System and method for image recognized content creation

• US 20120028694A1
• Filed: 07/28/2010
• Published: 02/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Kohout, Robert
• Granted Patent: US 9,908,050 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/6
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/42 by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/63 by the player, e.g. authoring using a level editor
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/65 automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/803 Driving vehicles or craft, e.g. cars, airplanes, ships, robots or tanks
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1093 using visible light
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6018 where the game content is authored by the player, e.g. level editor or by game device at runtime, e.g. level is created from music data on CD
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6045 for mapping control signals received from the input arrangement into game commands
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8017 Driving on land or water; Flying

Abstract

There is provided a system and method for image recognized content creation. There is provided a method comprising capturing an image from a camera, analyzing the image to recognize a plurality of elements, converting the plurality of elements into custom content data, and executing an interactive application using the custom content data. In one embodiment, the interactive application may comprise a racing video game, and the image may comprise a racetrack layout for use in the racing video game. Thus, a user can provide a racetrack by drawing simple lines and curves on a piece of paper, which are detected by the camera and converted into valid data assets for the video game. In this manner, even young children can leverage common drawing skills using familiar physical drawing implements for quick and simplified content creation, bypassing the need to use complex, tedious, and proprietary conventional on-screen user interfaces.

Claims

1. A computing device providing image recognized content creation, the computing device comprising:

a processor configured to;

capture an image from a camera;

analyze the image to recognize a plurality of elements;

convert the plurality of elements into custom content data; and

execute an interactive application using the custom content data.

2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of elements comprise segments of a closed circuit.

3. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the custom content data comprises a spline.

4. The computing device of claim 3, wherein the spline is defined using a linked list of line segments and Bezier curves.

5. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to execute the interactive application to provide a racing game using the custom content data as a racetrack.

6. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to convert the plurality of elements using smoothing compensation to create the custom content data.

7. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to capture the image from a drawing on paper.

8. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of elements includes defined symbols indicating properties of the custom content data.

9. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of elements includes attributes indicating properties of the custom content data.

10. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the attributes include foreground and background colors of the plurality of elements indicating terrain properties of the custom content data.

11. A method of providing image recognized content creation, the method comprising:

capturing an image from a camera;

analyzing the image to recognize a plurality of elements;

converting the plurality of elements into custom content data; and

executing an interactive application using the custom content data.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the plurality of elements comprise segments of a closed circuit.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the custom content data comprises a spline.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the spline is defined using a linked list of line segments and Bezier curves.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the executing further provides a racing game as the interactive application using the custom content data as a racetrack.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the converting the plurality of elements further uses smoothing compensation to create the custom content data.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the capturing of the image is from a drawing on paper.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the plurality of elements includes defined symbols indicating properties of the custom content data.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the plurality of elements includes attributes indicating properties of the custom content data.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the attributes include foreground and background colors of the plurality of elements indicating terrain properties of the custom content data.