PROCESSING DEVICES AND METHODS
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240115935A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-11

    申请号:US18471799

    申请日:2023-09-21

    IPC分类号: A63F13/22 A63F13/45

    CPC分类号: A63F13/22 A63F13/45

    摘要: A processing device includes: a detection unit configured to detect input information representative of a sequence of input signals for a video game that are input by a user using one or more input controls; an identification unit configured to identify one or more input signal variations in dependence upon one or more differences between the detected input information and predetermined input information representative of one or more predetermined sequences of input signals for the video game; a generation unit configured to generate assistance information in dependence upon the one or more identified input signal variations; and a provision unit configured to provide the generated assistance information to the user.

    APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO GAMES
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240325932A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18613260

    申请日:2024-03-22

    摘要: A data processing apparatus comprises storage circuitry to store achievement data specifying one or more target properties to be achieved for a video game and progress data, the progress data being indicative of a combined user progress with respect to one or more of the target properties and a plurality of individual user progresses, wherein each of the plurality of individual user progresses corresponds to a progress of a respective user and the combined user progress corresponds to a combination of the plurality of individual user progresses, update circuitry to update the progress data in response to game session data for respective game sessions of the video game by respective users, and control circuitry, wherein in response to the combined user progress being indicative of meeting or exceeding one or more of the target properties, the control circuitry is configured to associate indicator data with at least some of the respective users for which the individual user progress contributes to the combined user progress.

    APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING

    公开(公告)号:US20240293741A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-05

    申请号:US18584107

    申请日:2024-02-22

    IPC分类号: A63F13/52 A63F13/77

    CPC分类号: A63F13/52 A63F13/77

    摘要: A data processing apparatus includes first image processing circuitry to generate first video images for an interactive content for display to a user, communication circuitry to receive, via a network, portable device data indicative of a state of a software application executed on a portable device associated with the user, second image processing circuitry to generate one or more second video images for display in dependence on the portable device data, control circuitry to set a control value in response to a user input by the user, and output circuitry to selectively output one of a first video image and a composite video image in dependence on the control value, where the composite video image comprises a portion comprising at least some of the first video image and another portion comprising at least some of a second video image.

    APPARATUS FOR HOLDING A DISPLAY SCREEN
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240329666A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18612044

    申请日:2024-03-21

    摘要: An apparatus for holding a display screen, the apparatus includes reception circuitry to receive, from at least one location-tracking device, location information indicative of a location of a viewer; position-tracking circuitry responsive to the location information to determine a relative position of the viewer relative to the display screen, viewing-region-checking circuitry to determine whether the relative position of the viewer is within a predetermined viewing region, and adjustment control circuitry responsive to the viewing-region-checking circuitry determining that the relative position of the viewer is outside of the predetermined viewing region to control adjustment circuitry to adjust the position and/or orientation of the display screen to place the relative position of the viewer in the predetermined viewing region.

    AUXILIARY DEVICE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20240362315A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-31

    申请号:US18631299

    申请日:2024-04-10

    摘要: A system for performing a login process for a user profile at an auxiliary device, the system comprising a first obtaining unit configured to obtain information associated with each of a plurality of image frames displayed by a first device, the first device being logged in with the user profile, a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of images captured by a camera associated with the auxiliary device, a comparison unit configured to compare the information associated with plurality of image frames displayed by the first device with a plurality of corresponding images captured by the camera to identify a degree of similarity for each corresponding image pair, wherein corresponding images are those associated with a same respective display and capture time, and an authentication unit configured to execute a login to the auxiliary device with the user profile in response to a determination that the degree of similarity meets or exceeds a threshold value for at least a subset of the plurality of corresponding image pairs.