- Patent Title: Position-dependent gaming, 3-D controller, and handheld as a remote
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Application No.: US14880889Application Date: 2015-10-12
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Publication No.: US10279255B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Jeffrey R. Stafford , Yunpeng Zhu , Steven Osman
- Applicant: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
- Current Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: A63F13/426
- IPC: A63F13/426 ; A63F13/26 ; G06T19/00 ; A63F13/20 ; A63F13/213 ; A63F13/5258 ; G06F3/00 ; H04N5/232

Abstract:
Methods and systems for using a position of a mobile device with an integrated display as an input to a video game or other presentation are presented. Embodiments include rendering an avatar on a mobile device such that it appears to overlay a competing user in the real world. Using the mobile device's position, view direction, and the other user's mobile device position, an avatar (or vehicle, etc.) is depicted at an apparently inertially stabilized location of the other user's mobile device or body. Some embodiments may estimate the other user's head and body positions and angles and reflect them in the avatar's gestures.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160030845A1 POSITION-DEPENDENT GAMING, 3-D CONTROLLER, AND HANDHELD AS A REMOTE Public/Granted day:2016-02-04
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