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Video gaming system and method of operation

  • US 10,245,506 B2
  • Filed: 05/03/2017
  • Issued: 04/02/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A video game system, comprising:

  • a console configured to transmit one or more visual or aural effects of a video game to a display screen;

    a camera freely positionable in a plurality of positions in front of the display screen so that it can view the display screen, the camera having one or more sensors configured to sense motion of the camera, wherein the position of the camera is calibrated relative to the display screen when the one or more sensors detect that the camera has been moved and prior to operation of the camera, the camera configured to communicate with the console; and

    a light targeting peripheral disposed on the front side of the display screen, the light targeting peripheral comprising a housing, a trigger movably coupled to the housing, and a non-visible light source, the light targeting peripheral configured to direct a non-visible light onto the display screen and to communicate with one or both of the console and the camera when the trigger is actuated by a user to move the trigger relative to the housing, the camera configured to locate a position on the display screen targeted by the light targeting peripheral upon the actuation of the trigger irrespective of a size and type of the display screen and to communicate said position to the console.

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