Music game software and input device utilizing a video player
AssigneeActivision Publishing, Inc.
InventorsKarthik Bala, John Reine
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Abstract
A video game includes an audio-video stream combined with game graphics and game sounds. The game graphics are overlaid on the video stream and updated in synchronization with the stream. Update of the game graphics and sounds depends on inputs received from a game player. The game player may provide input using a game controller coupled to the video game by an adapter. The video game may play on a Blu-ray player.
Claims31
A method performed by a movie player including a video disc reader, a media decoder for decoding audio-video data from the video disc reader, and a processor configured by program instructions, the method comprising:
- commanding playback of a video clip comprised of a sequence of video frames as part of providing presentations of a video game, the playback of the video clip including decoding of video data stored on a local removable optical media to provide decoded video signals;
- commanding display of game graphics as part of providing presentations of the video game in conjunction with playback of the video clip, with display location of game graphics coordinated with respect to display location of video imagery of the video frames;
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- commanding display of revised game graphics as part of providing presentations of the video game based on input received from a controller data-coupled to the movie player.
A system for video game play configured by program instructions, the device comprising:
- an optical disc reader for reading data from an optical disc, the data including audio and video data;
- a media decoder coupled to the optical disc reader and configured to decode the audio-video data to produce decoded audio and video signals;
- a processor coupled to the optical disc reader and configured by program instructions to command presentation of game graphics and additional game sounds, at least some of the game graphics or additional game sounds in response to actions by a game player;
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- a game controller coupled to the processor and configured to receive actions from the game player and supply corresponding signals to the processor.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program instructions, the program instructions comprising:
- instructions that command playback of a video clip comprised of a sequence of video frames as part of providing presentations of a video game, the playback of the video clip including decoding of video data to provide decoded video signals;
- instructions that command display of game graphics for the video game in display locations that do not substantially degrade viewing of video frames of the video clip;
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- instructions that command display of revised game graphics based on input received from a controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.