公开(公告)号：US10967268B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-06

申请号：US15547741

申请日：2015-10-26

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Akitsugu Tsuchiya ,  Yoshihiko Suwa ,  Tomohiro Ogawa

IPC: A63F13/533 ,  A63F13/79 ,  A63F13/235 ,  A63F13/48 ,  A63F13/42 ,  G06F3/01 ,  A63F13/843 ,  H04N1/00

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided in which, if a plurality of users alternately use manipulation devices, who is to execute a manipulation input through which manipulation device can be guided in an easy-to-understand manner. An information processing apparatus connected with a plurality of manipulation devices to receive manipulation inputs from a plurality of users is configured to hold allocation information for allocating each of the plurality of manipulation devices to each of the plurality of users and display, on a screen of a display apparatus, a guide image including information for identifying a user before change and information for identifying a user after change if, in the allocation information, a user to whom any one of the plurality of manipulation devices is allocated is changed.

公开(公告)号：US20210086069A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-25

申请号：US17114539

申请日：2020-12-08

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Shoichi Ikenoue ,  Yuji Nakamura ,  Yoshihiko Suwa

IPC: A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/53 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  A63F13/25 ,  G02B27/00 ,  A63F13/655 ,  G02B27/01 ,  A63F13/533 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06T19/00

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: performing information processing on the basis of data received from a device that detects a user position; generating an image to be displayed as a result of the information processing; and determining that the user needs to be warned when the user position indicates that the user moves out of a play area set in an object space in reference to a detection field of the device, and to cause the image generating section to superpose a warning image on the image to be displayed, where the determining includes setting positions of boundary surfaces of the play area with respect to the detection field of the device within a predetermined range from the user.

公开(公告)号：US20170225082A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-10

申请号：US15500764

申请日：2015-08-12

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yoshihiko Suwa ,  Yoshiyuki Imada ,  Shigetaka Kudo

IPC: A63F13/85 ,  A63F13/79 ,  A63F13/30 ,  H04N21/2187 ,  H04L29/06

CPC classification number: A63F13/85 ,  A63F13/30 ,  A63F13/34 ,  A63F13/79 ,  G06F13/00 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04L67/38 ,  H04N21/2187 ,  H04N21/4788

Abstract: A content execution unit executes a game program, and a sharing processing unit manages the control right of a content. A distribution processing unit transmits content image data to a different information processing apparatus. The sharing processing unit includes an information acquisition unit acquiring operation information of a controller from the different information processing apparatus, an operation data provision unit providing the acquired operation information to the game program, a control data acquisition unit acquiring control data for a control target unit of the controller from the game program, and a control data provision unit providing the control data to a controller of the different information processing apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US20230293980A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-21

申请号：US18323038

申请日：2023-05-24

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Shoichi Ikenoue ,  Yuji Nakamura ,  Yoshihiko Suwa

IPC: A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/53 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  A63F13/25 ,  G02B27/00 ,  A63F13/655 ,  G02B27/01 ,  A63F13/533 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06T19/00

CPC classification number: A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/53 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  A63F13/25 ,  G02B27/00 ,  A63F13/655 ,  G02B27/01 ,  A63F13/533 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06T19/006 ,  A63F2300/69 ,  A63F2300/8082

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: performing information processing on the basis of data received from a device that detects a user position; generating an image to be displayed as a result of the information processing; determining that the user needs to be warned when the user position indicates that the user moves out of a play area set in an object space in reference to a detection field of the device, and to cause the image generating section to superpose a warning image on the image to be displayed; and transmitting data of the image generated by the image generating section to a display device, where the transmitting includes outputting, to the display device, a confirmation screen prompting the user to confirm that there is an obstacle, prior to outputting the data of the image.

公开(公告)号：US20210374219A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-02

申请号：US17286633

申请日：2019-10-15

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yoshihiko Suwa ,  Masayuki Ebata ,  Yasunori Yasuda ,  Yoshiyuki Imada ,  Hirotaka Ishikawa ,  Yu Sugita ,  Takashi Isa

IPC: G06F21/32

Abstract: An input device for inputting a user operation includes a data-for-authentication holding unit that holds data for authentication regarding one or more registered users, a fingerprint sensor that accepts fingerprint information of a user, and a fingerprint authentication unit that checks the accepted fingerprint information against the data for authentication regarding the one or more registered users. When the fingerprint authentication unit 84 succeeds in biometric authentication, a communication unit transmits a network account of the user to an information processing device. The information processing device includes a user authentication unit that checks the received network account against network accounts of registered users held in a registered user information holding unit.

