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Optical body tracker

  • US 20050105772A1
  • Filed: 10/05/2004
  • Published: 05/19/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/10/1998
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for tracking the movements of an animate or inanimate body, comprising:

  • a virtual reality simulator depicting a three-dimensional space;

    a plurality of optical tags supported at different positions on the body of a user of the simulator;

    a tag controller supported on the body to activate the optical tags in an on/off illumination sequence; and

    a position sensor disposed remotely from the body, including;

    a plurality of cameras, each outputting electrical signals corresponding to the location of the optical tags;

    processing circuitry for receiving the signals from the cameras and determining the positions of the tags in the three-dimensional space utilizing triangulation techniques.

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