Game Apparatus Camera User Detection Microphone Validation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional game programs using microphone input information struggle to accurately reflect user intentions, as external sounds and wind can inadvertently trigger game processing, leading to unintended actions.
Innovation Solution
A game program and apparatus that utilize camera imaging to detect the user based on image data, ensuring that game processing is only executed when the user is detected, by determining the presence of a skin color region or feature data, thereby validating microphone inputs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If microphone input information is used directly for game processing, then the system responds quickly to user inputs, but false triggers from external sounds or wind may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces camera-based user detection as an intermediary validation mechanism between the microphone input and game processing execution. The camera captures user presence information, and this visual confirmation acts as a mediator to verify whether the microphone input truly reflects user intent before triggering game actions, thereby eliminating false triggers from external sounds or wind.
2Reliability
If camera-based user detection is added to validate microphone inputs, then the accuracy of user intent detection is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent leverages the camera's existing imaging functionality for a dual purpose: not only for capturing game visuals but also for user presence detection to validate microphone inputs. By making the camera multi-functional, the system achieves improved reliability in user intent detection without adding dedicated new hardware components, thus minimizing the increase in device complexity.
3Measurement precision
If both camera imaging and microphone input processing are performed, then the precision of user interaction is enhanced, but the energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs camera-based user detection as a preliminary filtering step before processing microphone inputs. By first verifying user presence through the camera, the system can selectively activate the more energy-intensive microphone processing only when a user is detected, thereby reducing overall energy consumption while maintaining high precision in user interaction detection.
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AI summary
A game apparatus executes game processing on the basis of microphone input information input through a microphone. The CPU of the game apparatus executes an imaging step for imaging a user with a camera, a detection determining step for determining whether or not a user is detected on the basis of image data indicating the image obtained by imaging through the imaging step, and a performing step for performing the game processing on the basis of the microphone input information when the detection determining step determines that the user is detected.