, the application program is a game program. When the user is playing a game program, the scene information used to determine the wind speed information and the wind direction information may be the moving speed of the object in the game program, or it may be determined by the processor 220 analyzing the image content of the image frame of the game program. In addition, the scene information can be determined based on the coordinate information in the game program and the climate information in another application.

In detail, a game program developer may provide a game program that supports a plug-in, allowing the processor 220 to directly obtain wind speed information and wind direction information in the game through the plug-in. On the other hand, if the plug-in program provided by the game program developer does not support the provision of wind speed or wind direction information, the wind speed information or wind direction information can also be determined, for example, from the movement speed of objects in the game program. For example, when the avatar is running, the wind direction will blow from the direction in which the avatar is running, and at the same time, the running speed will also affect the wind speed felt by the avatar. Accordingly, the processor 220 can determine wind speed information and wind direction information according to the moving speed of the avatar. Furthermore, during a racing game, the processor 220 may also determine the wind speed information and wind direction information by the speed value generated by the user operating the accelerator pedal or the speed value used for acceleration and deceleration using a joystick.

However, the game program provided by the game program developer may not support plug-ins. Here, an embodiment of the present invention provides a way for the processor 220 to analyze the image content of the image frame of the game program to determine the scene information. FIG. 3 shows an example of analyzing the image content of the image frame of the game program according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, taking a “racing” game as an example, the processor 220 can use image recognition to analyze the speed-related information in the image frame 300, for example, to identify the speedometer of a racing game to retrieve the speed information 301. In another embodiment, since the displacement and deformation of the near scene in the image frame 300 are more obvious than those in the distant scene, they are also closer to the moving speed of the virtual character or object. Therefore, the processor 220 can use image recognition to analyze the displacement and deformation of the close-up in the image frame 300 to determine the moving speed of the virtual character or object. In another embodiment, if the game program supports the output of the left image frame (not shown) and the right image frame (not shown) of Virtual Reality, the processor 220 may use the left image frame Calculate the depth of field based on the stereoscopic parallax principle of the right image frame, and calculate the depth of field change based on the depth of field of the left image frame and the right image frame and the depth of the left and right image frames at the next adjacent time. The amount of change calculates the moving speed of the screen. Accordingly, the processor 220 can determine the wind speed information and the wind direction information based on the various speed information obtained through the above analysis of the image recognition technology.

Then, after obtaining the wind speed information and wind direction information, the processor 220 determines that at least one of the selected wind transmission modules 110 generates wind according to the wind direction information. Finally, the processor 220 determines the wind speed of the wind generated by the selected wind transmission module according to the wind speed information.

In this embodiment, the computer cockpit 100 further includes a storage device (not shown). The storage device may be a fixed or removable random access memory (RAM) or read-only memory. , ROM), flash memory (flash memory), hard disk (hard disk) or other similar devices one or more combinations, the present invention is not limited here. The storage device is coupled to the processor 220, and stores the first comparison table and/or calculation formula including wind direction information and the wind transmission module corresponding to the wind direction information, and stores the wind speed information and the wind speed information corresponding to the wind transmission module The second comparison table and/or calculation formula for setting the speed. The wind delivery module corresponding to the wind direction information and the set rotation speed of the wind delivery module corresponding to the wind speed information can be generated by a series of pre-tests and analyses by the research and development personnel.

For example, after the processor 220 determines wind speed information and wind direction information based on the above scene information, the processor 220 then finds the wind direction information from the first comparison table corresponding to the selected wind delivery module that needs to be actuated to blow or suck the wind. . Then, the processor 220 finds the set rotation speed of the selected air delivery module corresponding to the wind speed information from the second comparison table, and the processor 220 controls the selected air delivery module to blow or suck air according to the set rotation speed.

