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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Howard Cheng, Sammamish, WA (US);
William C. Newman, Jr., Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
NINTENDO CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/04 (2006.01); H04N 9/47 (2006.01); G02B 27/26 (2006.01); G02B 27/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01); G06T 15/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06T 15/00 (2013.01); H04N 13/0278 (2013.01); H04N 13/0468 (2013.01);
Abstract
The exemplary illustrative non-limiting technology herein enables 3D viewing on conventional 2D displays such as home television sets by tracking a person's viewpoint. Detecting a player's viewpoint movement to change the viewing of the displayed object gives the illusion that the object is physically present in three-dimensional space. Viewpoint movement detection can provide collision-related game logic benefits such as allowing a player to dodge projectiles, giving a game character an ability to 'see' the player when not behind line-of-sight obstacles, and other advantages.