Remote multiplayer interactive physical gaming with mobile computing devices
US10643492B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 19, 2019 |
| Grant date | May 5, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V20/44
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Methods and systems for remote real-time or asynchronous multiplayer gameplay using mobile devices are disclosed. The methods and systems include steps of mounting mobile computing devices in gaming areas associated with users; initiating a game between the users; analyzing movements of the users, ball(s), and/or other game equipment of the game by performing a computer vision algorithm on one or more frames of an input video of the game; and providing feedback to the users, where feedback may include instructions to be performed by the users and player analytics. Embodiments of the present invention use computer vision techniques to enable a resource-limited mobile device such as a smartphone to conduct the aforementioned steps.
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