In this embodiment, please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 for the installation positions and connection relationships of devices and components. The air delivery module 110a in FIG. 1 corresponds to the front and bottom of the user in the computer cockpit 100, the air delivery module 110b corresponds to the right front of the user, and the air delivery module 110c corresponds to the front of the user. The modules 110d and 110e correspond to the immediate rear of the user. Taking the "racing car" game as an example, if the wind speed information and wind direction information calculated by the moving speed of the avatar is "6 meters/second ahead", the processor 220 can find the corresponding "forward" from the first comparison table. The wind conveying module 110c of ", and the wind conveying module 110c is found from the second comparison table to blow the air at the speed corresponding to the wind speed information "6 meters per second". Alternatively, the processor 220 may also find the wind conveying modules 110d and 110e corresponding to "rear" from the first comparison table, and find out the wind conveying modules 110d and 110e corresponding to the wind speed information from the second comparison table. Suction at a speed of 6 meters per second.

Take the game of "golf" as an example. In golf, the flying distance and flying direction of the golf ball will be affected by the wind. The wind direction and wind speed at the moment of hitting the ball have a huge impact on the performance. In this embodiment, the processor 220 determines wind speed information and wind direction information according to the scene information of the "golf" game. For example, the scene of a golf game may be combined with an actual golf course, so the scene information may come from the actual climate information of the golf course and the coordinates and orientation of the virtual character in the game. If the avatar is located at the coordinate point (X, Y), and the wind speed and wind direction of the coordinate point is "6 meters per second to the northeast", and the direction the avatar is facing is "north", the processor 220 calculates and determines the wind speed The information and wind direction information are "6 meters per second forward right". Accordingly, the processor 220 can find the wind conveying module 110b corresponding to "front right" from the first comparison table, and find the wind conveying module 110b corresponding to the wind speed information "6 meters" from the second comparison table. /Sec" rotation speed for blowing.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the air delivery module 110 further includes a cold and warm air module so that the air delivery module 110 can output cold air and/or warm air. The processor 220 determines temperature information according to the scene information of the application program, and determines the temperature of the wind generated by the air conveying module 110 according to the temperature information. The method for the processor 220 to determine the temperature information should be known based on the method for determining the wind speed information and the wind direction information in the above-mentioned embodiment of the present invention, which will not be repeated here.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the computer cockpit 100 further includes a temperature sensor. The temperature sensor is arranged on the seat 101 of the computer cockpit 100 and is coupled to the processor 220. The temperature sensor can sense the air temperature in the range covered by the computer cockpit 100 and generate a temperature sensing signal to the processor 220. The processor 220 also determines the temperature of the wind generated by the air conveying module 110 according to the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor and the temperature information.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of a computer cockpit according to an embodiment of the invention. 1 and 4 at the same time, the computer cockpit 400 includes an air delivery module 410, a processor 420, a temperature sensor 430, and a storage device 440. The air delivery module 410 of this embodiment includes the cold and warm air modules 450, and the number of the air delivery modules 410 and the positions of the air outlets are based on the air delivery modules 110a to 110e in FIG. 1 as an example. The air delivery modules 110a to 110e respectively include cold and warm air modules 450a to 450e and can generate cold air and warm air. The air delivery module 410 includes an air delivery module 110a with an air outlet set on the seat 101, an air delivery module 110b, 110c with an air outlet set on the display screen 102, and an air delivery module 110d, 110e with an air outlet set on the arm 103.

Take the "ski" game as an example, the wind may come from all directions when skiing. If the wind speed information and wind direction information calculated by the moving speed of the avatar is "8 meters per second from the front and bottom", "3 meters per second from the front right", and the temperature information is "-10°C", the processor 420 can Find the wind conveying module 110a corresponding to "front and bottom" and the wind conveying module 110b corresponding to "front right" from the first comparison table, and find out from the second comparison table that the wind conveying module 110a corresponds to The rotation speed of the wind speed information "8 meters/second" and the wind delivery module 110b perform blowing corresponding to the rotation speed of the wind speed information "3 meters/second". In addition, the processor 420 will adjust the temperature of the cold air blown out by the air delivery modules 110a and 110b according to the temperature information "-10°C" and the temperature sensor 430 sensed by the user in the computer cockpit 400 to adjust the user The surrounding air temperature drops, for example, directly drops to "-10°C" or drops to a specific temperature lower than the surrounding environment, and the present invention does not set this limit.

