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US 11,376,493 B2Granted
Location-based games and augmented reality systems
OwnerJeffrey David Mulleninventor
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Abstract
Handheld location based games are provided in which a user's physical location correlates to the virtual location of a virtual character on a virtual playfield. Augmented Reality (AR) systems are provided in which video game indicia are overlaid onto a user's physical environment. A landscape detector is provided that may obtain information about the user's landscape, in addition to the user's location, in order to provide overlaying information to an AR head-mounted display and control information to non-user controlled video game characters.
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A portable device comprising:
- a display that is operable to be head-worn, wherein 3-D video game indicia is operable to be provided on said display with respect to a physical playfield, and said 3-D video game indicia is associated with a location-based video game;
- a detector that is operable to be head-worn, wherein said detector is operable to determine landscape characteristics of said physical playfield, wherein said landscape characteristics are utilized by said location-based video game;
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- a device for updating the physical location of said device on said physical playfield, wherein the physical location of said device is utilized by said location-based video game.
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