Video motion capture for wireless gaming
First Claim
1. In a toothbrush having a head, a neck and a handle, the improvement comprising the handle including a first portion coupled with the neck, and a second portion removably coupled with the first portion at an end of the handle that is furthest from the head and shorter in length than the first portion of the handle, and at least one passive marker located at the second portion of the handle and configured to aid in tracking by a computing device of a brushing trajectory, wherein the second portion is marked using two tags, wherein each of the tags is one of an augmented reality (AR) marker, a bar code, and a quick response (QR) code.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention embody motion detection via a camera for mobile platform video gaming and exercise, in either integrated or separately attachable components. The system includes an oral care device. The oral care device, such as a toothbrush, includes one or more targets. Each target designates a specific area of the toothbrush, such as back side, a front side, a brush head or a brush end. A target can be a color or a tag, and can be removably coupled or integrally formed with the toothbrush. The system also includes an application configured to detect the targets, to determine that a property of any of the targets has changed. Based on at least the determination, the application is configured to monitor progress of brushing and to control an element in the application.
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18 Claims
- 1. In a toothbrush having a head, a neck and a handle, the improvement comprising the handle including a first portion coupled with the neck, and a second portion removably coupled with the first portion at an end of the handle that is furthest from the head and shorter in length than the first portion of the handle, and at least one passive marker located at the second portion of the handle and configured to aid in tracking by a computing device of a brushing trajectory, wherein the second portion is marked using two tags, wherein each of the tags is one of an augmented reality (AR) marker, a bar code, and a quick response (QR) code.
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8. A toothbrush comprising:
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a. a first portion including a first passive marker that is detectable and trackable by an external computing device that is separate from the toothbrush; and b. a second portion including a second passive marker that is also detectable and trackable by the external computing device, wherein the second portion is a part of a detachable section of a toothbrush handle that is removably coupled to the rest of the toothbrush handle at an end of the toothbrush handle that is furthest from a brush head of the toothbrush, wherein the detachable section of the toothbrush handle is shorter in length than the rest of the toothbrush handle, and wherein each portion is marked using a tag, wherein the tag is one of an augmented reality (AR) marker, a bar code, and a quick response (QR) code. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A toothbrush comprising:
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a. a first receptacle and a first tag located on a first area of the toothbrush, wherein the first receptacle for receiving the first tag; b. a second receptacle and a second tag located on a second area of the toothbrush, wherein the second receptacle for receiving the second tag; and c. a third tag located on a third area of the toothbrush, wherein each of the tags is visually different from the other tags, wherein the third area is located at a bristle end of the toothbrush, and the first area and the second area are located at a removable end that is distal from the bristle end, wherein the first area and the second area are on opposite sides of the removable end. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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