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Granted Patent B2
US 12,251,352 · App. 17/812,602 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

System, apparatus, and method for controlling a device based on distance

Inventors: Dan Liu (Guangdong, CN); Jilin Qiu (Guangdong, CN)
A61H19/44A61F5/41A61H19/34A61F2005/417A61H23/02A61H2201/5007A61H2201/5071A61H2201/5097
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Patent No.
US 12,251,352
App. No.
17/812,602
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system is disclosed. The system includes an accessory control module, comprising computer-executable code stored in non-volatile memory, a processor, an accessory of a user, and a terminal device. The accessory control module, the processor, the accessory, and the terminal device are configured to determine a distance between the terminal device and either the accessory or a user device of the user, and control the accessory to perform a predetermined action for sexually stimulating the user based on the distance.

Claims (33)

1. A system, comprising:

a memory device having stored thereon a set of instructions; and

a processor configured to execute said set of instructions to:

wirelessly transmit and receive signals using:

an accessory of a user, wherein the accessory of a user is a sex toy of the user, and

an electrical terminal device of a second user comprising a second user device communicatively connected to a second accessory of the second user, wherein the second user device is a second user personal computing device and the second accessory is a sex toy of the second user that is for sexually stimulating the second user;

determine a distance between the electrical terminal device and either the accessory or a first user device connected to the accessory, wherein the first user device is a first user personal computing device; and

control the accessory to perform a predetermined action for sexually stimulating the user based on the distance;

wherein the distance is a virtual distance and determining the virtual distance includes calculating the virtual distance between a first virtual coordinate corresponding to the accessory and a second virtual coordinate corresponding to the electrical terminal device in a virtual world.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first user personal computing device and the second user personal computing device are smartphones.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein controlling the accessory to perform the predetermined action includes at least one of:

initiating control of the accessory to perform the predetermined action based on the distance falling within a threshold range or below a threshold value; or

changing a level of the predetermined action based on a change of the distance.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the level is at least one selected from the group of amplitude, frequency, speed, acceleration, temperature, number of reciprocations, duration, and combinations thereof.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein changing the level of the predetermined action based on the change of the distance includes at least one of:

adjusting the level to a first adjusted value that is equal to a value of the distance multiplied by a predetermined weight value; or

adjusting the level to a second adjusted value that is equal to an initial value of the level plus a multiplied value that is a change of the distance multiplied by an adjustment weight value.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein controlling the accessory to perform the predetermined action further includes at least one of:

controlling the accessory to perform the predetermined action based on a preset control pattern of the electrical terminal device; or

controlling the accessory to perform the predetermined action via the electrical terminal device in real-time or near real-time.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor, the accessory, and the electrical terminal device are configured to send a user information of the electrical terminal device to the user of the accessory.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein controlling the accessory to perform the predetermined action includes at least one of:

decreasing a level of the predetermined action as the distance increases;

increasing the level of the predetermined action as the distance decreases;

decreasing a level of the predetermined action as the distance decreases; or

increasing the level of the predetermined action as the distance increases.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined action is a mechanical action that is at least one selected from the group of vibration, rotation, suction, contraction, expansion, temperature control, reciprocating movement, and combinations thereof.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electrical terminal device is a smart device that communicates with the accessory via at least one selected from the group of short distance communication, Wi-Fi, RFID, GPS, Ultra Wide Band, and combinations thereof.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electrical terminal device communicates with the accessory via at least one of direct wireless communication or indirect wireless communication.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the distance is a physical distance and determining the physical distance includes calculating the physical distance according to at least one selected from the group of ultrasonic detection, UWB positioning, Wi-Fi positioning, satellite positioning, RFID positioning, base station positioning and combinations thereof.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the accessory and the electrical terminal device are configured to wirelessly transmit and receive signals for determining the distance.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first user device and the second user device are selected from the group consisting of smartphones, tablets, and wearable devices.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first user device and the second user device are handheld devices.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2022
From: LIU, DAN; QIU, JILIN
To: HYTTO PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 060509/0236 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation In Part 17717917 · Apr 11, 2022
Continuation In Part 17520889 · Nov 8, 2021
Continuation In Part 16835808 · Mar 31, 2020
Continuation 16352876 · Mar 14, 2019
Provisional Application 62830195 · Apr 5, 2019
Related Publication 20220347046A1 · Nov 3, 2022
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