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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2010
Relja Markovic, Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen G Latta, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin a Geisner, Mercer Island, WA (US);
David Hill, Bellevue, WA (US);
Darren a Bennett, Seattle, WA (US);
David C Haley, Dallas, TX (US);
Brian S Murphy, Seattle, WA (US);
Shawn C Wright, Sammamish, WA (US);
Relja Markovic, Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen G Latta, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin A Geisner, Mercer Island, WA (US);
David Hill, Bellevue, WA (US);
Darren A Bennett, Seattle, WA (US);
David C Haley, Dallas, TX (US);
Brian S Murphy, Seattle, WA (US);
Shawn C Wright, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In a motion capture system, a unitary input is provided to an application based on detected movement and/or location of a group of people. Audio information from the group can also be used as an input. The application can provide real-time feedback to the person or group via a display and audio output. The group can control the movement of an avatar in a virtual space based on the movement of each person in the group, such as in a steering or balancing game. To avoid a discontinuous or confusing output by the application, missing data can be generated for a person who is occluded or partially out of the field of view. A wait time can be set for activating a new person and deactivating a currently-active person. The wait time can be adaptive based on a first detected position or a last detected position of the person.