INTERACTIVE VIDEO BASED GAMES USING OBJECTS SENSED BY TV CAMERAS
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1. A control interface comprising:
- an electro-optical sensor including a sensor field of view, the electro-optical sensor including an output; and
a processing unit operatively coupled to the sensor output and adapted to detect a gesture performed by a user in the sensor field of view, wherein the processing unit assigns a computer input command to the detected gesture for subsequent use by the user.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for interactive TV camera based games in which position or orientation of points on a player or of an object held by a player are determined and used to control a video display. Both single camera and stereo camera pair based embodiments are disclosed, preferably using stereo photogrammetry where multi-degree of freedom information is desired. Large video displays, preferably life-size may be used where utmost realism of the game experience is desired.
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20 Claims
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1. A control interface comprising:
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an electro-optical sensor including a sensor field of view, the electro-optical sensor including an output; and a processing unit operatively coupled to the sensor output and adapted to detect a gesture performed by a user in the sensor field of view, wherein the processing unit assigns a computer input command to the detected gesture for subsequent use by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer implemented method comprising:
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providing an electro-optical sensor including a field of view; and detecting, using the electro-optical sensor, a gesture performed by the user in the sensor field of view; and assigning a computer input command to the detected gesture based on an additional input by the user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A control interface comprising:
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a camera to detect a gesture performed in the camera field of view; and a processing unit operatively coupled to the camera and adapted to assign a computer input command to the detected gesture in response to a user designation, wherein the user designation includes a voice instruction. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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