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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
May. 19, 2011
Applicant:
Makoto Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Makoto Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA SEGA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/00 (2014.01); A63F 13/428 (2014.01); A63F 13/213 (2014.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/428 (2014.09); A63F 13/213 (2014.09); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06K 9/00369 (2013.01); G06K 9/4642 (2013.01); G06K 9/4647 (2013.01); A63F 2300/1093 (2013.01); A63F 2300/6045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A video game apparatus includes a depth sensor configured to capture an area where a player exists and acquire depth information for each pixel of the image; and a gesture recognition unit configured to divide the image into a plurality of sections, to calculate statistics information of the depth information for each of the plurality of sections, and to recognize a gesture of the player based on the statistics information.