Patent Document ID: 5423554
Application ID: 08126384
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A virtual reality game method for use by at least one human player who wears at least one identifiable object having a unique color, said game comprising the steps of: (a) scanning a background and creating a first color table of background colors; (b) scanning said identifiable object; (c) creating a second color table with colors distinctive only to said identifiable object by deleting all colors that said identifiable object has in common with said background; (d) repeatedly scanning said player wearing said identifiable object against said background and creating frames of pixels in a frame buffer representative of said colors in said scan; (e) identifying said colors in said frames that are unique to said identifiable objects; (f) predicting an area, less than a full frame, where said identifiable object will be located in subsequent frames; (g) scanning said predicted area to locate said identifiable object; and, (h) using said identifiable object to manipulate a virtual object toward a virtual goal.