Patent ID: 8292737
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: A63F,G06F

Abstract:
1. An entertainment system, comprising: an operation input apparatus from which a user makes an operation input; a processing apparatus which processes an application based on the operation input and generates an image signal for showing a result of processing of the application; an image pickup apparatus which captures an image of the operation input apparatus; and an image display apparatus which outputs the image signal generated in the processing apparatus, wherein: the operation input apparatus includes: (i) a case having a top surface oriented upwards towards the user when in use, and a rear surface oriented away from the user toward the image pickup apparatus when in use; (ii) a plurality of input units disposed on the case from which a user makes the operation input for advancing the application; and (iii) a plurality of light emitting elements, disposed on the rear surface of the case, operable in two modes: a first mode in which one or more of the plurality of light emitting elements are configured to indicate a number assigned to the operation input apparatus by the processed application, and a second mode in which one or more of the plurality of light emitting elements are configured to provide positions of the light emitting elements to the processing apparatus; and the processing apparatus: (i) accepts the operation input provided to the operation input apparatus and reflects the operation input in the processing of the application, (ii) acquires a captured image comprising the image of the operation input apparatus from the image pickup apparatus, (iii) acquires a position of the operation input apparatus in the captured image based on the positions of the light emitting elements operating in the second mode in the captured image and reflects the acquired position information in the processing of the application, and (iv) generates the image signal showing the result of application processing performed based on the operation input and the acquired position information.