Apparatus and a method for more realistic shooting video games on computers or similar devices
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprisinga computing device;
- a video camera;
a screen device having a screen;
a first mock shooting device; and
a first lighting device comprised of one or more light sources which are fixed to the first mock shooting device; and
wherein the computing device is electrically connected to the screen device;
wherein the computing device uses light from the one or more light sources of the first lighting device to determine a position of the first mock shooting device and uses the position to determine whether the first mock shooting device is aimed towards a first location on the screen;
wherein the light from the one or more light sources of the first lighting device is comprised of at least three image points that are not located in a single line segment;
wherein the video camera captures a first video image of the at least three image points of the one or more light sources of the first lighting device;
and wherein the computing device uses the captured first video image to determine the position of the first mock shooting device.
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, and a method for providing more realistic shooting input for shooting video games on computers or similar devices is provided. The apparatus may be comprised of a mock shooting device, such as a gun, having a lighting device containing a plurality of light sources. The apparatus may also include a screen device for displaying visual target objects of a video shooting game, at which a game player can shoot at with the mock shooting device, a video camera that captures video images of the mock shooting device, and a computing device that computes the hit position of the mock shooting device on the screen device based on the captured video images. The determined hit position can then be fed to the video shooting game software run by the computing device which can determine if a visual target object is actually hit or not, and reacts accordingly. The system and method can be extended to a plurality of game players using mock shooting devices with different colored lighting devices so that a plurality of hit positions for different colors may be determined.
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24 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising
a computing device; -
a video camera;
a screen device having a screen;
a first mock shooting device; and
a first lighting device comprised of one or more light sources which are fixed to the first mock shooting device; and
wherein the computing device is electrically connected to the screen device;
wherein the computing device uses light from the one or more light sources of the first lighting device to determine a position of the first mock shooting device and uses the position to determine whether the first mock shooting device is aimed towards a first location on the screen;
wherein the light from the one or more light sources of the first lighting device is comprised of at least three image points that are not located in a single line segment;
wherein the video camera captures a first video image of the at least three image points of the one or more light sources of the first lighting device;
and wherein the computing device uses the captured first video image to determine the position of the first mock shooting device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising the steps of
using light from one or more light sources fixed to a first mock shooting device to determine a position of the first mock shooting device; -
and using the position to determine whether the first mock shooting device is aimed towards a first location on a screen of a screen device;
wherein the light provided by the one or more light sources is comprised of at least three image points that are not located in a single line segment; and
further comprising capturing a first video image of the at least three image points of the light from the one or more light sources fixed to the first mock shooting device through the use of a video camera; and
using the captured first video image of the at least three image points of the one or more light sources fixed to the first mock shooting device to determine the position of the first mock shooting device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising
a computing device; -
a video camera;
a screen device having a screen;
a first mock shooting device; and
a first lighting device comprised of one or more light sources which are fixed to the first mock shooting device; and
wherein the computing device is electrically connected to the screen device;
wherein the one or more light sources of the first lighting device provide light comprised of at least three image points that are not located in a single line segment; and
wherein the video camera captures a first video image of the at least three image points of the light provided by the one or more light sources of the first lighting device;
and wherein the computing device uses the captured first video image of the light from the one or more light sources of the first lighting device to determine whether the first mock shooting device is aimed towards a first location on the screen; and
further comprisinga second lighting device comprised of one or more light sources which are fixed to the second mock shooting device;
wherein the one or more light sources of the second lighting device provide light comprised of at least three image points that are not located in a single line segment; and
wherein the computing device uses the light from the one or more light sources of the second lighting device to determine the direction in which the second mock shooting device is pointing; and
wherein the video camera captures a second video image of the at least three image points of the light provided by the one or more light sources of the second lighting device; and
wherein the computing device uses the captured images of the light provided by the one or more light sources of the second lighting device to determine the orientation of the second mock shooting device.
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19. An apparatus comprising
a computing device; -
a video camera;
a screen device having a screen;
a first mock shooting device; and
a first lighting device comprised of one or more light sources which are fixed to the first mock shooting device; and
wherein the one or more light sources of the first lighting device provide light comprised of at least three image points that are not located in a single line segment;
wherein the computing device is electrically connected to the screen device;
and wherein the computing device uses the three image points of the light from the one or more light sources of the first lighting device to determine a position and an orientation of the first mock shooting device and uses the position and the orientation to determine a first location on the screen at which the first mock shooting device is aimed;
wherein the video camera captures a first video image of the three image points of the light for the one or more light sources of the first lighting device;
and wherein the computing devices uses the captured first video image to determine the position and the orientation of the first mock shooting device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. An apparatus comprising
a computing device; -
a screen device having a screen;
a first mock shooting device; and
a video camera;
a first lighting device comprised of one or more light sources which are fixed to the first mock shooting device; and
wherein the one or more light sources of the first lighting device provide light comprised of at least three image points that are not located in a single line segment;
wherein the computing device is electrically connected to the screen device;
and wherein the computing device uses the at least three image points of the light from the one or more light sources of the first lighting device to determine an orientation of the first mock shooting device and uses the orientation to determine whether the first mock shooting device is aimed towards a first location on the screen;
wherein the video camera captures a first video image of the at least three image points of the light from the one or more light sources of the first lighting device;
and the computing device uses the captured first video image to determine the orientation of the first mock shooting device.
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23. A method comprising the steps of
capturing a first video image of light from one or more light sources fixed to a first mock shooting device and using the captured first video image to determine an orientation of the first mock shooting device; -
wherein the light is comprised of at least three image points that are not located in a single line segment;
and using the orientation to determine whether the first mock shooting device is aimed towards a first location on a screen device.
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24. An apparatus comprising
capturing a first video image of light from one or more light sources fixed to a first mock shooting device and using the captured first video image to determine an orientation and a position of the first mock shooting device; -
wherein the light is comprised of at least three image points that are not located in a single line segment;
and using the orientation and position to determine a first location on a screen at which the first mock shooting device is aimed.
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