SIGNAL GENERATION AND DETECTOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING POSITIONS OF FINGERS OF A USER
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1. A method for tracking positions of finger portions of a glove, comprising:
- sending, from a head-mounted display (HMD), a power signal to the glove configured to be worn on a user'"'"'s hand, wherein the finger portions have a plurality of light emitters;
detecting, by a plurality of sensors on the HMD, light emitted by the light emitters of the finger portions for facilitating generation of data, wherein the light is emitted using power produced from the power signal received by the glove, wherein the sensors provide a frame of reference for determining one or more positions of one or more of the finger portions of the glove, wherein the one or more positions of the one or more of the finger portions are determined with respect to the frame of reference based on the data; and
determining changes to the one or more positions of the one or more finger portions with respect to the frame of reference based on additional data, wherein the additional data is generated based on additional light that is generated by the light emitters and after the additional light is detected by the sensors on the HMD.
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Abstract
A method for determining positions of fingers of a user is described. The method includes transmitting a power signal from a head mounted display (HMD) to provide power to a plurality of light emitters. The light emitters emit light in a sequence upon receiving the power signal. The method includes using the light emitted by the light emitters to determine a plurality of positions of the light emitters. The positions are used to play a game using the HMD.
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1. A method for tracking positions of finger portions of a glove, comprising:
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sending, from a head-mounted display (HMD), a power signal to the glove configured to be worn on a user'"'"'s hand, wherein the finger portions have a plurality of light emitters; detecting, by a plurality of sensors on the HMD, light emitted by the light emitters of the finger portions for facilitating generation of data, wherein the light is emitted using power produced from the power signal received by the glove, wherein the sensors provide a frame of reference for determining one or more positions of one or more of the finger portions of the glove, wherein the one or more positions of the one or more of the finger portions are determined with respect to the frame of reference based on the data; and determining changes to the one or more positions of the one or more finger portions with respect to the frame of reference based on additional data, wherein the additional data is generated based on additional light that is generated by the light emitters and after the additional light is detected by the sensors on the HMD. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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a glove configured to be worn on a hand of a user, wherein the glove has a plurality of finger portions, wherein the finger portions have a plurality of light emitters; a head-mounted display (HMD) coupled to the glove, wherein the HMD is configured to send a power signal to the glove, wherein the HMD has a plurality of sensors, wherein the plurality of sensors are configured to detect light emitted by the light emitters of the finger portions for facilitating generation of data, wherein the light is emitted using power produced from the power signal received by the glove, wherein the sensors provide a frame of reference; and a controller coupled to the HMD, wherein the controller is configured to determine one or more positions of one or more of the finger portions of the glove, wherein the one or more positions of the one or more finger portions are determined with respect to the frame of reference based on the data, wherein the controller is configured to determine changes to the one or more of the positions of the one or more finger portions with respect to the frame of reference based on additional data, wherein the additional data is generated based on additional light that is generated by the light emitters and is detected by the sensors on the HMD. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for determining a position of a wearable object that is occluded, comprising:
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sending, from a head-mounted display (HMD), a power signal to a wearable device, wherein the wearable device has a light emitter and is configured to be worn on a finger of a user'"'"'s hand, wherein the HMD provides a first frame of reference; detecting, by a plurality of sensors on a torso device, light emitted by the light emitter of the wearable device to facilitate generation of a set of data, wherein the light is emitted by using power of the power signal, wherein the torso device provides a second frame of reference; and determining a position of the wearable device with respect to the first frame of reference based on the data and a relative position between the first frame of reference and the second frame of reference. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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