Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Input apparatus using connectable blocks, information processing system, information processor, and information processing method
- Patent Title (中): 使用可连接块的输入装置,信息处理系统,信息处理器和信息处理方法
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Application No.: US14026019Application Date: 2013-09-13
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Publication No.: US09229528B2Publication Date: 2016-01-05
- Inventor: Naoki Numaguchi , Hiroshi Osawa , Takeshi Yamagishi , Keiji Togawa
- Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Agent Matthew B. Dernier, Esq.
- Main IPC: G06F3/01
- IPC: G06F3/01 ; G06T17/00 ; G06F3/0481 ; G06T19/20 ; G06F3/0346 ; G06T13/00 ; A63H3/16 ; B25J9/06 ; B25J9/08

Abstract:
A block tool, which can be assembled by a user, is configured with multiple types of blocks and is shot by a camera for capturing a still image or a moving image. The position coordinates of a marker of the square-pillar block in a three-dimensional space are obtained by image recognition. Also, a connecting position and the type of each block, a gradient vector of the square-pillar block, an angle between two blocks constituting the square-pillar block, and the respective blocks' lengths are obtained so as to derive the shape, posture, and position of the block tool, and corresponding information processing is then performed.
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