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Position and motion tracking of an object

a technology of positioning and motion tracking, applied in the field of wireless systems, can solve the problems of ir communication failing, limitation, power restriction, modulation technique,

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-01-15
AVAGO TECH WIRELESS IP SINGAPORE PTE
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"The present invention is about a device and methods for using it. The technical effects of this invention will be explained in detail in the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings."

Problems solved by technology

While the ISM frequency spectrum is unlicensed there are restrictions on power, modulation techniques, and antenna gain.
If the game controller is too far away, too close, or angled away from the IR sensor, the IR communication will fail.
While the above technologies allow video gaming to include motion sensing, it does so with limitations.
Further, the accelerometer only measures acceleration such that true one-to-one detection of motion is not achieved.

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[0073]FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an overhead view of an embodiment of a video gaming system 10 that includes a game console device 12 and a gaming object 14 associated with a player 16. The video gaming system 10 is within a gaming environment 22, which may be a room, portion of a room, and / or any other space where the gaming object 14 and the game console device 12 can be proximally co-located (e.g., airport terminal, on a bus, on an airplane, etc.).

[0074]In operation, the game console device 12 (embodiments of which will be described in greater detail with reference to FIGS. 2-7, 14-25, and 27-64) determines the gaming environment 22. This may be done by sweeping the area with one or more signals within one or more frequency bands. For example, the one or more signals may be in the ultrasound frequency band of 20 KHz to 200 MHz, the radio frequency band of 30 HZ to 3 GHz, the microwave frequency band of 3 GHz to 300 GHz, the infrared (IR) frequency band of 300 GHz to 4...

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Abstract

A video gaming system a gaming console device and a gaming object. The game console device is coupled to: determine a gaming environment; map the gaming environment to a coordinate system; determine position of at least one of a player and a gaming object within the gaming environment in accordance with the coordinate system; track motion of the at least one of the player and the gaming object; receive a gaming object response regarding a video game function; and integrate the gaming object response and the motion of the at least one of the player and the gaming object with the video game function. The gaming object is coupled to provide the gaming object response.

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[0001]This patent application is claiming priority under 35 USC § 119 to a provisionally filed patent application entitled POSITION AND MOTION TRACKING OF AN OBJECT, having a provisional filing date of Jun. 22, 2007, and a provisional Ser. No. 60 / 936,724.CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENTS[0002]Not ApplicableSTATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0003]Not ApplicableINCORPORATION-BY-REFERENCE OF MATERIAL SUBMITTED ON A COMPACT DISC[0004]Not ApplicableBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0005]1. Technical Field of the Invention[0006]This invention relates generally to wireless systems and more particularly to determining position within a wireless system and / or tracking motion within the wireless system.[0007]2. Description of Related Art[0008]Communication systems are known to support wireless and wire lined communications between wireless and / or wire lined communication devices. Such communication systems range from national and / or international cellular telephone sys...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63F9/24H04N23/40
CPCA63F2300/1012G01S7/412G01S13/878G01S13/426G01S13/723G01S13/003A63F13/57A63F13/573A63F13/213A63F13/211G06F3/045A63F13/212A63F2300/1031A63F13/825G06F3/011G06F3/012G06F3/0346A63F2300/5553A63F13/235
Inventor ROFOUGARAN, MARYAMSESHADRI, NAMBIRAJAN
Owner AVAGO TECH WIRELESS IP SINGAPORE PTE
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