US 12,229,895 B1
Virtual reality detection and projection system for use with a head mounted display
Benjamin Cowen, New York, NY (US); and Jon Muskin, Hutingdon Valley, PA (US)
Assigned to Out of Sight Vision Systems LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Benjamin Cowen, New York, NY (US); and Jon Muskin, Hutingdon Valley, PA (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/836,779.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/431,820, filed on Dec. 8, 2016.
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G01S 17/04 (2020.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 19/003 (2013.01) [G01S 17/04 (2020.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a virtual reality headset configured to be worn on a player's head, the virtual reality headset comprising an output device and a camera array comprising more than two cameras;
a computer configured to communicate with the virtual reality headset, the computer configured to read computer readable instructions from a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer readable instructions are programmed to:
display on the output device a virtual world using a position and an orientation of the headset;
capture respective images of a physical object from individual cameras in the camera array, and compute a respective tracking score for the physical object for each of the individual cameras, the tracking score computed based upon how much of a pattern on physical object is visible, and determine a selection of the respective images of the physical object to utilize based upon the respective tracking scores; and
determine a position and orientation of the physical object using the selection of the respective images.