Information processor having input system using stroboscope

Details Information processor having input system using stroboscope Information processor having input system using stroboscope

2003-06-20

2010-02-16

Hotaling, John M (Department: 3714)

Games using tangible projectile

Golf

Moving projectile responsive sensor or indicator

C473S150000, C473S151000, C473S198000, C473S219000, C473S220000, C473S221000, C473S407000, C463S003000, C463S036000, C345S156000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07662047

ABSTRACT:
A stroboscope is utilized as an input device of a golf game system (10), for example. The golf game system includes a game machine (12) as an information processing apparatus and a golf-club-shaped input device (14), and within a housing of the game machine, an imaging unit (28) is housed, and the imaging unit is provided with an image sensor (40) and an infrared-LED. By utilizing the infrared-LED, an infrared ray is intermittently emitted to a predetermined range of an upper portion of the imaging unit. Accordingly, the image sensor intermittently images a reflective body provided in the golf-club-shaped input device moving within the range. Such the stroboscope image processing of the reflective body enables calculation of a velocity, and so on as an input of the game machine.

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Japanese office Action dated Dec. 24, 2008, 3 pgs.

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