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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2007
Yoshio Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Hamada, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshio Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Hamada, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a game systemof the present invention, an image capturing devicecaptures a controller. The controllerincludes a plurality of LEDs which express controller numbers assigned to the controllerin a game application to be executed, and periodically repeats the turning on and off of an LED in a flashing pattern defined in accordance with the controller number assigned. A cycle of the flashing is set so that the flashing appears to be continuous to a user, on the other hand, so that a continuous turning-off state and a continuous turning-on state are captured alternately in succession by the image capturing device. The game devicedetermines if the controlleris located in the image capturing space of the mage capturing devicebased on the captured images which are captured continuously at a predetermined capturing speed by the image capturing device