Motion Control: the Next Frontier in Unlocking Interactive TV Applications

In the new world of Internet connected Digital TV’s (DTV’s) and Set-Top Boxes (STB’s), leading Pay TV operators are increasingly embracing motion control as a way to differentiate themselves and enhance the consumer’s experience of web-based , interactive, entertainment services. Additionally, operators are looking for new business models to arise from interactive services.

With the help of motion control driving more natural User Interfaces, Applications have the potential to help pay TV operators grow the market for services in the connected TV world and answer the question of how to make money from it. Applications enable operators to leverage their one to one relationships with subscribers and apply the power of interactivity to a limitless range of services as has been realized first on the web and then on mobile devices.

Movea^®’s MoveTV platform is the first solution for the PayTV market that provides ecosystem partners with an integrated framework for distributing Motion Services, empowering them to work together and create a complete motion-enabled entertainment experience for end-users.

Systems integrators, OEMs, service providers, and application developers can now take advantage of Movea’s state-of-the-art SmartMotion^® technology. Some of the possibilities are:

Advanced user interfaces with 2D and 3D in-air pointing and gesture recognition
Immersive motion gaming
Gesture-based viewer authentication
Intuitive, motion-based program guide navigation

Overview
Components
Specifications

What it does

Movea’s solutions for Interactive TV allow customers to:

Create easy-to-use, next-generation motion-driven user interfaces with user-friendly point-and-click and/or gesture-based navigation
Vastly improve user experience with motion-enabled widgets and apps
Deliver innovative user interfaces with advanced 2D and 3D custom gesture recognition for user authentication
Increase ARPU with compelling motion-driven games and new revenue-generating services
Explore new revenue streams from sales of specialized accessory devices like an all-in-one keyboard + Air Mouse® and gaming remotes for children
Attract new consumers and better retain current subscribers with improved offerings

MoveTV is an integrated solution for the Interactive TV market, empowering partners to create a complete, motion-enabled entertainment experience for the end user.

MoveTV brings together a number of Movea MotionIC^® components, including:

MoveTV (SmartMotion server) technical details

Pointing	Report dX & dY variations Triggered and live pointing mode
Gesture recognition	Report a gesture recognition event with recognized gesture ID if successful Unknown gesture event if failure Triggered gesture recognition Ability to create gesture and manage database Configurable recognition threshold Provided database Set of 9 MoveTV gestures Programmable gestures per user Ability to add gestures to database
Signature user recognition	Report a user recognition event with user ID Create a user signature Multi-user signature (parental lock use case)
Dynamic rotation: Pitch Angle Roll Angle Yaw Angle	Angle variations reported in degrees
Orientation	3D dynamic orientation
Translation	Dynamic translation

Added MoveTV capabilities

Vastly improved entertainment experience with motion-enhanced widgets and apps
“Air signature” user authentication that enables:
- Targeted advertising
- Intelligent content recommendations
- Parental control of TV content
- Personalized favorites & preferences
Fast and easy integration of advanced motion features for the set-top box and user interface
Semiconductor and software solutions for implementation flexibility

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