Modular Virtual Reality Tracking System for a Game Console Play Area

A method for tracking an object in a play area, the method comprising:

• capturing, by a first tracking module, a first image of the play area, wherein the first tracking module is located at a first place;
• analyzing, by the first tracking module, the first image to obtain first coordinates of the object, wherein the first coordinates are associated with the first place;
• capturing, by at least one second tracking module, a second image of the play area, wherein the at least one second tracking module is located at a second place, the second place being different from the first place;
• analyzing, by the at least one second tracking module, the second image to obtain second coordinates of the object, wherein the second coordinates are associated with the second place;
• receiving, by a processing unit communicatively coupled to the first tracking module and the at least one second tracking module, at least the first coordinates and the second coordinates;
• and
• continuously tracking, by the processing unit and based at least on one of the first coordinates and the second coordinates, the object in the play area while the object is within boundaries of at least one of the first image or the second image.

A system for tracking an object in a play area, the system comprising:

• a first tracking module located at a first place and configured to:
• capture a first image of the play area;
• and
• analyze the first image to obtain first coordinates and first metadata of the object, wherein the first coordinates are associated with the first place;
• at least one second tracking module located at a second place and configured to:
• capture a second image of the play area, wherein the second place differs from the first place;
• and
• analyze the second image to obtain second coordinates and second metadata of the object, wherein the second coordinates are associated with the second place;
• and
• a processing unit communicatively coupled to the first tracking module and the at least one second tracking module, the processing unit being configured to:
• receive at least the first and the second coordinates, and the first and the second metadata;
• determine, based at least on the received the first coordinates, the first metadata, the second coordinates, and the second metadata, that at least three first points in the first image and at least three second points in the second image represent the same at least three points of the object;
• determine, based on the at least three first points and the at least three second points, a transformation matrix for translating the second coordinates to the first coordinates;
• and
• continuously track, based at least on one of the first coordinates and the second coordinates, the at least one object in the play area;
• and while tracking the at least one object, including:
• determining that the object leaves boundaries of the first image and the object are within the at least one second image;
• and
• if the at least one object leaves boundaries of the first image, determining object coordinates of the object relative to the at least one tracking module and translating, using the transformation matrix, the object coordinates to further object coordinates relative to the first tracking module.