WO2007130793A3 - Obtaining input for controlling execution of a game program - Google Patents

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WO2007130793A3
WO2007130793A3 PCT/US2007/067010 US2007067010W WO2007130793A3 WO 2007130793 A3 WO2007130793 A3 WO 2007130793A3 US 2007067010 W US2007067010 W US 2007067010W WO 2007130793 A3 WO2007130793 A3 WO 2007130793A3
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controlling execution
obtaining input
game program
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Xiadong Mao
Richard L Marks
Gary M Zalewski
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Sony Comp Entertainment Us
Xiadong Mao
Richard L Marks
Gary M Zalewski
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Priority claimed from US11/381,721 external-priority patent/US8947347B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/381,727 external-priority patent/US7697700B2/en
Priority claimed from PCT/US2006/017483 external-priority patent/WO2006121896A2/en
Priority claimed from US11/381,728 external-priority patent/US7545926B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/429,047 external-priority patent/US8233642B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/381,724 external-priority patent/US8073157B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/381,729 external-priority patent/US7809145B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/418,989 external-priority patent/US8139793B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/381,725 external-priority patent/US7783061B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/429,133 external-priority patent/US7760248B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/429,414 external-priority patent/US7627139B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/418,988 external-priority patent/US8160269B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,037 external-priority patent/US8313380B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,033 external-priority patent/US8686939B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,034 external-priority patent/US20060256081A1/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,036 external-priority patent/US9474968B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,032 external-priority patent/US7850526B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,031 external-priority patent/US7918733B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,038 external-priority patent/US7352358B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,035 external-priority patent/US8797260B2/en
Priority claimed from US29/259,350 external-priority patent/USD621836S1/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,041 external-priority patent/US7352359B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,043 external-priority patent/US20060264260A1/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,039 external-priority patent/US9393487B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,040 external-priority patent/US7391409B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,251 external-priority patent/US20060282873A1/en
Priority claimed from US11/430,593 external-priority patent/US20070261077A1/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,258 external-priority patent/US7782297B2/en
Priority claimed from US29/246,767 external-priority patent/USD572254S1/en
Priority claimed from US29/246,764 external-priority patent/USD629000S1/en
Priority claimed from US29/246,768 external-priority patent/USD571806S1/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,259 external-priority patent/US20070015559A1/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,252 external-priority patent/US10086282B2/en
Priority claimed from US29/246,743 external-priority patent/USD571367S1/en
Priority claimed from US11/430,594 external-priority patent/US20070260517A1/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,250 external-priority patent/US7854655B2/en
Priority claimed from US29/246,744 external-priority patent/USD630211S1/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,256 external-priority patent/US7803050B2/en
Application filed by Sony Comp Entertainment Us, Xiadong Mao, Richard L Marks, Gary M Zalewski filed Critical Sony Comp Entertainment Us
Priority to CN200780025400.6A priority Critical patent/CN101484221B/en
Publication of WO2007130793A2 publication Critical patent/WO2007130793A2/en
Publication of WO2007130793A3 publication Critical patent/WO2007130793A3/en
Priority to US13/670,387 priority patent/US9174119B2/en

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R3/00—Circuits for transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R3/005—Circuits for transducers, loudspeakers or microphones for combining the signals of two or more microphones

Abstract

Methods of obtaining input for controlling execution of a game are disclosed. In embodiments of the present invention controller path information from inertial, image capture, and acoustic sources may be mixed prior to analysis for gesture recognition.
PCT/US2007/067010 2002-07-27 2007-04-14 Obtaining input for controlling execution of a game program WO2007130793A2 (en)

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CN200780025400.6A CN101484221B (en) 2006-05-04 2007-04-14 Obtaining input for controlling execution of a game program
US13/670,387 US9174119B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2012-11-06 Controller for providing inputs to control execution of a program when inputs are combined

