Camera-Based System for Game Recognition
AssigneeThe Social Gaming Group IP B.V.
InventorsFrode Jacobsen, Bjørn-Gunvar Nessjøen, Johannes Schuck
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Abstract
A system for recognition of objects in a game, the system has a table with playing board for pucks on which the game is played, and reference markings distributed across the playing board that are used together with corner of the playing board in a surface mapping process. At least one area scan camera acquires images of the playing table during a game and reads fiducial marker of pucks that have the fiducial markers. The at least one area scan camera is arranged to cover the playing board and the reference markings. A processing unit processes the images acquired by the at least one camera.
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A system for recognition of objects in a game, the system comprising:
- a table (100), comprising
- a playing board (110) for pucks (200) on which the game is played, the playing board (110) having sides and corners and defining a surface;
- reference markings (140) distributed across the playing board (110) that are used together with the corners of the playing board (110) in a process for surface mapping;
- at least one area scan camera (300) arranged to cover the playing board (300) and the reference markings (140) for acquiring images of the playing board (110) during a game;
- a processing unit (600) for processing images acquired by the at least one camera (300), wherein
- each puck (200) comprises a fiducial marker (210), and
- the at least one camera (300) reads the fiducial marker (210) of the pucks (200).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.