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7397481 Image display method and image display system  
Real space image including a simple prototype created based on three-dimensional CAD data is captured by an image input apparatus. A position/orientation measuring apparatus measures positions and...
7359121 System and method for tracking and assessing movement skills in multidimensional space  
Accurate simulation of sport to quantify and train performance constructs by employing sensing electronics for determining, in essentially real time, the player's three dimensional positional...
7292151 Human movement measurement system  
A system for measuring the position of transponders for testing and training a user to manipulate the position of the transponders while being guided by interactive and sensory feedback through a...
EP1521215B1 Image display method and image display system  
Abstract no available
7225414 Method and system for virtual touch entertainment  
The present invention is a method and apparatus for attracting the attention of people in public places and engaging them in a touch-free interaction with a multimedia display using an...
7148913 Vision-based pointer tracking and object classification method and apparatus  
A vision-based pointer tracking and object recognizing system is presented. The system comprises a computer system including a processor, a memory coupled with the processor, an input coupled with...
7104884 Breeding simulation apparatus for virtual creatures  
A simulation for breeding a virtual creature for growing the creature by a player by applying disciplining or training treatments to the creature in a screen. The apparatus is provided with mark...
7048630 System for and method of capturing a player's image for incorporation into a game  
A method of capturing a player's image for incorporation into a casino game that comprises a reel or a reel simulation game including an array of frames comprises using a camera to capture the...
7038855 System and method for tracking and assessing movement skills in multidimensional space  
Accurate simulation of sport to quantify and train performance constructs by employing sensing electronics for determining, in essentially real time, the player's three dimensional positional...
6951515 Game apparatus for mixed reality space, image processing method thereof, and program storage medium  
A game apparatus allows a virtual object to act in a mixed reality space as if it had its own will. A player can play a game with the virtual object. Rules for controlling the action patterns of...
6950534 Gesture-controlled interfaces for self-service machines and other applications  
A gesture recognition interface for use in controlling self-service machines and other devices is disclosed. A gesture is defined as motions and kinematic poses generated by humans, animals, or...
EP1531421A1 IMAGE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECOGNITION PROGRAM  
An image recognition apparatus is configured to recognize movements of players in a sport match or game from contents recording a sport match or game wherein the players match against each other...
6894686 System and method for automatically editing captured images for inclusion into 3D video game play  
A video/computer game machine maps external images onto animated game players in a game program. An image of a person's face may be mapped onto the head of an animated game player. The person may...
EP1521215A1 Image display method and image display system  
Real space image including a simple prototype created based on three-dimensional CAD data is captured by an image input apparatus. A position/orientation measuring apparatus measures positions and...
6876496 System and method for tracking and assessing movement skills in multidimensional space  
Accurate simulation of sport to quantify and train performance constructs by employing sensing electronics for determining, in essentially real time, the player's three dimensional positional...
6832955 Breeding simulation apparatus for virtual creatures  
It is a purpose of this invention to provide a simulation for breeding a virtual creature for growing the virtual creature while disciplining or training the virtual creature by treatments in...
6831659 Image processor unit, game machine, image processing method, and recording medium  
An image processing unit is provided that is configured so that it can display one or more objects deployed in virtual space and a character established so that it can move relative to such object...
EP0686944B1 Electronic game device and method  
Abstract of EP0686944 In an electronic device, a plurality of images of each of the parts which constitute a character is contained along with a corresponding plurality of different parameters in...
6784901 Method, system and computer program product for the delivery of a chat message in a 3D multi-user environment  
A chat system, method and computer program product for delivering a message between a sender and a recipient in a three-dimensional (3D) multi-user environment, wherein the 3D multi-user...
6765726 System and method for tracking and assessing movement skills in multidimensional space  
Accurate simulation of sport to quantify and train performance constructs by employing sensing electronics for determining, in essentially real time, the player's three dimensional positional...
6726567 Simulated real time game play with live event  
A game play system allows remote players to participate in a concurrent simulation of a live event as the live event is occurring. The system gathers input from sensors located at the live event,...
EP1402929A1 An apparatus and a method for more realistic interactive video games on computers or similar devices  
Abstract not available for EP1402929
6685480 Physical motion state evaluation apparatus  
A physical motion state evaluation apparatus is configured by a foot switch unit for detecting user's step motions, physical motion state detectors for detecting motions of prescribed parts (e.g.,...
6681031 Gesture-controlled interfaces for self-service machines and other applications  
A gesture recognition interface for use in controlling self-service machines and other devices is disclosed. A gesture is defined as motions and kinematic poses generated by humans, animals, or...
6677967 Video game system for capturing images and applying the captured images to animated game play characters  
A frame of still picture data is captured at an instant specified by a user from video signals supplied from a given video source, such as a television receiver, a video camera, etc., and the image...
