公开(公告)号：US20180247457A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-30

申请号：US15847210

申请日：2017-12-19

Applicant: Hashplay Inc.

Inventor： Ingo Nadler ,  Jan-Philipp Alexander Mohr

IPC: G06T19/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06T3/40 ,  A63F13/525

CPC classification number: G06T19/006 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/525 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/012 ,  G06T3/4092 ,  G06T19/003 ,  H04L67/38

Abstract: A system for providing a virtual environment on an at least one computing device. The system includes, a server arrangement to generate at least one first image associated with the virtual environment on at least one first virtual pattern, render visual orientations associated with the at least one first image on a render target, and generate at least one second image; and at least one computing device, communicably coupled with the server arrangement, to receive the at least one second image from the server arrangement, render each of the render targets of the at least one second image on an at least one second virtual pattern, determine the movement of head of the at least one user, and provide the virtual environment on a display arrangement based on a movement of head of the at least one user.

公开(公告)号：US20180220255A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-02

申请号：US15420840

申请日：2017-01-31

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Ryan Y. Kim ,  Todd R. Manion ,  Robert N. Heitkamp ,  Steven Wilssens ,  Philip A. Edry

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  G10L19/16 ,  A63F13/28

CPC classification number: H04S7/308 ,  A63F13/25 ,  A63F13/28 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/54 ,  G10L19/008 ,  G10L19/167 ,  G10L19/173 ,  H04N21/4781 ,  H04S7/30 ,  H04S2400/11 ,  H04S2420/01 ,  H04S2420/11

Abstract: A game engine may generate video and audio content on a per-frame basis. Audio data corresponding to a current frame may be generated to comprise sound-field information independent of a speaker configuration or spatialization technology that may be used to play the associated audio. The sound-field may be generated based on monaural audio data corresponding to a sound produced by an in-game object at the object's position as of the current frame. The sound-field information may be transmitted to a remote computing device for reproduction using a selected, available speaker configuration and spatialization technology.

公开(公告)号：US20180199041A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-12

申请号：US15916616

申请日：2018-03-09

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Patrick G. McCuller

IPC: H04N19/162 ,  H04N21/6379 ,  H04N19/44 ,  H04N19/10 ,  A63F13/00 ,  H04N19/85 ,  H04N19/70 ,  H04N19/503 ,  A63F13/355 ,  H04N19/423 ,  H04N19/17 ,  H04N19/167 ,  H04N19/127 ,  H04N19/115 ,  H04N21/234

CPC classification number: H04N19/162 ,  A63F13/00 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F2300/534 ,  H04N19/10 ,  H04N19/115 ,  H04N19/127 ,  H04N19/167 ,  H04N19/17 ,  H04N19/423 ,  H04N19/44 ,  H04N19/503 ,  H04N19/61 ,  H04N19/70 ,  H04N19/85 ,  H04N21/23418 ,  H04N21/6379

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for adjusting the encoding of a video signal into a video stream based on user attention. A first portion of a first video frame is encoded at a lower quality level than a second portion of the first video frame based, at least in part, on a rate of change of objects portrayed in the second portion. The first and second encoded portions are displayed in a second video frame.

公开(公告)号：US10008034B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-26

申请号：US14058132

申请日：2013-10-18

Applicant: NVIDIA Corporation

Inventor： Morgan McGuire ,  Cyril Jean-Francois Crassin ,  David Patrick Luebke ,  Michael Thomas Mara ,  Brent L. Oster ,  Peter Schuyler Shirley ,  Peter-Pike J. Sloan ,  Christopher Ryan Wyman

IPC: G06T15/50 ,  G06T15/55 ,  G06T15/00 ,  A63F13/355

CPC classification number: G06T15/55 ,  A63F13/355 ,  G06T15/005

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for computing indirect lighting in a cloud network. In operation, one or more scenes for rendering are identified. Further, indirect lighting associated with the one or more scenes is identified. Additionally, computation associated with the indirect lighting is performed in a cloud network utilizing at least one of a voxel-based algorithm, a photon-based algorithm, or an irradiance-map-based algorithm.

公开(公告)号：US09987562B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-05

申请号：US15145727

申请日：2016-05-03

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC

Inventor： Tim Cotter

IPC: A63F9/24 ,  A63F13/00 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G06F19/00 ,  A63F13/86 ,  A63F13/352 ,  H04L29/06 ,  A63F13/355

CPC classification number: A63F13/86 ,  A63F13/352 ,  A63F13/355 ,  H04L67/38 ,  H04L69/04

Abstract: A method for an online video game or application service system includes running a video game or application on an application host server at a data center, an uncompressed video stream being produced therefrom. The uncompressed video stream is encoded into compressed video stream, which is then transmitted over the Internet to an output client device of a user. The output client device decompresses the compressed video stream and displays live video on a screen. User control input transmitted from an input client device is delivered to the application host server. The user control input includes game or application commands. The input client device is associated with the user and is separate from the output client device. Responsive to receiving the game or application commands, the application host server generates a new uncompressed video stream.

