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Patent US7850526 - System for tracking user manipulations within an environment - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign in<nobr>Advanced Patent Search</nobr>PatentsSystems, methods and for analyzing game control input data are disclosed. A machine-readable medium having embodied thereon instructions for analyzing game control input data is also disclosed....http://www.google.com/patents/US7850526?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7850526 - System for tracking user manipulations within an environmentAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7850526 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/382,032Publication dateDec 14, 2010Filing dateMay 6, 2006Priority dateJul 27, 2002Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS8675915, US20060264259, US20110086708Publication number11382032, 382032, US 7850526 B2, US 7850526B2, US-B2-7850526, US7850526 B2, US7850526B2InventorsGary M. Zalewski, Richard L. Marks, Xiadong MaoOriginal AssigneeSony Computer Entertainment America Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (107), Non-Patent Citations (57), Referenced by (17), Classifications (26), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetSystem for tracking user manipulations within an environmentUS 7850526 B2Abstract Systems, methods and for analyzing game control input data are disclosed. A machine-readable medium having embodied thereon instructions for analyzing game control input data is also disclosed.
CLAIM OF PRIORITY This application is a continuation in part (CIP) of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/207,677, entitled, �MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE USING A DEFORMABLE DEVICE�, filed on Jul. 27, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,102,615; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/650,409, entitled, �AUDIO INPUT SYSTEM�, filed on Aug. 27, 2003 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,613,310; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/663,236, entitled �METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING A VIEW OF A SCENE BEING DISPLAYED ACCORDING TO TRACKED HEAD MOTION�, filed on Sep. 15, 2003; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/759,782, entitled �METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIGHT INPUT DEVICE�, filed on Jan. 16, 2004 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,623,115; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/820,469, entitled �METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETECT AND REMOVE AUDIO DISTURBANCES�, filed on Apr. 7, 2004; and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/301,673, entitled �METHOD FOR USING RELATIVE HEAD AND HAND POSITIONS TO ENABLE A POINTING INTERFACE VIA CAMERA TRACKING�, filed on Dec. 12, 2005 now U.S. Pat No. 7,646,372, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/381,729, to Xiao Dong Mao, entitled ULTRA SMALL MICROPHONE ARRAY, filed on May 4, 2006, Application No. 11/381,728, to Xiao Dong Mao, entitled ECHO AND NOISE CANCELLATION, filed on May 4, 2006 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,545,926, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/381,725, to Xiao Dong Mao, entitled �METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TARGETED SOUND DETECTION�, filed on May 4, 2006 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,783,061, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/381,727, to Xiao Dong Mao, entitled �NOISE REMOVAL FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH FAR FIELD MICROPHONE ON CONSOLE�, filed on May 4, 2006 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,697,700, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/381,724, to Xiao Dong Mao, entitled �METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TARGETED SOUND DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION�, filed on May 4, 2006, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/381,721, to Xiao Dong Mao, entitled �SELECTIVE SOUND SOURCE LISTENING IN CONJUNCTION WITH COMPUTER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING�, filed on May 4, 2006; all of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is related to co-pending Application No. 11/418,988, to Xiao Dong Mao, entitled �METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ADJUSTING A LISTENING AREA FOR CAPTURING SOUNDS�, filed on May 4, 2006, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. This application is also related to co-pending Application No. 11/418,989, to Xiao Dong Mao, entitled �METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CAPTURING AN AUDIO SIGNAL BASED ON VISUAL IMAGE�, filed on May 4, 2006, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. This application is also related to co-pending Application No. 11/429,047, to Xiao Dong Mao, entitled �METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CAPTURING AN AUDIO SIGNAL BASED ON A LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL�, filed on May 4, 2006, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. This application is also related to co-pending Application No. 11/429,133, to Richard Marks et al., entitled �SELECTIVE SOUND SOURCE LISTENING IN CONJUNCTION WITH COMPUTER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING�, filed on May 4, 2006, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. This application is also related to co-pending Application No. 11/429,414, to Richard Marks et al., entitled �Computer Image and Audio Processing of Intensity and Input Devices for Interfacing With A Computer Program�, filed on May 4, 2006, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
1. This application is also related to co-pending Application No. 11/382,031, entitled �MULTI-INPUT GAME CONTROL MIXER�, filed on the same day as this application, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
3. This application is also related to co-pending Application No. 11/382,033, entitled �SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL INPUT CONTROL�, filed on the same day as this application, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
