GAMING DEVICE WITH ROTATABLY PLACED CAMERAS
First Claim
1. A method to identify positions of a wrist of a user for displaying a virtual hand within a head-mounted display, comprising:
- capturing an image of a wearable device worn on the wrist of the user, wherein said capturing of the image is performed by a camera having a field-of-view directed towards the wrist, wherein said capturing is performed when the wearable device is moved to produce gestures that are captured by the camera;
repeating capturing of additional images of the wearable device by the camera, wherein said capturing of the image and said repeating are performed to generate a stream of image data;
sending the stream of image data to a computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to process the image data to identify changes in positions of the wrist for rendering the virtual hand representative of the wrist in the head-mounted display.
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Abstract
A method to identify positions of fingers of a hand is described. The method includes capturing images of a first hand using a plurality of cameras that are part of a wearable device. The wearable device is attached to a wrist of a second hand and the plurality of cameras of the wearable device is disposed around the wearable device. The method includes repeating capturing of additional images of the first hand, the images and the additional images captured to produce a stream of captured image data during a session of presenting the virtual environment in a head mounted display (HMD). The method includes sending the stream of captured image data to a computing device that is interfaced with the HMD. The computing device is configured to process the captured image data to identify changes in positions of the fingers of the first hand.
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1. A method to identify positions of a wrist of a user for displaying a virtual hand within a head-mounted display, comprising:
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capturing an image of a wearable device worn on the wrist of the user, wherein said capturing of the image is performed by a camera having a field-of-view directed towards the wrist, wherein said capturing is performed when the wearable device is moved to produce gestures that are captured by the camera; repeating capturing of additional images of the wearable device by the camera, wherein said capturing of the image and said repeating are performed to generate a stream of image data; sending the stream of image data to a computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to process the image data to identify changes in positions of the wrist for rendering the virtual hand representative of the wrist in the head-mounted display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system to identify positions of a wrist of a user for displaying a virtual hand within a head-mounted display, comprising:
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a wearable device configured to be worn on the wrist of the user; a head-mounted display configured to be worn by the user; a camera facing the wearable device and having a field-of-view directed towards the wrist, wherein the camera is configured to capture an image of the wearable device, wherein the camera is configured to repeat capturing of additional images of the wearable device, wherein the image and the additional images are captured to generate a stream of image data, a computing device coupled to the camera and the head-mounted display, wherein the camera is configured to send the stream of image data to the computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to process the image data to identify changes in positions of the wrist for rendering the virtual hand representative of the wrist in the head-mounted display. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program instructions for identifying positions of a wrist of a user for displaying a virtual hand within a head-mounted display, wherein execution of the program instructions by one or more processors of a computer system causes the one or more processors to carry out operations of:
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capturing an image of a wearable device worn on the wrist of the user, wherein said capturing of the image is performed by a camera having a field-of-view directed towards the wrist, wherein said capturing is performed when the wearable device is moved to produce gestures that are captured by the camera; repeating capturing of additional images of the wearable device by the camera, wherein said capturing of the image and said repeating are performed to generate a stream of image data; sending the stream of image data to a computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to process the image data to identify changes in positions of the wrist for rendering the virtual hand representative of the wrist in the head-mounted display. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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