Information processor having input system using stroboscope
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus provided with an input system utilizing a stroboscope, comprising:
- a stroboscope;
an imaging means for imaging an object at a light-emission and at a non-light-emission of said stroboscope to output an image signal at light-emission and an image signal at non-light emission;
a first means for calculating a part or all of information of a position, a size, a velocity, an acceleration, a moving path pattern of said object on the basis of differences between a plurality of said image signals at light-emission and a plurality of said image signals at non-light emission; and
a second means for performing information processing on the basis of the information calculated by said first means.
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Abstract
A stroboscope is utilized as an input device of a golf game system (10), for example. The golf game system includes a game machine (12) as an information processing apparatus and a golf-club-shaped input device (14), and within a housing of the game machine, an imaging unit (28) is housed, and the imaging unit is provided with an image sensor (40) and an infrared-LED. By utilizing the infrared-LED, an infrared ray is intermittently emitted to a predetermined range of an upper portion of the imaging unit. Accordingly, the image sensor intermittently images a reflective body provided in the golf-club-shaped input device moving within the range. Such the stroboscope image processing of the reflective body enables calculation of a velocity, and so on as an input of the game machine.
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1. An information processing apparatus provided with an input system utilizing a stroboscope, comprising:
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a stroboscope;
an imaging means for imaging an object at a light-emission and at a non-light-emission of said stroboscope to output an image signal at light-emission and an image signal at non-light emission;
a first means for calculating a part or all of information of a position, a size, a velocity, an acceleration, a moving path pattern of said object on the basis of differences between a plurality of said image signals at light-emission and a plurality of said image signals at non-light emission; and
a second means for performing information processing on the basis of the information calculated by said first means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17)
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16. A man-machine interface system provided with an input system by use of a stroboscope, comprising:
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a stroboscope;
an imaging means for imaging an object at a light-emission and at a non-light-emission of said stroboscope to output an image signal at light-emission and an image signal at non-light emission;
a first means for calculating a part or all of information of a position, a size, a velocity, an acceleration, a moving path pattern of said object on the basis of differences between a plurality of said image signals at light-emission and a plurality of said image signals at non-light emission; and
a second means for performing information processing on the basis of the information calculated by said first means.
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