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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2017
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Xiaodong Mao, Foster City, CA (US);
Noam Rimon, Foster City, CA (US);
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device for enabling user control for interfacing with a video game is provided, including the following: a projector for projecting a radiation pattern; a camera for capturing images of the projected radiation pattern; an image processor configured to process the captured images for identification of the projected radiation pattern; a transceiver configured to communicate with a game console that executes the video game, the transceiver configured to transmit data generated by the image processor to the game console, such that a position of the device is determined based on the captured images of the radiation pattern, the determined position of the device being utilized to update a state of the executing video game at the game console; a harness for attaching the device to the user.