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US11/381,721 2006-05-04
US11/381,724 US8073157B2 (en) 2003-08-27 2006-05-04 Methods and apparatus for targeted sound detection and characterization
US11/381,728 2006-05-04
US11/381,729 US7809145B2 (en) 2006-05-04 2006-05-04 Ultra small microphone array
US11/418,989 US8139793B2 (en) 2003-08-27 2006-05-04 Methods and apparatus for capturing audio signals based on a visual image
US11/381,725 2006-05-04
US11/381,725 US7783061B2 (en) 2003-08-27 2006-05-04 Methods and apparatus for the targeted sound detection
US11/429,133 US7760248B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-04 Selective sound source listening in conjunction with computer interactive processing
US11/418,988 2006-05-04
US11/429,414 US7627139B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-04 Computer image and audio processing of intensity and input devices for interfacing with a computer program
US11/429,047 2006-05-04
US11/381,724 2006-05-04
US11/418,988 US8160269B2 (en) 2003-08-27 2006-05-04 Methods and apparatuses for adjusting a listening area for capturing sounds
US11/381,721 US8947347B2 (en) 2003-08-27 2006-05-04 Controlling actions in a video game unit
US11/429,133 2006-05-04
USPCT/US2006/017483 2006-05-04
US11/429,414 2006-05-04
US11/429,047 US8233642B2 (en) 2003-08-27 2006-05-04 Methods and apparatuses for capturing an audio signal based on a location of the signal
US11/381,728 US7545926B2 (en) 2006-05-04 2006-05-04 Echo and noise cancellation
PCT/US2006/017483 WO2006121896A2 (en) 2005-05-05 2006-05-04 Microphone array based selective sound source listening and video game control
US11/381,727 2006-05-04
US11/418,989 2006-05-04
US11/381,729 2006-05-04
US11/381,727 US7697700B2 (en) 2006-05-04 2006-05-04 Noise removal for electronic device with far field microphone on console
US79803106P 2006-05-06 2006-05-06
US11/382,034 US20060256081A1 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-06 Scheme for detecting and tracking user manipulation of a game controller body
US11/382,038 2006-05-06
US60/798,031 2006-05-06
US11/382,036 US9474968B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-06 Method and system for applying gearing effects to visual tracking
US11/382,033 2006-05-06
US11/382,035 2006-05-06
US11/382,031 2006-05-06
US29259349 2006-05-06
US11/382,032 US7850526B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-06 System for tracking user manipulations within an environment
US11/382,037 US8313380B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-06 Scheme for translating movements of a hand-held controller into inputs for a system
US11/382,037 2006-05-06
US11/382,036 2006-05-06
US11/382,031 US7918733B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-06 Multi-input game control mixer
US11/382,038 US7352358B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-06 Method and system for applying gearing effects to acoustical tracking
US29259348 2006-05-06
US11/382,035 US8797260B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-06 Inertially trackable hand-held controller
US29/259,350 USD621836S1 (en) 2006-05-06 2006-05-06 Controller face with tracking sensors
US11/382,034 2006-05-06
US29/259,349 2006-05-06
US29/259,348 2006-05-06
US11/382,032 2006-05-06
US29/259,350 2006-05-06
US11/382,033 US8686939B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-06 System, method, and apparatus for three-dimensional input control
US11/382,040 US7391409B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-07 Method and system for applying gearing effects to multi-channel mixed input
US11/382,039 US9393487B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-07 Method for mapping movements of a hand-held controller to game commands
US11/382,043 US20060264260A1 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-07 Detectable and trackable hand-held controller
US11/382,040 2006-05-07
US11/382,041 2006-05-07
US11/382,043 2006-05-07
US11/382,041 US7352359B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-07 Method and system for applying gearing effects to inertial tracking
US11/382,039 2006-05-07
US29/246,768 USD571806S1 (en) 2006-05-08 2006-05-08 Video game controller
US11/382,259 US20070015559A1 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-08 Method and apparatus for use in determining lack of user activity in relation to a system
US29/246,759 2006-05-08
US29246763 2006-05-08
US29246759 2006-05-08
US11/382,252 US10086282B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-08 Tracking device for use in obtaining information for controlling game program execution
US29/246,743 USD571367S1 (en) 2006-05-08 2006-05-08 Video game controller
US11/382,251 US20060282873A1 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-08 Hand-held controller having detectable elements for tracking purposes
US11/382,258 2006-05-08
US11/382,251 2006-05-08
US29/246,766 2006-05-08
US11/382,256 2006-05-08
US11/382,250 US7854655B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-08 Obtaining input for controlling execution of a game program
US29/246,764 2006-05-08
US29/246,744 USD630211S1 (en) 2006-05-08 2006-05-08 Video game controller front face
US29/246,744 2006-05-08
US11/382,256 US7803050B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-08 Tracking device with sound emitter for use in obtaining information for controlling game program execution
US29246762 2006-05-08
US29/246,768 2006-05-08
US29/246,765 2006-05-08
US11/382,259 2006-05-08
US29246765 2006-05-08
US29246766 2006-05-08
US11/382,250 2006-05-08
US11/430,594 2006-05-08
US11/430,593 2006-05-08
US11/430,593 US20070261077A1 (en) 2006-05-08 2006-05-08 Using audio/visual environment to select ads on game platform
US11/430,594 US20070260517A1 (en) 2006-05-08 2006-05-08 Profile detection
US29/246,764 USD629000S1 (en) 2006-05-08 2006-05-08 Game interface device with optical port
US11/382,252 2006-05-08
US29/246,767 USD572254S1 (en) 2006-05-08 2006-05-08 Video game controller
US29/246,743 2006-05-08
US11/382,258 US7782297B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-08 Method and apparatus for use in determining an activity level of a user in relation to a system
US29/246,767 2006-05-08
US29/246,763 2006-05-08
US29/246,762 2006-05-08

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US11/382,250 Continuation US7854655B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-08 Obtaining input for controlling execution of a game program
US11/430,594 Continuation-In-Part US20070260517A1 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-08 Profile detection

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