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Granted Patent B2
US 11,681,321 · App. 17/521,883 · Granted Jun 20, 2023

Image identification method applied to a joystick

Inventors: Chao-Chien Huang (Hsin-Chu, TW); Yen-Hung Wang (Hsin-Chu, TW); Yi-Chung Chen (Hsin-Chu, TW); Hui-Hsuan Chen (Hsin-Chu, TW); Yi-Hsien Ko (Hsin-Chu, TW)
Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
G05G9/047G05G2009/04759
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Patent No.
US 11,681,321
App. No.
17/521,883
Granted
Jun 20, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image identification method is used to eliminate accumulated error of operation of a joystick. The joystick has an optical sensor adapted to analyze a movement of a plurality of identification dots disposed on a stick body. The image identification method includes receiving a series of detection images, setting a first identification dot of the plurality of identification dots as being a reference identification dot, and setting a second identification dot of the plurality of identification dos as being the reference identification dot and cancelling the first identification dot as being the reference identification dot when the first identification dot is near a border of the detection image. A position change of the reference identification dot in the series of detection images is used for identifying a control status of the joystick.

Claims (14)

1. An image identification method of eliminating accumulated error of a joystick, the joystick having an optical sensor adapted to analyze a movement of a plurality of identification dots disposed on a stick body, the image identification method comprising:

receiving a series of detection images;

setting a first identification dot of the plurality of identification dots as being a reference identification dot, wherein a position change of the reference identification dot in the series of detection images is used for identifying a control status of the joystick; and

setting a second identification dot of the plurality of identification dos as being the reference identification dot and cancelling the first identification dot as being the reference identification dot when the first identification dot is near a border of the detection image.

2. The image identification method of claim 1 , further comprising:

defining a center of a first detection image of the series of detection images; and

selecting one of the plurality of identification dots mostly close to the defined center within the first detection image to be the first identification dot.

3. The image identification method of claim 1 , further comprising:

tracing the position changed of the first identification dot between the first detection image and a second detection image of the series of detection images, for identifying the control status of the joystick.

4. The image identification method of claim 1 , further comprising:

defining a center within a third detection image in response to the first identification dot near the border of the detection image;

selecting one of the plurality of identification dots mostly close to the defined center within the third detection image to be the second identification dot; and

tracing the position changed of the second identification dot between the third detection image and a fourth detection image of the series of detection images, for identifying the control status of the joystick.

5. The image identification method of claim 1 , wherein the first identification dot is near the border of the detection image is interpreted as a distance between the first identification dot and the border of the detection image is smaller than a predefined value.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 17069824 · Oct 13, 2020
Provisional Application 62940911 · Nov 27, 2019
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