Orientation detection marker, orientation detection device and video game decive
First Claim
1. An orientation detection marker which is provided in either one of a device main body and a controller for performing input operations as being pointed to a screen of a display unit provided to the device main body for displaying images, for detecting the orientation of the controller with respect to the screen, and which supplies information for computing said orientation to a picture image generated by imaging means provided in the other of the device main body and the controller, wherein said orientation detection marker comprising a light source having a mode including biaxial direction information.
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Abstract
The invention provides an orientation detection marker having a simple structure and capable of providing information enabling the remote measurement of the orientation of a controller. Light source unit 13 (orientation detection marker) provides so-called biaxial direction information composed of one axis on which dotted light sources 131 to 133 are disposed at equal intervals and another axis on which dotted light sources 131, 134 and 135 are disposed at the same interval as the above intervals and which intersects with the aforementioned one axis at the dotted light source 131 or the like.
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32 Claims
- 1. An orientation detection marker which is provided in either one of a device main body and a controller for performing input operations as being pointed to a screen of a display unit provided to the device main body for displaying images, for detecting the orientation of the controller with respect to the screen, and which supplies information for computing said orientation to a picture image generated by imaging means provided in the other of the device main body and the controller, wherein said orientation detection marker comprising a light source having a mode including biaxial direction information.
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22. An orientation detection device, comprising:
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imaging means, provided in either one of a controller and the device main body including a display unit having a screen for displaying images, for imaging an orientation detection marker;
identification means for identifying an image of a mode having a biaxial direction information included in the picture image imaged by said imaging means; and
computing means for computing the orientation of said controller with respect to the screen of said display unit from the state of the image of said identified mode. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A video game device, comprising:
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An orientation detection device, including;
imaging means, provided in either one of a controller and the device main body including a display unit having a screen for displaying images, for imaging an orientation detection marker;
identification means for identifying an image of a mode having a biaxial direction information included in the picture image imaged by said imaging means; and
computing means for computing the orientation of said controller with respect to the screen of said display unit from the state of the image of said identified mode;
image generation control means for generating game images containing at least a game character;
image display means for displaying the generated game images on the screen of said display unit; and
game progress control means for progressing the game by giving movement to said game character in accordance with prescribed game rules within the game space;
wherein said game progress control means gives movement to said game character in relation to the orientation of said controller to said game character based on the relationship between the orientation of the controller obtained by said computing means and the position on the screen of said display unit where said game character is displayed.
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