6599194 Home video game system with hard disk drive and internet access capability  
An existing video game system is modified to include additional communication and storage capability via a modem and hard disk drive. The modification may involve the use of an expansion device...
6563520 Virtual reality interface for show control  
A system for designing light and sound systems for use in stage productions. Virtual reality interfaces facilitate the selection and location of lighting and sound displays by providing a real-time...
6545661 Video game system having a control unit with an accelerometer for controlling a video game  
In one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a video game system including a game controller, a video display and a hand-held control unit. The game controller is coupled to the...
6522312 Apparatus for presenting mixed reality shared among operators  
There is disclosed a mixed reality presentation apparatus which generates and displays a three-dimensional virtual image on a see-through display device so as to allow a plurality of players to...
6500008 Augmented reality-based firefighter training system and method  
Method and apparatus are presented for an augmented reality-based firefighter training system. The system includes hardware for motion tracking, display, and vari-nozzle instrumentation. System...
6471584 Simulation game machine  
A simulation game machine relatively moves a virtual character displayed on a monitor in a game space in accordance with control by a player using an operation unit. The simulation game machine...
6430997 System and method for tracking and assessing movement skills in multidimensional space  
Accurate simulation of sport to quantify and train performance constructs by employing sensing electronics for determining, in essentially real time, the player's three dimensional positional...
6400374 Video superposition system and method  
A graphic image system comprising a video camera producing a first video signal defining a first image including a foreground object and a background, the foreground object preferably including an...
6368217 Input device, data processing device, data processing method, game device and medium  
An input device includes a board whereon a player stands with both feet, and supporting mechanisms for supporting the board such that it can oscillate. The input device supplies oscillatory...
6308565 System and method for tracking and assessing movement skills in multidimensional space  
Accurate simulation of sport to quantify and train performance constructs by employing sensing electronics for determining, in essentially real time, the player's three dimensional positional...
6278479 Dual reality system  
An apparatus for merging real and virtual images in which points in three dimensions of an actual scene are obtained and selected in a random fashion and in a number sufficient to track the...
6227966 Simulation device for fostering a virtual creature  
With a purpose of providing a simulation device for fostering a virtual creature where the virtual creature is disciplined, the virtual creature is grown and fostered when a player conducts a...
6220865 Instruction for groups of users interactively controlling groups of images to make idiosyncratic, simulated, physical movements  
A simulated training method in which groups of users interactively control user controllable images to make idiosyncratic, simulated physical movements. Preferred embodiments include user...
6213871 Nurturing simulation apparatus for virtual creatures  
It is a purpose of this invention to provide a simulation apparatus for nurturing a virtual creature for growing the virtual creature while disciplining or training the virtual creature by...
6190174 Electronic story board  
An interactive toy employs a plurality of figures which are employed by the user to tell a story. The figures are selected and placed at selected locations on a story board or a book. The selection...
6144366 Method and apparatus for generating information input using reflected light image of target object  
A method and an apparatus for generating information input which are capable of realizing a direct command type information input scheme by which the gesture or the motion can be inputted easily....
6142870 Simulation game machine  
A simulation game machine relatively moves a virtual character displayed on a monitor in a game space in accordance with control by a player using an operation unit. The simulation game machine...
6128003 Hand gesture recognition system and method  
Noise problems in processing small images or large-granularity images are reduced by representing hand images as rotational vectors calculated using a real-valued centroid. The hand region is...
6080063 Simulated real time game play with live event  
A game play system allows remote players to participate in a concurrent simulation of a live event as the live event is occurring. The system gathers input from sensors located at the live event,...
6056640 Computerized gaming apparatus  
A computer game system is adapted for a number of human players to play a computer game in which at least one game object is manipulated in a game area by a number of virtual game characters. The...
5966526 Simulation device for fostering a virtual creature  
With a purpose of providing a simulation device for fostering a virtual creature where a virtual creature is grown while disciplining or training the virtual creature when a player conducts a...
5952993 Virtual object display apparatus and method  
A virtual object display apparatus displays the action of an object at high speed. An environment information memory section stores environment information of a plurality of objects in a virtual...
5917653 Binoculars capable of vibration reduction  
In order to make the visibility of a right optical system to be the same as that of a left optical system even when there is a vibration and to simplify a drive mechanism, a pair of right and left...
5913727 Interactive movement and contact simulation game  
An interactive contact and simulation game apparatus in which a player and a three dimensional computer generated image interact in simulated physical contact. Alternately two players may interact...
5890906 Method and apparatus for tutorial, self and assisted instruction directed to simulated preparation, training and competitive play and entertainment  
The present invention pertains to a method of instruction and simulated training and competitive play or entertainment in an activity that couples cognitive and motor functions, in particular, the...
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