Patent ID: 6167353
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: A63F,G06F

Abstract:
A method of interfacing with a physical game system that includes a platform having a plurality of regions and a plurality of lots, a plurality of environmental objects that are each stationatily position able within a selected one of the lots of the platform, and a movable object movable relative to the regions, wherein each environmental object has an environmental identifier and each region has a region identifier and a plurality of subregions, the method comprising the acts of:a) scanning the environmental objects and the movable object positioned on the platform to extract data, the extracted data including a position of the movable object and a position for each environmental object positioned within an associated lot of the platform; andb) running an audiovisual program based at least on the position of the movable object relative to the position of at least one of the environmental objects and its associated identifier.