System and method for tracking a passive wand and actuating an effect based on a detected wand path
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a source of electromagnetic radiation configured to continuously emit electromagnetic radiation into an active playing area;
a sensing device configured to receive the electromagnetic radiation after being reflected from a retro-reflective material of an article positioned in the active playing area and configured to generate data based on receiving the reflected electromagnetic radiation from a series of article positions; and
a controller configured to;
identify the retro-reflective material based on data indicative of a plurality of detectable retro-reflective materials stored in a memory of the controller;
determine whether the series of article positions correlate to a stored gesture based on the series of article positions; and
output a control signal to actuate an effect when the series of article positions correlate to the stored gesture.
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Abstract
A system in accordance with present embodiments includes a source of electromagnetic radiation that operates to emit electromagnetic radiation into an active playing area. The system also includes a sensing device that operates to receive the electromagnetic radiation after being reflected from a retro-reflective material of an article positioned in the active playing area and operable to generate data based on receiving reflected electromagnetic radiation from a series of article positions. Further, the system includes a controller that operates to process the data generated by the sensing device to determine whether the series of article positions correlate to a stored gesture and output a control signal to actuate an effect when the series of article positions correlate to the stored gesture.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a source of electromagnetic radiation configured to continuously emit electromagnetic radiation into an active playing area; a sensing device configured to receive the electromagnetic radiation after being reflected from a retro-reflective material of an article positioned in the active playing area and configured to generate data based on receiving the reflected electromagnetic radiation from a series of article positions; and a controller configured to; identify the retro-reflective material based on data indicative of a plurality of detectable retro-reflective materials stored in a memory of the controller; determine whether the series of article positions correlate to a stored gesture based on the series of article positions; and output a control signal to actuate an effect when the series of article positions correlate to the stored gesture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method, comprising:
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emitting electromagnetic radiation into an active playing area via a source of electromagnetic radiation; receiving the electromagnetic radiation at a sensing device after being reflected from a retro-reflective material of an article positioned in the active playing area; generating data, via the sensing device, based on receiving reflected electromagnetic radiation from a series of article positions; identifying, via a controller, the retro-reflective material based on data indicative of a plurality of detectable retro-reflective materials stored in a memory of the controller; processing the data generated by the sensing device, via the controller, to determine whether the series of article positions associated with the article correlate to a stored gesture; and outputting a control signal from the controller when the series of article positions associated with the article is determined to correlate to the stored gesture. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system, comprising:
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a source of electromagnetic radiation configured to continuously emit electromagnetic radiation into an active playing area; a sensing device configured to receive the electromagnetic radiation after being reflected from a retro-reflective material of an article positioned in the active playing area, and wherein the sensing device is configured to generate data based on receiving reflected electromagnetic radiation from a series of article positions; a controller comprising; a processing engine; a feature extraction module of the processing engine configured to extract relevant data from the data generated by the sensing device; a gesture recognition module of the processing engine configured to analyze the relevant data to determine whether the series of article positions correspond to at least one gesture of a plurality of stored gestures; and a first effect device communicatively coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to actuate the first effect device to generate a first effect in response to the gesture recognition module determining that the series of article positions correspond to a first stored gesture of the plurality of stored gestures; and a second effect device communicatively coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to actuate the second effect device to generate a second effect in response to the gesture recognition module determining that the series of article positions correspond to a second stored gesture of the plurality of stored gestures. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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