Interactive wireless game apparatus and wireless peripheral module

Abstract

An interactive wireless game apparatus includes a game host and a game peripheral apparatus. The game host includes a multimedia processing module and a wireless USB interface module, wherein the multimedia processing module can execute a game program and communicate with the wireless USB interface module by wireless signals that comply with the UWB protocol. The game peripheral apparatus detects motion signals from the player through an image sensor, and utilizes a data processing unit to digitally process the motion signals detected by the image sensor. Finally, the processed motion signals are converted into signals complying with the UWB protocol for outputting to the exterior.

1 . An interactive wireless game apparatus for at least one player to remotely control a game, the game apparatus comprising:
 at least one game peripheral apparatus comprising:
 an image sensor detecting a motion signal from the player; 
 a data processing unit digitally processing said motion signal detected by said image sensor and converting said motion signal into a signal that complies with UWB (Ultra WideBand) protocol; and 
 a first transmitter/receiver unit coupled to said data processing unit to receive the signal outputted from the data processing unit, transmitting and receiving a wireless signal complying with UWB protocol; and 
   a game host comprising:
 a multimedia processing module executing a game program; and 
 a wireless USB interface module communicating with said first transmitter/receiver unit through the wireless signal complying with UWB protocol and communicating with said multimedia processing module according to USB protocol. 
   
   
   
       2 . The interactive wireless game apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said wireless USB interface module comprises:
 a second transmitter/receiver unit communicating with said first transmitter/receiver unit by the wireless signal complying with UWB protocol;   a USB control unit communicating with said multimedia processing module by a series signal that complies with USB protocol according to USB protocol; and   a data conversion unit coupled to said second transmitter/receiver unit and the USB control unit, performing bidirectionally conversion between the wireless signal complying with UWB protocol and the series signal complying with USB protocol.   
   
   
       3 . The interactive wireless game apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said game peripheral apparatus further comprises:
 an image preprocessing unit to modulate, modify or compress the motion signal.   
   
   
       4 . The interactive wireless game apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the image sensor and image preprocessing unit are integrated into an IC to form a system on chip. 
   
   
       5 . The interactive wireless game apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the wireless USB interface module is compatible with IEEE802.15.3 and USB protocol. 
   
   
       6 . The interactive wireless game apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the first transmitter/receiver unit is compatible with IEEE802.15.3 protocol. 
   
   
       7 . The interactive wireless game apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the second transmitter/receiver unit is compatible with IEEE802.15.3 protocol. 
   
   
       8 . The interactive wireless game apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the wireless USB interface module utilizes multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing technique to perform signal modulation. 
   
   
       9 . The interactive wireless game apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the wireless USB interface module divides a band ranging from 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz into 13 sub-bands of which each has a bandwidth of 528 MHz, each of the sub-bands employs 128 sub-carriers, and 100 of the sub-carriers are modulated by quadrature phase shift keying technique for data transmission. 
   
   
       10 . The interactive wireless game apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the wireless USB interface module complies with USB protocol. 
   
   
       11 . The interactive wireless game apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the wireless USB interface module is detachable from the game host. 
   
   
       12 . A wireless peripheral apparatus for at least one player to remotely control a game of a game host, the game apparatus comprising:
 at least one game peripheral apparatus comprising:
 an image sensor detecting a motion signal from the player; 
 a data processing unit digitally processing said motion signal detected by said image sensor and converting said motion signal into a signal that complies with UWB protocol; and 
 a first transmitter/receiver unit coupled to said data processing unit to receive the signal outputted from the data processing unit, transmitting and receiving a wireless signal complying with UWB protocol; and 
   a wireless USB interface module communicating with said first transmitter/receiver unit by the wireless signal complying with UWB protocol and communicating with said multimedia processing module according to USB protocol.   
   
   
       13 . The wireless peripheral apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the wireless USB interface module comprises:
 a second transmitter/receiver unit communicating with said first transmitter/receiver unit by the wireless signal that complies with UWB protocol;   a USB control unit communicating with the game host by a series signal that complies with USB protocol according to USB protocol; and   a data conversion unit coupled to said second transmitter/receiver unit and the USB control unit, performing bidirectionally conversion between the wireless signal that complies with UWB protocol and the series signal that complies with USB protocol.   
   
   
       14 . The wireless peripheral apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the game peripheral apparatus comprises:
 an image pre-processing unit to modulate, modify or compress the motion signal.   
   
   
       15 . The wireless peripheral apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein the image sensor and image preprocessing unit are integrated into an IC to form a system on chip. 
   
   
       16 . The wireless peripheral apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the wireless USB interface module is compatible with IEEE802.15.3 and USB protocol. 
   
   
       17 . The wireless peripheral apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the first transmitter/receiver unit is compatible with IEEE802.15.3 protocol. 
   
   
       18 . The wireless peripheral apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein the second transmitter/receiver unit is compatible with IEEE802.15.3 protocol. 
   
   
       19 . The wireless peripheral apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the wireless USB interface module utilizes multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing technique to perform signal modulation. 
   
   
       20 . The wireless peripheral apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the wireless USB interface module divides a band ranging from 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz into 13 sub-bands of which each has a bandwidth of 528 MHz, each of the sub-bands employs 128 sub-carriers, and 100 of the sub-carriers are modulated by quadrature phase shift keying technique for data transmission. 
   
   
       21 . The wireless peripheral apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the wireless USB interface module complies with USB protocol.