METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLE ACCORDING TO SCENE IMAGES
First Claim
1. ) A gaming system for providing a gaming service to a user 102, the gaming system comprising:
- a. electronic control circuitry 130;
b. a user-directly-controlled self-propelled motorized vehicle (SPMV) 120U operative to move responsively to wirelessly-received user-generated direct commands provided by mechanical motion and/or brainwaves of the user 102;
c. an array of one or more cameras 110 configured to generate an electronic image a scene including the user-directly-controlled SPMV; and
d. a computer-directly-controlled SPMV 120C operative to move responsively to computer-generated direct commands that generated by the electronic control circuitry 130 in accordance with;
i) one or more game objectives; and
ii) a position and/orientation, within the electronic image of the scene, of the user-directly-controlled SPMV 120U.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a robotic system including one or more self-propelled motorized vehicles 120 (SPMV) whose motion is controlled in accordance with electronic image data acquired by one or more observing camera(s) 110 configured to image a scene including the SPMV 120. In some embodiments, the SPMV includes one or more on-board lights 124, and the SPMV is operated according to analyzing images acquired by the observing camera before and after an illumination transition of one or more of the point-lights. Some embodiments relate techniques to computer gaming and/or to stereoscopic image processing techniques.
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1. ) A gaming system for providing a gaming service to a user 102, the gaming system comprising:
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a. electronic control circuitry 130; b. a user-directly-controlled self-propelled motorized vehicle (SPMV) 120U operative to move responsively to wirelessly-received user-generated direct commands provided by mechanical motion and/or brainwaves of the user 102; c. an array of one or more cameras 110 configured to generate an electronic image a scene including the user-directly-controlled SPMV; and d. a computer-directly-controlled SPMV 120C operative to move responsively to computer-generated direct commands that generated by the electronic control circuitry 130 in accordance with; i) one or more game objectives; and ii) a position and/orientation, within the electronic image of the scene, of the user-directly-controlled SPMV 120U. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. ) A method of controlling a self-propelled motorized vehicle (SPMV) 120 including one or more onboard lights 124 operative to effect an illumination transition that modifies brightness and/or color of one or more of the onboard lights 124, the method comprising:
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a) obtaining a time series of images of a scene including the SPMV 120; b) determining a Euclidian location of the SPMV according to the illumination transition as described by the image time series; and c) controlling rotational and/or translational movement of the SPMV or a portion thereof according to the determined Euclidian location. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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10. ) A method of operating a self-propelled motorized vehicle (SPMV) 120 in accordance with camera calibration data of an electronic camera 110, the camera calibration data relating pixel-image locations to real-world locations, the SPMV including one or more onboard lights 124 the method comprising:
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a) electronically controlling the onboard light(s) 124 of the SPMV 120 to induce an illumination transition that modifies brightness and/or color of one more of the onboard lights 124; b) comparing first and second electronic images acquired by the camera, the first image being a pre-transition electronic image IMGPRE describing the SPMV 120 before the illumination transition and the second electronic image being a post-transition electronic image IMGPOST describing the SPMV 120 after the illumination transition; and c) in accordance with results of the comparing, electronically controlling rotational and/or translational movement of the SPMV or a portion thereof.
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