Dance game and tutorial

US8702485B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Marc A. Flury · Rosemount, US
• Kasson D. Crooker · Arlington, US
• Matthew C. Boch · Somerville, US
• Eran Egozy · Brookline, US
• Dean N. Tate · Cambridge, US
• Seth Goldstein · Exeter, US
• Isaac Adams · Revere, US
• Adam Carriuolo · Rehoboth, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 5, 2010
• Grant date: Apr 22, 2014
• Expiry date: Nov 7, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63F2300/8047
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

Presented herein are methods, apparatuses, programs, and systems for scoring a player performance comprising one or more poses in a dance-based video game. a performance 3D skeleton is received that indicates a pose of the player. A score is calculated by comparing a position, a timing, or both, associated with one or more joints of the performance 3D skeleton to a position, a timing, or both, associated with one or more joints of a target pose and altering one or more characteristics of the dance-based video game based on the score.