Gaming System, Method and Device for Generating Images Having a Parallax Effect Using Face Tracking
AssigneeBally Gaming, Inc.
InventorsBryan M. Kelly, Stephen Patton, Sean Martin, Martin Lyons, Rod Ang, Randy Hedrick
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Abstract
Devices and methods are set forth which provide for determination of relative movement between a user and a video display and for using that detected relative movement for applying a motion parallax effect to the display of video content and for applying or removing the motion parallax effect based upon a command such as an event occurring to the play of a video game.
Claims13
A portable device for the display of content:
- a video display;
- apparatus for generating data corresponding to at least the approximate relative position of at least a portion of the user's body relative to the display, said relative position changeable during the display of content at the video display by one or more of a change in the position of said at least a portion of the user's body and movement of the device;
- a processor configured to (i) receive said data from said apparatus, (ii) to, in a first state, render content at said display applying a motion parallax effect accounting for changes to said relative position during said rendition of said content and a second state representing rendition of the content without said motion parallax effect and (iii) change the display of the image between said first and second states in response to a command.
A method for configuring a portable user video display device for displaying video content and including a processor and apparatus for detecting relative movement between said display and the user with a software application downloadable over a communication network, said method comprising:
- though software instructions of said application instructing said processor for deriving data corresponding to the relative movement between the user and the display caused by one or more of movement of the user relative to the display and movement of the display relative to the user;
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- through said software instructions of said application configuring said processor for processing said relative movement data for controlling the display of said content to, in a first state, display said content with a motion parallax effect taking into account said relative movement and in a second state display said content without said parallax effect and for transitioning between said first and second states based upon a command.
A method for displaying video content at a portable user device of the type including a (i) video display, (ii) a processor and (iii) apparatus for acquiring an image of the user during the display of said content, said method comprising:
- enabling the provision of data representing said acquired images to said processor;
- configuring said processor for (i) determining the relative position of the user relative to the display (ii) based upon (i) rendering, in a first state, said video content based upon said determined relative position and applying a motion parallax effect, and in a second state display said video content without said parallax effect and (iii) for transitioning between said first and second states based upon a command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.