Image-recognition based game

A computing device comprising:

• a graphical display;
• a camera;
• an input interface;
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
• and
• program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by at least one processor to cause the computing device to:
• receive by the input interface an input to initiate a game application;
• cause the game application to initiate a game;
• and
• during gameplay of the game:
• operate the camera to capture image data of an environment;
• operate the graphical display to display a graphical silhouette object having a shape, wherein the graphical display provides a field of view of the environment and displays the silhouette object such that it is overlaid on the field of view of the real-world environment;
• receive input data indicating a desired alignment, in the field of view provided by the graphical display, of the silhouette object and a real-world object in the environment;
• responsive to the input data indicating the desired alignment:
• (a) analyze the image data of the environment to detect the real-world object in a portion of image data corresponding to the input data, and (b) determine one or more similarity measures that indicate similarity between the real-world object and the graphical silhouette object, wherein at least one of the similarity measures indicates similarity between a shape of the real-world object and the shape of the graphical silhouette object;
• and
• cause the graphical display to display a match indication based on the one or more similarity measures.

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a computer system, an input to initiate a game application;
• and
• during gameplay of the game application;
• transmitting by a computing system, to a computing device having a camera and a graphical display, silhouette data that indicates a graphical silhouette object, wherein the graphical silhouette object comprises a shape of the silhouette object, and wherein the graphical display of the computing device provides a field of view of an environment;
• receiving by the computing system image data of the environment captured by the camera of the computing device,
• receiving, by the computing system, input data generated at the computing device that indicates a desired alignment, in the field of view provided by the graphical display, of the graphical silhouette object and a real-world object in the environment;
• responsive to the input data indicating the desired alignment:
• (a) analyzing the image data of the environment to detect the real-world object in a portion of image data corresponding to the input data, and (b) determine one or more similarity measures that indicate similarity between the real-world object and the graphical silhouette object, wherein at least one of the similarity measures indicates similarity between a shape of the real-world object and the shape of the graphical silhouette object;
• transmitting by the computing system to the computing device match data that is based on the one or more similarity measures;
• and
• causing the graphical display to display a match indication based on the one or more similarity measure.

A computing system comprising:

• a network interface, wherein the network interface communicatively couples the computing system to a computing device having a camera and a graphical display, wherein the graphical display of the computing device provides a field of view of an environment;
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
• and
• program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by the at least one processor to cause the computing system to initiate a game application and during gameplay of the game application, to:
• transmit silhouette data to the computing device, wherein the silhouette data indicates a graphical silhouette object having a shape;
• receive image data of an environment captured by the camera of the computing device;
• receive input data generated at the computing device that indicates a desired alignment, in the field of view provided by the graphical display, of the graphical silhouette object and a real-world object in the environment;
• responsive to the input data indicating the desired alignment:
• (a) analyze the image data of the environment to detect the real-world object in a portion of image data corresponding to the input data, and (b) determine one or more similarity measures that indicate similarity between the real-world object and the graphical silhouette object, wherein at least one of the similarity measures indicates similarity between a shape of the real-world object and the shape of the graphical silhouette object;
• transmit match data to the computing device that is based on the one or more similarity measures;
• and
• cause the graphical display to display a match indication based on the one or more similarity measure.