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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2014
Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Daniel A. Schmidt, Somerville, MA (US);
Matthew C. Boch, Somerville, MA (US);
Jason Deling Booth, Upton, MA (US);
Brian Hodges Gibson, Providence, RI (US);
James Gerard Toepel, Somerville, MA (US);
Michael Mandel, Brookline, MA (US);
Jonathan Mintz, Cambridge, MA (US);
Mark Sullivan, Somerville, MA (US);
Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A method including displaying a multi-part visual cue that instructs a player to perform a gesture at a specified time, the multi-part visual cue including a first part indicating the gesture that is to be performed at the specified time, and a second part providing an indication of i) the specified time, and ii) a preparation period before the specified time, wherein the distance between the first and the second parts is variable over time, receiving, from a video camera, position information associated with positions of the player over time, determining a first displacement of the player using the position information, determining whether the first displacement of the player matches a first target displacement criterion associated with the multi-part visual cue, when the first displacement matches the first target displacement criterion within a timing window of the specified time, altering a gameplay characteristic of the video game.