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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2008
Ian Partridge, Chandlers Ford, GB;
Adam J. Pilkington, Southampton, GB;
Simon C. E. Rowland, Winchester, GB;
Ian Partridge, Chandlers Ford, GB;
Adam J. Pilkington, Southampton, GB;
Simon C. E. Rowland, Winchester, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of identifying a specific object representation in a computer simulation is presented. A computer simulation of a physical room is generated and displayed by a game console. A game controller is integrated with a laser rangefinder to create a laser-integrated game controller that is capable of determining and transmitting, to the game console, a real-time location and spatial orientation of a real physical object that is represented by a computer-generated object representation in the computer simulation. The game controller and laser-integrated game controller are able to identify a specific object representation, which corresponds with the real physical object, based on the real-time location of the laser-integrated game controller, the spatial orientation of the laser-integrated game controller, and the range signal from the laser rangefinder in the laser-integrated game controller to the real physical object.