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Virtualization of tangible interface objects

US10726266B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 28, 2018
Grant dateJul 28, 2020
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Expiry dateFeb 28, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/69
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An example system includes a computing device located proximate to a physical activity surface, a video capture device, and a detector. The video capture device is coupled for communication with the computing device and is adapted to capture a video stream that includes an activity scene of the physical activity surface and one or more interface objects physically intractable with by a user. The detector processes the video stream to detect the one or more interface objects included in the activity scene, to identify the one or more interface objects that are detectable, to generate one or more events describing the one or more interface objects, and to provide the one or more events to an activity application configured to render virtual information on the one or more computing devices based on the one or more events.

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