Patent ID: 9310882
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: A63F,G06F,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method for interfacing with an interactive program, comprising: capturing images of a book object and a handheld motion controller disposed in a gameplay environment, the book object having first and second pages, the first and second pages being joined substantially along a fold axis defined along a spine of the book; analyzing the captured images to identify a first tag on the first page and a second tag on the second page; tracking movement of the first and second pages by tracking the first and second tags, respectively; generating augmented images by replacing, in the captured images, the book object with a virtual book, the virtual book having a first virtual page corresponding to the first page of the book object, the virtual book having a second virtual page corresponding to the second page of the book object, wherein movement of the first and second pages of the book object controls movement of the first and second virtual pages of the virtual book, respectively; rendering first and second scenes on the first and second virtual pages, respectively, the first or second scene defining an animation, wherein the animation defines movement of at least one three-dimensional object in proximity to the first or second virtual page on which the first or second scene defining the animation is defined, and wherein the animation provides an appearance of compression of the three-dimensional object when the second page converges on the first page or an appearance of decompression of the three-dimensional object when the second page diverges from the first page; analyzing the captured images to identify a pointing direction of the handheld motion controller in the gameplay environment; processing the pointing direction of the handheld motion controller to identify a selection of a portion of content rendered on the first or second virtual pages of the virtual book; and presenting the augmented images on a display.