Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Virtual-projectile delivery in an expansive environment
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Application No.: US16937457Application Date: 2020-07-23
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Publication No.: US11642589B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Raymond Kirk Price , Michael Bleyer , Christopher Douglas Edmonds , Mark Anthony Plagge , Melissa Arde Lobb , Mikael Froejk Figueroa , Jonathan Gustav Paulovich , Evan Gregory Levine
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Alleman Hall Creasman & Tuttle LLP
- Main IPC: A63F13/211
- IPC: A63F13/211 ; A63F13/216 ; A63F13/213 ; A63F13/245 ; A63F13/837 ; G01S19/03 ; G06F3/01

Abstract:
One method comprises receiving a hit signal from a device worn by a first player, receiving a position of the device, receiving an orientation of a launch axis of a virtual-projectile launcher, receiving a position of a second player, and outputting a hit assignment on determining, pursuant to receiving the hit signal, that a recognized object and the second player are coincident at an indicated launch of a virtual projectile. Another method comprises receiving an indication of launch of a virtual projectile by a virtual-projectile launcher of a first player, receiving an image aligned to a launch axis of the virtual-projectile launcher, outputting a hit signal to a server on determining, pursuant to receiving the indication of launch, that a recognized object is imaged in a projectile-delivery area of the image, and outputting a position of the device and an orientation of the launch axis to the server.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220023752A1 VIRTUAL-PROJECTILE DELIVERY IN AN EXPANSIVE ENVIRONMENT Public/Granted day:2022-01-27
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