4. This application is also related to co-pending Application No. 11/382,035, entitled �INERTIALLY TRACKABLE HAND-HELD CONTROLLER�, filed on the same day as this application, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
5. This application is also related to co-pending Application No. 11/382,036, entitled �METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLYING GEARING EFFECTS TO VISUAL TRACKING�, filed on the same day as this application, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
6. This application is also related to co-pending Application No. 11/382,041, entitled �METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLYING GEARING EFFECTS TO INERTIAL TRACKING�, filed on the same day as this application, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
7. This application is also related to co-pending Application No. 11/382,038, entitled �METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLYING GEARING EFFECTS TO ACOUSTICAL TRACKING�, filed on the same day as this application, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
8. This application is also related to co-pending Application No. 11/382,040, entitled �METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLYING GEARING EFFECTS TO MULTI-CHANNEL MIXED INPUT�, filed on the same day as this application, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
9. This application is also related to co-pending Application No. 11/382,034, entitled �SCHEME FOR DETECTING AND TRACKING USER MANIPULATION OF A GAME CONTROLLER BODY�, filed on the same day as this application, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
10. This application is also related to co-pending Application No. 11/382,037, entitled �SCHEME FOR TRANSLATING MOVEMENTS OF A HAND-HELD CONTROLLER INTO INPUTS FOR A SYSTEM�, filed on the same day as this application, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
11. This application is also related to co-pending Application No. 11/382,043, entitled �DETECTABLE AND TRACKABLE HAND-HELD CONTROLLER�, filed on the same day as this application, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
12. This application is also related to co-pending Application No. 11/382,039, entitled �METHOD FOR MAPPING MOVEMENTS OF A HAND-HELD CONTROLLER TO GAME COMMANDS�, filed on the same day as this application, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
15. This application is also related to co-pending Application No. 60/798,031, entitled �DYNAMIC TARGET INTERFACE�, filed on the same day as this application, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
16. This application is also related to co-pending Application No. 29/259,348, entitled �TRACKED CONTROLLER DEVICE ((DESIGN))�, filed on the same day as this application, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Analysis of such video images for the purpose of tracking the controller 110 are described, e.g., in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/382,034, entitled �SCHEME FOR DETECTING AND TRACKING USER MANIPULATION OF A GAME CONTROLLER BODY�, to inventors 11/429,414, which is incorporated herein by reference. The console 110 may include an acoustic transducer, such as a microphone array 118. The controller 110 may also include an acoustic signal generator 210 (e.g., a speaker) to provide a source of sound to facilitate acoustic tracking of the controller 110 with the microphone array 118 and appropriate acoustic signal processing, e.g., as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/381,724, which is incorporated herein by reference.
As discussed above, data from inertial, image capture and acoustic sources may be analyzed to generate a path that tracks the position and/or orientation of the controller 110. As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 4 a system 400 according to an embodiment of the invention may include an inertial analyzer 402, an image analyzer 404 and an acoustic analyzer 406. Each of these analyzers receives signals from a sensed environment 401. The analyzers 402, 404, 406 may be implemented in hardware, in software (or firmware) or some combination of two or more of these. Each of the analyzers produces tracking information related the position and/or orientation of an object of interest. By way of example, the object of interest may be the controller 110 referred to above. The image analyzer 404 may operate in connection with and to form fields below and with respect to methods described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/382,034. The inertial analyzer 402 may operate in connection with and to form fields below and with respect to methods described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/382,033, entitled �SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL INPUT CONTROL�. The acoustic analyzer 406 may operate in connection with and to form fields below and with respect to methods described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/381,724.
In addition, a speaker 636 may be mounted to the joystick controller 630. In �acoustic radar� embodiments wherein the program code 604 locates and characterizes sounds detected with the microphone array 622, the speaker 636 may provide an audio signal that can be detected by the microphone array 622 and used by the program code 604 to track the position of the joystick controller 630. The speaker 636 may also be used to provide an additional �input channel� from the joystick controller 630 to the processor 601. Audio signals from the speaker 636 may be periodically pulsed to provide a beacon for the acoustic radar to track location. The audio signals (pulsed or otherwise) may be audible or ultrasonic. The acoustic radar may track the user manipulation of the joystick controller 630 and where such manipulation tracking may include information about the position and orientation (e.g., pitch, roll or yaw angle) of the joystick controller 630. The pulses may be triggered at an appropriate duty cycle as one skilled in the art is capable of applying. Pulses may be initiated based on a control signal arbitrated from the system. The apparatus 600 (through the program code 604) may coordinate the dispatch of control signals amongst two or more joystick controllers 630 coupled to the processor 601 to assure that multiple controllers can be tracked.
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