US 10,238,959 B2 · Interactive gaming apparel for interactive gaming

Abstract

Apparel is disclosed that can be worn to assist an interactive game in tracking the movement of the wearer. More particularly, the apparel may include one or more tracking marks formed of designs, patterns, or reflective materials that can be easily tracked by an interactive game employing one or more cameras or other detectors for detecting a change in position of an object. The apparel may take the form of, for example, hats, shirts, jackets, pants, gloves, and shoes. The apparel may use reflective materials, and the interactive game can employ a camera and a light source configuration where the camera is located within the observation angle of a player employing retroreflective materials reflecting light from the light source.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A method of providing inputs to an interactive computer game, comprising:

analyzing the interactive computer game to determine at least a first type of tracking mark recognized by the interactive computer game;
detecting a first tracking mark of the type determined from analyzing the interactive computer game;
recognizing at least one of a first pattern or a first shape of the first tracking mark;
distinguishing the recognized at least one of a first pattern or a first shape of the first tracking mark from at least a second pattern or a second shape recognized by the interactive game;
based upon distinguishing the first pattern or the first shape of the tracking mark, begin detecting motion of the first tracking mark;
and,
based upon recognizing the motion of the first tracking mark, providing an instruction to the interactive computer game to turn off the interactive computer game.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/345,623Filed 8 Nov 2016 · continuation

Priority

30 Oct 2002

Published

US 2017/0072303 A116 Mar 2017

Granted

26 Mar 2019

Term ends

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Classification9 codes

A63F 13/213
Characterised by their sensors, purposes or types: comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells
A63F 13/212
Characterised by their sensors, purposes or types: using sensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat or leg activity
A63F 13/40
Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions: processing input control signals of video game…
A63F 13/42
Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment: by mapping the input…

Family

Application10/286,396Parent of this continuation · filed 30 Oct 2002

Application13/428,903Parent of this continuation · filed 23 Mar 2012

US 8,206,219 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Jun 2012

US 2017/0072303 A1Pre-grant publication · published 16 Mar 2017

US 9,517,406 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2004/0087366 A1Published application

US 2012/0184371 A1Published application

US 10,238,959 B2This patent

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Interactive gaming apparel for interactive gaming

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Interactive gaming apparel for interactive gaming

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Claims14