公开(公告)号：US09986001B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-29

申请号：US14438392

申请日：2013-06-03

Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Tomoki Takaichi ,  Norihiko Shiomi ,  Masahiro Fujihara ,  Tomohiro Ogawa ,  Erika Ohno

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  H04L29/06 ,  A63F13/355 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  A63F13/86 ,  A63F13/87

CPC classification number: H04L65/4069 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/86 ,  A63F13/87 ,  H04N21/4781 ,  H04N21/4788

Abstract: A streaming data acquisition section acquires streaming data distributed from a server and including an application image, and a streaming data reproduction section reproduces the streaming data. A command input acceptance section accepts a command input to an application inputted by a user. A command transmission section transmits the inputted command. The command is provided to an information processing apparatus of a distributor of the streaming data and is reflected on processing of the application being executed in the information processing apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US09968847B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-15

申请号：US15591062

申请日：2017-05-09

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC

Inventor： Stephen G. Perlman ,  Roger van der Laan ,  Timothy Cotter ,  Scott Furman ,  Robert McCool ,  Ian Buckley

IPC: A63F13/355 ,  H04N21/6583 ,  H04N21/6587 ,  H04N21/658 ,  H04N21/2662 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N19/146 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04N21/258 ,  A63F13/335 ,  A63F13/71 ,  A63F13/358 ,  A63F13/25 ,  H04N19/169 ,  H04N19/172

CPC classification number: A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/12 ,  A63F13/25 ,  A63F13/335 ,  A63F13/358 ,  A63F13/71 ,  A63F2300/407 ,  A63F2300/534 ,  A63F2300/535 ,  A63F2300/538 ,  A63F2300/552 ,  A63F2300/577 ,  H04L65/403 ,  H04L65/4076 ,  H04L65/605 ,  H04L67/38 ,  H04N7/106 ,  H04N19/107 ,  H04N19/132 ,  H04N19/146 ,  H04N19/169 ,  H04N19/172 ,  H04N19/188 ,  H04N19/436 ,  H04N19/61 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/234363 ,  H04N21/23439 ,  H04N21/2381 ,  H04N21/25833 ,  H04N21/266 ,  H04N21/2662 ,  H04N21/6377 ,  H04N21/658 ,  H04N21/6583 ,  H04N21/6587

Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method are described for performing video compression by an online video game service is provided. One example method includes receiving user input by a server and the user input is received from a client device over a network established between the client device and the server. The user input is from an input device associated with the client device and the client device and the input device are used to access the server to play a video game. The method further includes executing the video game on the server while receiving user input from the input device, and the video game produces a video output including a sequence of video images of the video game. Encoding each of the sequence of video images in a video encoding resource of the server to generate a sequence of encoded video frames and transmitting the sequence of encoded video frames by the server over the communication channel to the client device for decoding to produce a corresponding sequence of decoded video frames. The sequence of decoded video frames is configured to be rendered on a display device associated with the client device. The method further includes detecting a change in a communication channel characteristic of the communication channel, and the detected change is based on feedback information received by the server. The feedback information is received from the client device and dynamically adjusting a compression ratio for said encoding of the sequence of encoded video frames based on the detected change in the communication channel characteristic.

公开(公告)号：US09937425B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-10

申请号：US15615068

申请日：2017-06-06

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC

Inventor： David R. Sullivan ,  Robert McCool ,  Stephen G. Perlman

IPC: G06F19/00 ,  A63F13/86 ,  A63F13/424 ,  A63F13/335 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/87 ,  A63F13/352 ,  A63F13/358 ,  A63F13/35 ,  A63F13/537

CPC classification number: A63F13/86 ,  A63F13/12 ,  A63F13/335 ,  A63F13/35 ,  A63F13/352 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/358 ,  A63F13/424 ,  A63F13/537 ,  A63F13/87 ,  A63F2300/407 ,  A63F2300/513 ,  A63F2300/534 ,  A63F2300/538 ,  A63F2300/572 ,  A63F2300/577 ,  A63F2300/6072 ,  G06F19/00

Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method are described for managing audio chat for an online video game or application. For example, a system according to one embodiment comprises: an online video game or application execution engine to execute an online video game or application in response to input from one or more users of the video game or application and to responsively generate audio and video of the video game or application; and a chat subsystem to establish audio chat sessions with the one or more users and one or more spectators to the video game or application, the chat subsystem establishing a plurality of audio chat channels including a spectator channel over which the spectators participate in audio chat and a user channel over which the users participate in audio chat.

公开(公告)号：US20180097915A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-05

申请号：US15832022

申请日：2017-12-05

Applicant: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC

Inventor： John Cronin

IPC: H04L29/06

CPC classification number: H04L67/38 ,  A63F13/335 ,  A63F13/352 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/63 ,  H04L67/32 ,  H04L67/42

Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling a visitor to access VR representations authored by different authors of images at different quality levels at various locations in a virtual universe via a computer network are provided. A plurality of data sets may be stored in memory. Each VR data set may define a VR representation of a location and may be independently authored by a respective author different from the other authors. In addition, each VR dataset may have a speed and quality metric to assist the visitors in an optimized experience. One or more VR data servers may access and transmit the VR data sets of various quality and speeds, each of which may be associated with a VR data server having access to the VR data set. A domain server may be adapted to access and transmit domain data comprising the location within the universe of each VR representation and the network address of the VR data server associated with the VR representation. Further, a client host may be adapted to communicate with the domain server to receive domain data representing the network address of the VR data server associated with a bets matched quality and speed VR representation and to communicate with that VR data server to access the VR data set defining the VR representation without leaving the virtual universe.

公开(公告)号：US09925461B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-27

申请号：US15477229

申请日：2017-04-03

Applicant: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC

Inventor： Ezekiel Kruglick

IPC: A63F13/77 ,  A63F13/428 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/58 ,  A63F13/65

CPC classification number: A63F13/428 ,  A63F13/06 ,  A63F13/10 ,  A63F13/12 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/335 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/58 ,  A63F13/65 ,  A63F2300/554 ,  A63F2300/6009

Abstract: Technologies are generally described for providing full-motion animation-as-a-service. In some examples, short motion-capture segments may be captured from user motion user interface devices and stored in a database. When a full-motion animation is desired, a start pose and a target pose may be provided, and a multiple-path, multiple-iteration search through the database may be used to assemble the full-motion animation. Motion retargeting may be used to further refine the assembled full-motion animation.