Patent ID: 9737817
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A63B,A63F,G09B

Claim:
1. An apparatus for simulating a gaming event, comprising: an inertial measurement unit (“IMU”) associated with a handheld gaming device that is configured to detect and generate rate of acceleration data and angular rotation data regarding said handheld gaming movement; a processor positioned in said handheld gaming device in data communication with said IMU so as to receive said generated acceleration data and said angular rotation data; wherein said processor is programmed to use said generated acceleration data and said angular rotation data to determine current path data related to the motion of said gaming device; and an optics assembly associated with said handheld gaming device that includes an image sensor in data communication with said IMU and said processor and that includes an image target member displaced from said image sensor, said image sensor configured to generate image target data indicative of a spatial position of said image target member; wherein said processor is programmed to use said generated acceleration and angular rotation data and said generated image target data to determine a virtual trajectory of said image target virtually impacted by said motion of said handheld gaming device.