Input apparatus using connectable blocks, information processing system, information processor, and information processing method
US9229528B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 13, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 5, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 11, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2219/2021
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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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