Information processor having input system using stroboscope
US7662047B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 20, 2003 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 2, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30241
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A stroboscope is utilized as an input device of a golf game system (10), for example. The golf game system includes a game machine (12) as an information processing apparatus and a golf-club-shaped input device (14), and within a housing of the game machine, an imaging unit (28) is housed, and the imaging unit is provided with an image sensor (40) and an infrared-LED. By utilizing the infrared-LED, an infrared ray is intermittently emitted to a predetermined range of an upper portion of the imaging unit. Accordingly, the image sensor intermittently images a reflective body provided in the golf-club-shaped input device moving within the range. Such the stroboscope image processing of the reflective body enables calculation of a velocity, and so on as an input of the game machine.
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