Motion-controlled video entertainment system

Details Motion-controlled video entertainment system Motion-controlled video entertainment system

1994-12-27

1997-04-01

Grieb, William H.

Amusement devices: games

Including means for processing electronic data

In a game requiring an element of a participants physical...

463 39, 345156, A63F 922, G09G 500

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056160780

ABSTRACT:
A motion-controlled video entertainment system includes markers to be attached at a specified position on a player; a detector operable to detect threo-dimensional positions of the markers; a calculator operable to calculate posture parameters of the player based on the detected three-dimensional positions of the markers; a game processor operable to generate a game image in accordance with a predetermined game program and the calculated posture parameters of the player; and a display device operable to display a generated game image. The motion of a particular game character displayed on the display device is controlled in accordance with the motion of the player's body, thereby enabling realization of a more real atmosphere.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5288078 (1994-02-01), Capper et al.

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