Patent ID: 9687730
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A63F

Claim:
1. A system, comprising: a memory to store instructions; and a processing system including a processor coupled to the memory and coupled to near field sensors, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving an input via a graphical user interface to define a plurality of zones based on a depiction of an accessory, wherein the input is received from a user of the accessory, wherein the input defines a virtual boundary between zones of the plurality of zones, wherein the virtual boundary is drawn by the user with respect to a depiction of a continuous surface of the accessory, wherein each zone of the plurality of zones corresponds to a portion of the accessory and a space proximate to the accessory comprising one of the near field sensors, and wherein, for each zone, the near field sensor detects objects in the space proximate to the portion of the accessory corresponding to that zone; detecting a gesture of an object in one of the plurality of zones associated with the accessory by sensing the object with the near field sensor corresponding to the zone; determining that the gesture is a new gesture not previously associated with the zone and not previously associated with a gaming action of a plurality of gaming actions that control presentations produced by a gaming application resulting in a determination, the gaming application comprising a video game; associating the gesture with the zone and with the gaming action responsive to the determination; subsequently detecting the gesture in the zone associated with the accessory with the near field sensor corresponding to the zone; obtaining the gaming action associated with the gesture responsive to detecting the gesture; and transmitting the gaming action to the gaming application.