Patent ID: 8497902

Claim:
A method for locating a sensor of a gaming console relative to a position of a display device in a gaming system, comprising: displaying an image on the display device; capturing the displayed image using a portable device at a first location and generating first capture information associated with the capture at the first location; obtaining information relating a type of the portable device; estimating, using a processor, a first position and first orientation of the display device relative to the portable device from the first capture information and from the obtained information relating to the type of the portable device; capturing the displayed image using the portable device at a second location and generating second capture information associated with the capture at the second location; estimating, using a processor, a second position and second orientation of the display device relative to the portable device from the second capture information; determining, using a processor, the size of the display device using information gathered based on the estimating of the first position and orientation and the estimating of the second position and orientation; and determining, using a processor, the orientation of the display device relative to the sensor of the gaming console using information gathered during the estimating of the first position and orientation and the estimating of the second position and orientation, and using information, derived from the obtained information relating to the type of the portable device, that is indicative of a location of the portable device relative to the sensor of the gaming console.