3D Imaging Camera for Gaming Application

We describe a camera which is designed as a novel user interface for gaming applications. Such a camera, developed and patented by 3DV Systems, is capable of separating objects in space or time, thus be an ideal tool for interfacing in free space gaming consoles or other gaming platforms by body or hand gestures only. The basic feature of such a camera is real time depth imaging by capturing the shape of a light-pulse front as it is reflected of a three dimensional object. This depth sensing is very versatile and may be applied to many fields, such as security, robotics and gestures recognition, to name a few. We describe the basic architecture and main building blocks of a high-speed depth camera, for real time gaming interfacing.