Dynamic tool control in a digital graphics system using a vision system

A digital graphics computer system, comprising:

• a computer, comprising:
• one or more processors;
• one or more computer-readable memories;
• one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices;
• and
• program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories;
• a display connected to the computer;
• a tracking object;
• and
• a vision system connected to the computer, the vision system comprising one or more image sensors adapted to capture the location of the tracking object within a visual space, the vision system adapted to output to the computer spatial coordinate data representative of the location of the tracking object within the visual space;
• the computer program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to execute a graphics application program and output to the display;
• program instructions to map at least a horizontal and vertical portion of the spatial coordinate data of the tracking object as input to a graphics engine of the graphics application program;
• and
• program instructions to respond to a command to enter a tool configuration utility within the graphics application program and map the spatial coordinate data to a tool control within the graphics application program.