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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
Applicant:
Timothy R. Pryor, Sylvania, OH (US);
Inventor:
Timothy R. Pryor, Sylvania, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06K 9/00335 (2013.01); G06F 3/042 (2013.01); A63F 2300/1012 (2013.01); G06F 3/0325 (2013.01); G06F 17/00 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0331 (2013.01); A63F 2300/1087 (2013.01); G06F 3/0425 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for interactive TV camera based games in which position or orientation of points on a player or of an object held by a player are determined and used to control a video display. Both single camera and stereo camera pair based embodiments are disclosed, preferably using stereo photogrammetry where multi-degree of freedom information is desired. Large video displays, preferably life-size may be used where utmost realism of the game experience is desired.