System and method for image recognized content creation

• US 9,908,050 B2
• Filed: 07/28/2010
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Kohout, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Suhol, Dmitry
• Assistant Examiner(s): GRAY, BRANDON RAMON
• Application Number:
  US12/804,788
• Publication Number:
  US 20120028694A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,778 Days
• Field of Search: 463 6, 463 16, 463 37, 463 5, 463 7, 382100, 382165, 382209, 382305
• 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 13/42 by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/63 by the player, e.g. authoring using a level editor
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/65 automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/803 Driving vehicles or craft, e.g. cars, airplanes, ships, robots or tanks
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1093 using visible light
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6018 where the game content is authored by the player, e.g. level editor or by game device at runtime, e.g. level is created from music data on CD
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6045 for mapping control signals received from the input arrangement into game commands
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8017 Driving on land or water; Flying

Abstract

There is provided a system and method for image recognized content creation. There is provided a method comprising capturing an image from a camera, analyzing the image to recognize a plurality of elements, converting the plurality of elements into custom content data, and executing an interactive application using the custom content data. In one embodiment, the interactive application may comprise a racing video game, and the image may comprise a racetrack layout for use in the racing video game. Thus, a user can provide a racetrack by drawing simple lines and curves on a piece of paper, which are detected by the camera and converted into valid data assets for the video game. In this manner, even young children can leverage common drawing skills using familiar physical drawing implements for quick and simplified content creation, bypassing the need to use complex, tedious, and proprietary conventional on-screen user interfaces.

Claims

1. A computing device providing image recognized content creation, the computing device comprising:

a memory having a plurality of available data structures; and

a processor configured to;

capture an image from a camera;

analyze the image to recognize a plurality of elements;

apply a smoothing compensation to the plurality of elements, wherein the plurality of elements are matched to the plurality of available data structures in the memory;

convert the plurality of elements into custom content data; and

execute an interactive application using the custom content data to create a custom structure based on the plurality of available data structures in the memory for loading in the interactive application;

wherein the plurality of elements comprise segments of a closed circuit track.

2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the custom content data comprises a spline.

3. The computing device of claim 2, wherein the spline is defined using a linked list of line segments and Bezier curves.

4. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to execute the interactive application to provide a racing game using the custom content data as a racetrack.

5. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to capture the image from a drawing on paper.

6. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of elements includes defined symbols indicating properties of the custom content data.

7. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of elements includes attributes indicating properties of the custom content data.

8. The computing device of claim 7, wherein the attributes include foreground and background colors of the plurality of elements indicating terrain properties of the custom content data.

9. A method, for execution by a processor in a system including a memory having a plurality of available data structures, for providing image recognized content creation, the method comprising:

capturing, by the processor, an image from a camera;

analyzing, by the processor, the image to recognize a plurality of elements;

applying, by the processor, a smoothing compensation to the plurality of elements, wherein the plurality of elements are matched to the plurality of available data structures in the memory;

converting, by the processor, the plurality of elements into custom content data; and

executing, by the processor, an interactive application using the custom content data to create a custom structure based on the plurality of available data structures in the memory for loading in the interactive application;

wherein the plurality of elements comprise segments of a closed circuit track.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the custom content data comprises a spline.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the spline is defined using a linked list of line segments and Bezier curves.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the executing, by the processor, further provides a racing game as the interactive application using the custom content data as a racetrack.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the capturing, by the processor, of the image is from a drawing on paper.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of elements includes defined symbols indicating properties of the custom content data.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of elements includes attributes indicating properties of the custom content data.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the attributes include foreground and background colors of the plurality of elements indicating terrain properties of the custom content data.