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US 11,561,608 B2Granted
Method for controlling an application employing identification of a displayed image
AssigneeI-Interactive LLC
InventorDavid L. Henty
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Abstract
An application control system and method is adapted for use with an entertainment system of a type including a display such as a monitor or TV and having display functions. A control device may be conveniently held by a user and employs an imager. The control system and method images the screen of the TV or other display to detect distinctive markers displayed on the screen. This information is transmitted to the entertainment system for control of an application or is used by the control device to control an application.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving image information in a freely movable user-manipulated device including a camera, the image information corresponding to a captured scene which includes a display image including at least part of a display device having an active screen area with a boundary edge in the field of view of the camera and background around the display device;
- at least partially isolating the display image from the background using computer-implemented image processing and known characteristics of the display device;
- detecting within the display image one or more sub-images actively displayed by the display device on the active screen area and distinct from the boundary edge using computer-implemented image processing;
- and
- controlling an application using the detected one or more sub-images.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving video content at a display device having an active screen area with a boundary edge and actively displaying video content in the active screen area, the actively displayed video content including one or more sub-images distinct from the boundary edge;
- employing a freely movable user-manipulated device including a camera to capture a scene which includes at least part of said display device and said active screen area and boundary edge along with background around the display device and providing image information corresponding to the captured scene;
- at least partially isolating the display image from the background using computer-implemented processing of the image information and known characteristics of the display device;
- detecting within the at least partially isolated display image one or more of the sub-images using computer-implemented processing of the image information without employing reflected light from the image;
- and
- controlling an application using the detected one or more sub-images.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving video content at a display device having an active screen area with a boundary edge and actively displaying video content in the active screen area, the actively displayed video content including dynamically changing video content and one or more generally non-dynamically changing sub-images distinct from the boundary edge;
- employing a freely movable user-manipulated device including a camera to capture a scene which includes at least part of said display device and said active screen area and boundary edge and providing image information corresponding to the captured scene;
- detecting within the display image one or more of the sub-images using computer-implemented processing of the image information without employing reflected light from the image;
- and
- controlling an application using the detected one or more sub-images.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.