公开(公告)号：US12022231B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-25

申请号：US17865470

申请日：2022-07-15

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Michael Adam Kavallierou ,  Rajeev Gupta ,  David Erwan Damien Uberti ,  Alexander Smith

IPC: H04N5/91 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04N21/437 ,  H04N21/4402

CPC classification number: H04N5/91 ,  G06F3/013 ,  H04N21/41407 ,  H04N21/437 ,  H04N21/440245

Abstract: A method includes: rendering a field of view of a virtual environment for a first user of a head mounted display, rendering a view of the virtual environment outside the field of view of the first user at a lower resolution, outputting the rendered field of view for display to the first user, and recording the combined render as a video for subsequent viewing by a second user. A corresponding method includes requesting to download or stream the video from a remote source, receiving the download or stream of the video from the remote source, and outputting at least part of the stream or video for display to a second user wearing a head mounted display.

公开(公告)号：US11501486B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US16939393

申请日：2020-07-27

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Nigel John Williams ,  Fabio Cappello ,  Timothy Edward Bradley ,  Rajeev Gupta

IPC: G06T15/20 ,  G06T7/529 ,  G01B11/30 ,  G01N21/55 ,  G06T15/50 ,  G06V10/50 ,  G06V10/60 ,  G06V20/20

Abstract: A system for characterising surfaces in a real-world scene, the system comprising an object identification unit operable to identify one or more objects within one or more captured images of the real-world scene, a characteristic identification unit operable to identify one or more characteristics of one or more surfaces of the identified objects, and an information generation unit operable to generate information linking an object and one or more surface characteristics associated with that object.

公开(公告)号：US20240001233A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-04

申请号：US18339361

申请日：2023-06-22

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Rajeev Gupta ,  Jason Craig Millson ,  Patrick John Connor ,  Maurizio Cerrato ,  Christopher William Henderson

IPC: A63F13/525 ,  A63F13/52

CPC classification number: A63F13/525 ,  A63F13/52

Abstract: A visual perception assistance apparatus includes a rendering unit configured to render, for display, a virtual environment, the virtual environment comprising one or more virtual elements; a selection unit configured to select one or more of the virtual elements; and an adapting unit configured to, for a given selected virtual element, adapt one or more aspects associated with an appearance of the given selected virtual element in dependence upon a distance between the given selected virtual element and a predetermined location within the virtual environment.

公开(公告)号：US20250108296A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-03

申请号：US18892737

申请日：2024-09-23

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Rajeev Gupta ,  Mandana Jenabzadeh ,  Alex Dixon ,  Oliver Hume ,  Damian O'Sullivan ,  Hubert Lu

IPC: A63F13/53 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/56 ,  G06F40/40 ,  G06N5/04 ,  G06V10/70 ,  G06V40/10 ,  G06V40/20

Abstract: An entertainment device, method and computer program, the entertainment device includes processing circuitry to process a game state of a game and to generate, based on a plurality of game assets, an image of a scene, and output circuitry to output the image for display. The processing circuitry is configured to determine, based on the plurality of game assets, whether the scene includes at least one character communicating using sign language, to adjust the generation of the image in dependence on whether the scene comprises the at least one character communicating using sign language.

公开(公告)号：US20240100421A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US18468872

申请日：2023-09-18

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Rajeev Gupta ,  Navin Kamath ,  Calum Armstrong ,  Nima Karshenas ,  Daniele Bernabei

IPC: A63F13/31 ,  A63F13/24

CPC classification number: A63F13/31 ,  A63F13/24

Abstract: An input device for controlling a computing system includes one or more sensors configured to sense a change in weight distribution of a user positioned on the input device in use, and a transmitter configured to transmit a signal based on the sensed change in weight distribution, for use in a virtual joystick input to a computing system.

公开(公告)号：US20240071603A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-29

申请号：US18452166

申请日：2023-08-18

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Rajeev Gupta ,  Jason Craig Millson ,  Mark Jacobus Breugelmans

IPC: G16H20/70 ,  G06F9/451

CPC classification number: G16H20/70 ,  G06F9/453

Abstract: A cognitive load assistance method includes: providing a virtual environment comprising a route to complete a current task, and providing within the virtual environment one or more interactive elements not essential to the current task that may be encountered during normal performance of the current task, receiving an indication that cognitive load assistance is required, and reducing the interactivity of at least a first interactive element not essential to the current task in response to the indication.

公开(公告)号：US20240019926A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-18

申请号：US18350144

申请日：2023-07-11

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Rajeev Gupta ,  Mark Jacobus Breugelmans

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  A63F13/5372 ,  A63F13/44

CPC classification number: G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/017 ,  A63F13/5372 ,  A63F13/44 ,  A63F2300/8082

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to perform control to display a user interface in response to detection of a first trigger condition, the user interface comprising a plurality of items, arranged in a ring, that can be highlighted for selection by a user, receive an input signal from a user input device, analyze the input signal to determine a degree of rotation of a portion of an arm of a user, and perform control to update the user interface in accordance with the determined degree of rotation of the portion of the arm of the user to highlight one of the plurality of items for selection.

公开(公告)号：US20230401027A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-14

申请号：US18326108

申请日：2023-05-31

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Rajeev Gupta ,  Mark Jacobus Breugelmans ,  Carl Pryke ,  Lloyd Preston Stemple

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  G06F3/01

CPC classification number: G06F3/165 ,  G06F3/012

Abstract: An audio visualisation method includes: generating for output a virtual environment comprising at least a first virtual sound source, classifying an intended effect on a user of a sound to be output by the at least first virtual sound source, outputting the sound, and producing a visual element for view by the user that has a visual property selected to correspond to the classified intended effect.

公开(公告)号：US11785328B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-10

申请号：US16816526

申请日：2020-03-12

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Nigel John Williams ,  Fabio Cappello ,  Rajeev Gupta ,  Mark Jacobus Breugelmans

IPC: H04N23/61 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06T7/80

CPC classification number: H04N23/61 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06T7/74 ,  G06T7/80 ,  G06T2207/20081 ,  G06T2207/30244

Abstract: A system for adjusting the pose of a camera relative to a subject in a scene is provided. The system comprises a camera operable to capture images of a scene; an identification unit configured to identify an object of interest in images of the scene; a pose processor configured to obtain a pose of the object of interest in the scene relative to the camera; a scene analyser operable to determine, based on at least one of the obtained pose of the object of interest and images captured by the camera, a scene quality associated with images captured by the camera. A controller is configured to cause the pose of the camera to be adjusted based on a determination that the scene quality of an image captured at a current pose is less than a threshold value. A corresponding device is also provided.

公开(公告)号：US20210382316A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-09

申请号：US17340209

申请日：2021-06-07

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Rajeev Gupta

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  H04N13/344 ,  G02B27/00

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a detector comprising a plurality of sensor elements to detect events in response to changes in light incident upon the detector from an eye of a user, processing circuitry to calculate a gaze direction of the eye of the user in dependence upon an output signal from the detector indicative of the detected events, and rendering circuitry to render an image frame in accordance with the calculated gaze direction, in which the rendering circuitry is configured to: perform rendering operations for a first group of image pixels in the image frame; select a second group of image pixels in the image frame in dependence upon the calculated gaze direction, the second group of image pixels being different from the first group of image pixels; and perform rendering operations for the second group of image pixels in the image frame.