Apparatus and a method for more realistic shooting video games on computers or similar devices using visible or invisible light and an input computing device
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising a game computing device;
- an input computing device;
a screen device;
a first mock shooting device having a position lighting device comprised of one or more light sources which are fixed to the mock shooting device; and
wherein the game computing device is electrically connected to the screen device; and
wherein the input computing device is electrically connected to the game computing device; and
wherein the input computing device uses the light from the one or more light sources of the position lighting device to determine whether the first mock shooting device is aimed towards a first location on the screen device; and
wherein the input computing device sends the aiming location information of the first mock shooting device on the screen device to the game computing device.
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, and a method for providing more realistic shooting input for shooting video games on computers or similar devices is provided. The apparatus may be comprised of a mock shooting device, such as a gun, having one or two lighting devices containing a plurality of light sources. The lighting devices may use visible or invisible lights. The apparatus may also include a screen device for displaying visual target objects of a video shooting game, at which a game player can shoot at with the mock shooting device, a video camera that captures video images of the mock shooting devices, and an input computing device that computes the hit position of the mock shooting device on the screen device based on the captured video images. The determined hit position can then be fed to from the input computing device to the video shooting game software run by the game computing device which can determine if a visual target object is actually hit or not, and reacts accordingly. The mock shooting device may further be comprised of a wireless sender or a wired communication line to send command signals from the mock shooting device to the input computing device. The system and method can be extended to a plurality of game players using mock shooting devices with differently colored or uniquely spatially arranged lighting devices so that a plurality of hit positions may be determined.
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31 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising
a game computing device; -
an input computing device;
a screen device;
a first mock shooting device having a position lighting device comprised of one or more light sources which are fixed to the mock shooting device; and
wherein the game computing device is electrically connected to the screen device; and
wherein the input computing device is electrically connected to the game computing device; and
wherein the input computing device uses the light from the one or more light sources of the position lighting device to determine whether the first mock shooting device is aimed towards a first location on the screen device; and
wherein the input computing device sends the aiming location information of the first mock shooting device on the screen device to the game computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus comprising
a game computing device; -
an input computing device;
a screen device;
a mock shooting device is comprised of a lighting device containing one or more light sources which are fixed to the mock shooting device; and
wherein one or more light sources of the lighting device emit visible or invisible light;
wherein the input computing device uses the light from the one or more light sources of the lighting device to determine whether the mock shooting device is aimed towards a location on the screen device;
and wherein the input computing device passes the location information about the mock shooting device to the game computing device - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus comprising
An input computing device; -
a game computing device;
a screen device;
a mock shooting device which can send a signal via a communications line;
and a lighting device containing one or more light sources which are fixed to or as a built-in part of the mock shooting device; and
wherein one or more light sources of the lighting device emit light; and
wherein the input computing device uses the light from the one or more light sources of the lighting device to determine whether the mock shooting device is aimed towards a location on the screen device;
wherein the communications line is used to send one or more command signals from the mock shooting device to the input computing device;
and wherein the input computing device further sends the command signals and the shooting location information to the game computing device - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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