Systems and methods for identifying targets on a display

• US 9,773,324 B1
• Filed: 03/23/2016
• Issued: 09/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Ackley, Jonathan M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sajous, Wesner
• Application Number:
  US15/078,743
• Publication Number:
  US 20170278273A1
• Time in Patent Office: 552 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/22 Setup operations, e.g. calibration, key configuration or button assignment
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/26 having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/323 between game devices with different hardware characteristics, e.g. hand-held game devices connectable to game consoles or arcade machines
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30204 Marker
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/90 Determination of colour characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/225 based on a marking or identifier characterising the area
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/56 relating to colour

Abstract

There is provided a system including a memory and a processor configured to display targets on a display, each target having at least one target color, receive an input signal transmitted by a user device indicating at least one color value obtained from an image captured by the user device, the image including a portion of one of the targets displayed on the display, compare the color value indicated by the input signal with each of target colors in a target color database, determine the input signal is indicative of a first target of the targets based on a match between the color value indicated by the input signal and one of the target colors in the target color database, and execute an event involving the first target, in response to determining that the input signal is indicative of the first target of the targets.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a non-transitory memory storing an executable code and a target color database including a plurality of target colors;

a display; and

a hardware processor executing the executable code to;

display a plurality of targets on the display, each of the plurality of targets having at least one target color of the plurality of target colors;

receive an input signal transmitted by a user device, the input signal being indicative of at least one color value obtained from an image captured by the user device, the image including a portion of one of the plurality of targets displayed on the display;

compare the at least one color value indicated by the input signal with each of the plurality of target colors in the target color database;

determine, in response to comparing, the input signal is indicative of a first target of the plurality of targets based on a match between the at least one color value indicated by the input signal and one of the plurality of target colors in the target color database; and

execute an event involving the first target, in response to determining that the input signal is indicative of the first target of the plurality of targets.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the input signal includes one of a video stream targets displayed on the display and a still image of the targets displayed on the display transmitted by the user device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the color value is an average color of the portion of one of the plurality of targets displayed on the display.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the color value is calculated by the user device prior to transmitting the input signal.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the hardware processor further executes the executable code to:

calculate the color value based on the image including a portion of one of the plurality of targets displayed on the display.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein, prior to displaying the plurality of targets on the display, the hardware processor executes the executable code to:

display a test pattern for calibrating the plurality of target colors.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the event is one of selecting the first target, moving the first target, and destroying the first target.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the user device is a mobile phone.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the color value is a target pattern.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the target color database further includes a plurality of target time code ranges including a first target time code range during which the first target appears on the display, and wherein the processor further executes the executable code to:

compare an image time indicated by the input signal with each of the plurality of target time code ranges in the target color database indicating when the first target appears on the display; and

determine, in response to comparing, the input signal is indicative of the first target of the plurality of targets based on a match between the image time indicated by the input signal and the first target time code range in the target color database.

11. A method for use with a system comprising a display, a non-transitory memory, and a hardware processor, the method comprising:

displaying, using the hardware processor, a plurality of targets on the display, each of the plurality of targets having at least one target color;

receiving, using the hardware processor, an input signal transmitted by a user device, the input signal being indicative of at least one color value obtained from an image captured by the user device, the image including a portion of one of the plurality of targets displayed on the display;

comparing, using the hardware processor, the at least one color value indicated by the input signal with each of a plurality of target colors in a target color database;

determining, using the hardware processor, in response to comparing, the input signal is indicative of a first target of the plurality of targets based on a match between the at least one color value indicated by the input signal and one of the plurality of target colors in the target color database; and

executing, using the hardware processor, an event involving the first target, in response to determining that the input signal is indicative of the first target of the plurality of targets.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the input signal includes one of a video stream targets displayed on the display and a still image of the targets displayed on the display transmitted by the user device.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the color value is an average color of the portion of one of the plurality of targets displayed on the display.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the color value is calculated by the user device prior to transmitting the input signal.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

calculating, using the hardware processor, the color value based on the image including a portion of one of the plurality of targets displayed on the display.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein, prior to displaying the plurality of targets on the display, the method further comprises:

display, using the hardware processor, a test pattern for calibrating the plurality of target colors.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the event is one of selecting the first target, moving the first target, and destroying the first target.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the user device is a mobile phone.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the color value is a target pattern.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the target color database further includes a plurality of target time code ranges including a first target time code range during which the first target appears on the display, the method further comprising:

comparing, using the hardware processor, an image time indicated by the input signal with each of the plurality of target time code ranges in the target color database indicating when the first target appears on the display; and

determining, using the hardware processor, in response to comparing, the input signal is indicative of the first target of the plurality of targets based on a match between the image time indicated by the input signal and the first target time code range in the target color database.