METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A RHYTHM ACTION DANCE GAME WITH CAMERA CAPTURE OF MOVEMENT
First Claim
1. A method of providing a dance game executed on a game platform comprising:
- preparing for display an avatar that is animated to perform dance moves and indicate the dance moves to be performed in the dance game;
receiving, at the game platform, movements captured by a camera;
analyzing on the game platform the movements captured by the camera to obtain dance performance data by comparing the captured movements to an indicated dance move; and
updating the dance game display based on the dance performance data.
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Abstract
A player may interact with the game and cooperate or compete with other players by executing specific dance moves in synchrony with music content. The player'"'"'s avatar may be animated to perform dance moves. Upper body movements may be controlled by how well the player executes the indicated dance moves or they may be predetermined for certain points in the music content. In embodiments in which the gaming platform is provided with a camera, the camera may be used to capture movements of the player. Methods also provide real-time musical interaction among a plurality of players connected via a network includes the steps of receiving input from a local player representing a musical performance, receiving second music performance data from a remote player, creating emulation data representing the remote musical performance, and using the emulation data to generate a local approximation of the remote musical performance.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing a dance game executed on a game platform comprising:
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preparing for display an avatar that is animated to perform dance moves and indicate the dance moves to be performed in the dance game; receiving, at the game platform, movements captured by a camera; analyzing on the game platform the movements captured by the camera to obtain dance performance data by comparing the captured movements to an indicated dance move; and updating the dance game display based on the dance performance data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. Logic encoded on a non-transitory computer readable medium that when executed performs the steps comprising:
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preparing for display an avatar that is animated to perform dance moves and indicate the dance moves to be performed in a dance game; receiving movements captured by a camera; analyzing the movements captured by the camera to obtain dance performance data by comparing the captured movements to an indicated dance move; and updating the dance game display based on the dance performance data. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A game platform comprising:
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an event monitor module that is configured to receive movements captured by a camera in a dance game in response to displaying an avatar that is animated to perform dance moves and indicate the dance moves to be performed in the dance game; and an analyzer module that is configured to analyze the movements captured by the camera to obtain dance performance data by comparing the captured movements to an indicated dance move and update the dance game display based on the dance performance data.
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