System, method, and apparatus for an interactive container

Abstract

An interactive container creation method, apparatus and system. The method includes creating a list, deploying the list to at least one device, calibrating and identifying touch areas, identifying at least one of an asset and a shape to be defined as a touch area, identifying the x,y axis of each point for a predetermined number of points for each of the at least one of asset or shape, and creating a touch area based of the identified x,y axis.

1 . An interactive system comprising a processor capable of executing instruction relating to an interactive container creation method for creating an interactive experience, the interactive container creation method comprising:
 identifying at least one of an asset and a shape, in an image captured by a camera, to be defined as a touch area in a first interactive container,   wherein the identifying comprises at least:
 retrieving a baseline depth; 
 retrieving a value of a real-time area; 
   determining a difference between the baseline depth and the values;   comparing the difference to a threshold and determining if the real-time area is to be defined as the touch area based on the comparison;
 identifying the x, y axis of at least one point of the at least one of asset or shape; and 
 creating the touch area based on the identified x,y axis and in response to the real-time area being defined as the touch area in the first interactive container based on the comparison. 
   
     
     
         2 . The interactive container creation method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 creating a list; and   deploying the list to at least one device.   
     
     
         3 . The interactive container creation method of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 creating a correlation between (i) at least a portion of the list to (ii) the touch area, image captured from the camera or a projected image from a projector,   wherein the touch area of the first interactive container produces an activity identified in the list resulting from interaction related to the touch area, and   wherein the produced activity is in a second interactive container.   
     
     
         4 . The interactive container creation method of  claim 3 , wherein the second interactive container relates to the display from the projector. 
     
     
         5 . The interactive container creation method of  claim 4 , wherein the display is viewable by a human eye without need for wearable devices. 
     
     
         6 . The interactive container creation method of  claim 1 , wherein the retrieving the baseline depth comprises retrieving a baseline depth area utilizing multiple depth frames. 
     
     
         7 . The interactive container creation method of  claim 1 , wherein the value is a moving average. 
     
     
         8 . The interactive container creation method of  claim 1 , wherein the method utilizes at least one of a depth camera, a weighted average to add items into the container over time, an interactive container that at least one of communicates and causes change in another container. 
     
     
         9 . The interactive container creation method of  claim 3 , wherein a radius of a surrounding pixels changes based on the depth of the camera. 
     
     
         10 . The interactive container creation method of  claim 2 , wherein the list comprises at least one of an image, an asset, an attribute, a wisp, a rule, a menu, axis location and any combination thereof, wherein the attribute is at least one of audio, video, image, display, or combination thereof, and wherein the asset is at least one of an object, a person, printout of an object or person, a displayed item, an image, a video, an identified item or person, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         11 . The interactive container creation method of  claim 2 , wherein the list is created on a machine by identifying at least one of the asset and the shape. 
     
     
         12 . The interactive container creation method of  claim 2 , wherein the list is deployed simultaneously on several devices in the same or in different locations. 
     
     
         13 . The interactive container creation method of  claim 1 , further comprising a calibration method, wherein the calibration method comprises:
 identifying an item to be defined as the touch area,   wherein the item is one of the asset, a display, a shape, light, exposure, contrast, RGB difference, infrared, or a combination thereof;
 identifying coordinates of predetermined number of points related to the item; and 
 identifying an area within the predetermined points as the touch area. 
   
     
     
         14 . The interactive container creation method of  claim 13 , wherein the calibration method utilizes the camera to identify the coordinates. 
     
     
         15 . The interactive container creation method of  claim 13 , wherein the calibration method is performed on a single container or multiple containers at the same time. 
     
     
         16 . The interactive container creation method of  claim 13 , wherein the calibration method is one of automatic or manual. 
     
     
         17 . The interactive container creation method of  claim 13 , wherein the calibration method further comprises identifying one of a rule, a menu, a display, and an activity related to the identified touch area. 
     
     
         18 . The interactive container creation method of  claim 13 , further comprising at least one of:
 training an image to detect at least one of a known image, asset, logo, item or combination thereof; and
 cropping calibration stream to calibrate only areas of interest. 
   
     
     
         19 . An interactive container creation method for creating an interactive experience, the method comprising:
 calibrating and identifying at least one interactive container;   identifying at least one of an asset and a shape to be defined as a touch area in the interactive container;   identifying the x,y axis of at least one point of the at least one of the asset and the shape; and   creating a correlation between the touch area and at least a portion of a list,   wherein the list identifies a plurality of activities resulting from interaction related to the touch area, and   wherein each touch area of the interactive container produces an activity from among the plurality of activities identified in the list.   
     
     
         20 . An interactive container creation system for creating an interactive experience, comprising:
 a processor;   a storage medium comprising at least one of deployed data and touch area data,   wherein the processor is coupled to the storage medium;   a touch detector for generating the touch area data,   wherein the touch area data relates to at least one of an asset or a shape;   a touch listener, coupled to the processor and the touch detector, for determining an activity related to a touch area,   wherein each touch area of the interactive container produces an activity determined by the touch area data resulting from interaction related to the touch area; and   at least one input/output device for at least one of receiving input to the interactive container system or to cause an action related to the interactive container system.