Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Perceptible output or display
Patent
1993-12-30
1997-01-21
Harrison, Jessica J.
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Perceptible output or display
463 30, 463 43, 463 1, A63F 922
Patent
active
055953891
ABSTRACT:
A method and associated apparatus for forming a personalized video game by combining personalized images that may be taken of the game player(s) with for example the head of a game character so as to provide a video game wherein the game player(s) can see themselves as the main character The image of the player(s) may be formed using an electronic camera which provides as an output a digital representation of the player(s). The digital image is then accessed by the game software whenever the character is to be displayed. A plurality of different poses may be accommodated along with a plurality of different characters, each optionally represented by a different person's image.
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Baumeister Hans P.
Ellson Richard N.
Parulski Kenneth A.
Dugas Edward
Eastman Kodak Company
Harrison Jessica J.
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