Patent ID: 9186577
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A portable, collapsible enclosure for use with a game console or personal computer for playing sport based video games on a large screen television where the sport based video game involves tracking the position and movement of a moving object, the enclosure comprises a fabric cover and a frame which is movable between a collapsed position whereby the enclosure may be easily stored and an expanded position for playing a sport based video game, the fabric cover of the enclosure in the expanded position having an open front, side and top walls and a rear wall, the rear wall being a netting material which is selected to arrest the movement of a moving object propelled into the enclosure through the open front, while permitting a user to observe an image displayed on a large screen television placed to the rear of the enclosure through opening of the netting material, the frame including a collapsible base having a peripheral input device including object tracking devices attached thereto to track the position and movement of the moving object propelled into the enclosure when the enclosure is in the expanded position, the object tracking devices being located on the base to be at the corners of enclosure in the expanded position, the peripheral input device including a means for receiving the output of the object tracking devices for determining the presence of the moving object, a means for calculating the position and velocity vector of the moving object from the output of the object tracking devices and a means for converting the position and velocity vector of the moving object into a human interface device signal which is passed to the computer or game console as a signal from the peripheral input device through a universal serial bus, the peripheral input device allowing for the use with any sports game utilizing simulation games including a moving object.