公开(公告)号：US10447996B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-15

申请号：US15754778

申请日：2016-09-26

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Shoichi Ikenoue ,  Yoshihiko Suwa

IPC: H04N7/18 ,  H04N13/246 ,  G01C3/06 ,  G01B11/00 ,  G06T1/00 ,  H04N5/232 ,  G06T7/80 ,  G01C3/08 ,  G01C25/00 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: When a device is started up in the first time, for example, an initial image and various kinds of information are displayed and setting inputs are received. In parallel with the above, a photographed image is acquired and calibration is performed. At this time, first, if there is no need for measures by a user such as a direction of a camera is corrected, the calibration is performed. If the measures by the user are needed or the calibration is ended unsuccessfully, the stage number n is advanced by one, and the calibration is repeated while presenting information on the measures in the order of a low burden on the user.

公开(公告)号：US10434419B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-08

申请号：US15111582

申请日：2015-01-28

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Akitsugu Tsuchiya ,  Yoshihiko Suwa ,  Shigeru Enomoto

IPC: A63F13/79 ,  G06F3/0489 ,  A63F13/22 ,  A63F13/235 ,  A63F13/35 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/25 ,  A63F13/95 ,  G06F21/30 ,  G06F21/83

Abstract: A login processing unit performs a login process of a user. An assignment processing unit assigns an inputting device connected to an information processing apparatus to a user. An assignment processing unit controls an assignment process of the inputting device in response to the number of users who are in a login state and executes an assignment process which is different between a case in which the number of users in a login state is one and another case in which the number of users in a login state is two or more. The assignment processing unit assigns, when the number of users in a login state is one, the inputting device connected to the information processing apparatus to the one user.

公开(公告)号：US10362028B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-23

申请号：US15032136

申请日：2014-10-31

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Nodoka Tokunaga ,  Keigo Tamura ,  Shoichi Ikenoue ,  Tomohiro Ogawa ,  Yoshihiko Suwa ,  Akitsugu Tsuchiya

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G06K9/00 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/79 ,  A63F13/71 ,  H04N5/232

Abstract: A picked up image displaying unit displays a picked up image on a display unit. A face authentication unit detects a face image of a registered user existing in the picked up image using face identification data retained in a registered user information retaining block. A position designation image processing unit displays a position designation image for designating a position of an object for the detected registered user on the display unit. An object authentication unit detects that an object image is included in the region designated by the position designation image.

公开(公告)号：US20180318704A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-08

申请号：US15773447

申请日：2016-12-07

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Shoichi Ikenoue ,  Yuji Nakamura ,  Yoshihiko Suwa

IPC: A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/533 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06T19/00

CPC classification number: A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/25 ,  A63F13/53 ,  A63F13/533 ,  A63F13/655 ,  A63F2300/69 ,  A63F2300/8082 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06T19/006

Abstract: In a real space that includes a user, predetermined rules are used to set boundary surfaces of a play area in reference to boundary surfaces of the field of view of an imaging device. If the user gets out of the play area 181, a warning state determining section determines that there is a need for a warning and superposes a warning image on a display image. A direction in the real space or the state therein, for example, is used to determine whether or not margin areas are to be set between the boundary surfaces of the play area and the boundary surfaces of the field of view, or how wide the margin areas are to be.

公开(公告)号：US20180288400A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-04

申请号：US15754778

申请日：2016-09-26

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Shoichi Ikenoue ,  Yoshihiko Suwa

IPC: H04N13/246 ,  G01C3/08 ,  G01C25/00 ,  G06T7/80

CPC classification number: H04N13/246 ,  G01B11/00 ,  G01C3/06 ,  G01C3/085 ,  G01C25/00 ,  G06K9/00228 ,  G06T1/00 ,  G06T7/85 ,  G06T2207/10012 ,  G06T2207/30201 ,  H04N5/232

Abstract: When a device is started up in the first time, for example, an initial image and various kinds of information are displayed and setting inputs are received. In parallel with the above, a photographed image is acquired and calibration is performed. At this time, first, if there is no need for measures by a user such as a direction of a camera is corrected, the calibration is performed. If the measures by the user are needed or the calibration is ended unsuccessfully, the stage number n is advanced by one, and the calibration is repeated while presenting information on the measures in the order of a low burden on the user.