Title:
Game pod
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6222956
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A system for promoting physical activity for video game players. A video game player wears an article of footwear with a physical activity monitor or "game pod" mounted thereon while exercising or performing some other type of physical activity. The game pod measures the amount of the player's physical activity, and records that amount in a memory. When the player desires to play a video game according to the invention, the player disengages at least the memory from the article of footwear, and then engages the memory with the computer hosting the video game through a computer interface. The computer then obtains the recorded amount of physical activity, and provides a computer function associated with the recorded amount of physical activity. The computer function may include the initiation of the video game itself, the instantiation of a specified gaming environment within the video game, the instantiation of one or more specified characteristics for the player's avatar within the video game, a lengthened playing time for the user's avatar, allowing the player to access data associated with the video game, or a combination of two or more of these functions.
Inventors:
Shum Albert
Case Charles Whipple Jr.
Shrock Alan Em.
Case Charles Whipple Jr.
Shrock Alan Em.
Application Number:
JP2013063278A
Publication Date:
November 01, 2017
Filing Date:
March 26, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NIKE INNOVATE C.V.
International Classes:
A63B71/06; A63B15/02; A63B21/00; A63B24/00; A63F13/02; A63F13/211; A63F13/212; A63F13/218; A63F13/40; A63F13/55; A63F13/816; G16H20/30
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2004264244A | ||||
| JP2003316905A | ||||
| JP2003333578A | ||||
| JP2002500768A | ||||
| JP2002519754A |
Foreign References:
| US6122340 | ||||
| WO2005002436A1 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hatsushi Shimizu
Masao Haruna
Hirotaka Yamaguchi
Toshi Gobe
Ryuichi Inoue
Toshimitsu Sato
Koichi Niimi
Tomohiko Kobayashi
Masato Ozeki
Yoshihiro Igarashi
Kazuya Kawamoto
Masao Haruna
Hirotaka Yamaguchi
Toshi Gobe
Ryuichi Inoue
Toshimitsu Sato
Koichi Niimi
Tomohiko Kobayashi
Masato Ozeki
Yoshihiro Igarashi
Kazuya Kawamoto