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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2009
Wei Yen, Seattle, WA (US);
Ian Wright, Montain View, CA (US);
Dana Wilkinson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Xiaoyuan Tu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stuart Reynolds, Mountain View, CA (US);
William Robert Powers, Iii, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Musick, Jr., Belmont, CA (US);
John Funge, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Wei Yen, Seattle, WA (US);
Ian Wright, Montain View, CA (US);
Dana Wilkinson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Xiaoyuan Tu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stuart Reynolds, Mountain View, CA (US);
William Robert Powers, III, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Musick, Jr., Belmont, CA (US);
John Funge, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
AiLive, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for controlling movements of an object in a videogame are disclosed. At least one video camera is used at a location where at least a player plays the videogame, the video camera captures various movements of the player. A designated device (e.g., a game console or computer) is configured to the video data to derive the movements of the player from the video data, and cause the object to respond to the movements of the player. When the designated device receives video data from more than one locations, players at the respective locations can play a networked videogame that may be built upon a shared space representing some or all of the real-world spaces of the locations. The video game is embedded with objects, some of which respond to the movements of the players and interact with other objects in accordance with rules of the video games.