In another embodiment, if the wind speed information and wind direction information determined by the processor 420 according to the scene information are "0 meters per second", but the temperature information determined according to the scene information and the temperature sensor 430 sense that the user is at When the temperature in the computer cockpit 400 is different, the processor 420 can control the air delivery module 410 to blow cold or warm air to adjust the temperature around the user.

Based on this, the computer cockpit provided by the present invention can simulate the climate felt by virtual characters in game programs such as "racing", "golf", and "skiing" around the user, and can also simulate the user's operation of the "map" Weather-related information while waiting for apps.

To sum up, the computer cockpit proposed in the embodiment of the present invention can control the air delivery modules arranged in different positions of the computer cockpit to provide wind of different directions, wind speeds, and temperatures based on the content of the application program and the game program. According to this, the user can feel the environment in the game when operating the game, and then can more realistically feel the actual weather in the application and the game environment to assist the game operation, and enable the user to obtain a good somatosensory effect. Have a better user experience.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone with ordinary knowledge in the technical field can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of protection of the present invention shall be determined by the scope of the attached patent application.

100, 400: computer cockpit 101: Seat 102: display screen 103: Support arm 110, 110a～110e, 410: wind transmission module 220, 420: processor 300: Image frame 301: Speed information 430: Temperature sensor 440: Storage device 450: Cold and warm air module

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a computer cockpit according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of a computer cockpit according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 3 shows an example of analyzing the image content of the image frame of the game program according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of a computer cockpit according to an embodiment of the invention.

100: computer cockpit 110: Wind transmission module 220: Processor

Claims (10)

A computer cockpit includes: a seat; at least one display screen; an arm connected to the seat and the display screen; a plurality of air delivery modules arranged at multiple positions of the computer cockpit; and a processing The processor is coupled to the wind delivery module, wherein the processor determines wind speed information and wind direction information according to scene information of an application, and determines at least one selected wind delivery module in the wind delivery module according to the wind direction information Group to generate wind, and determine the wind speed of the wind generated by the selected wind delivery module according to the wind speed information, wherein the scene information is determined by the processor using image recognition to analyze the image content of the image frame of the application. For example, the computer cockpit described in claim 1, wherein the computer cockpit further includes: a storage device coupled to the processor, the storage device stores a first comparison table, wherein the first comparison table includes the wind direction Information and the wind conveying module corresponding to the wind direction information. The computer cockpit described in item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein the storage device stores a second comparison table, wherein the second comparison table includes the wind speed information and a set speed of the wind delivery module corresponding to the wind speed information . For example, in the computer cockpit described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, each of the air delivery modules includes a cooling and heating air module, wherein the processor determines temperature information according to the scene information of the application, and according to the temperature information Determine the temperature of the wind generated by the wind conveying module. For example, the computer cockpit described in claim 4, wherein the computer cockpit further includes: a temperature sensor disposed on the seat and coupled to the processor, wherein the processor senses the temperature according to the temperature sensor The obtained temperature and the temperature information determine the temperature of the wind generated by the air conveying module. For the computer cockpit described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the scene information includes climate information and coordinate information in the application. The computer cockpit described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the application program includes a game program. The computer cockpit described in item 7 of the scope of patent application, wherein the scene information includes the moving speed of an object in the game program. For example, in the computer cockpit described in item 7 of the scope of patent application, the scene information is determined by the processor analyzing the image content of the image frame of the game program. For example, in the computer cockpit described in item 7 of the scope of patent application, the scene information includes coordinate information in the game program and climate information in another application program.

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