nordlead on 06 July 2009
| welshbloke said: I suspect if it did Microsoft would fight as they demonstrated this idea like you said. Of course Microsoft may also have a patent pending who knows. |
Microsoft demoing something at E3 has no bearing on the validity of this patent even if it was filed after E3. What they would have to prove is prior art. Essentially notes taken while developing Natal in the first place which would have to be dated before Sony's notes on the same item.
However, this patent doesn't really apply to tracking body movements which is what Natal does. Now, this would possibly prevent Microsoft from tracking mugs and whatever else, but they have both a camera and a depth sensor so they could probably invent another method that doesn't infringe on the patent.
