Nintendo has patented a handheld device using infrared sensors to detect distance. Based on the images it appears to be something similar to Kinect, using infrared camera and distance sensor, gesture recognition, and distance measuring, examples including a projector and GPS receiver.
This isn't the most interesting patent Nintendo has made in recent years, but it's still something that could potentially be used in future handhelds. It seems to be similar to Kinect based on the images they included, but I'm not quite sure that's how it's intended to be used. They're kind of hard to make out.
This isn't the most interesting patent Nintendo has made in recent years, but it's still something that could potentially be used in future handhelds. It seems to be similar to Kinect based on the images they included, but I'm not quite sure that's how it's intended to be used. They're kind of hard to make out.