公开(公告)号：US20250001290A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-02

申请号：US18739705

申请日：2024-06-11

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Mark Anthony ,  Paul Terence Mulligan ,  Jun Yen Leung ,  Christopher William Henderson

IPC: A63F13/31 ,  A63F13/537 ,  A63F13/77 ,  A63F13/86

Abstract: There is provided a method for user navigation of virtual environments across a plurality of devices. The method includes: executing a first instance of a game at a first device, wherein the game comprises a virtual environment comprising one or more interactive elements; receiving data relating to a current state of the first instance; and executing a second instance of the game at least in part based on the received data relating to the current state of the first instance, where at least one of the one or more interactive elements is omitted in a virtual environment of the second instance, and where a user of a second device is able to control navigation of the virtual environment of the second instance

公开(公告)号：US20240293735A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US18584088

申请日：2024-02-22

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Christopher William Henderson ,  Jesus Lucas Barcias

IPC: A63F13/285

CPC classification number: A63F13/285

Abstract: A system for providing haptic feedback accompanying media content, the system comprising: an input unit configured to obtain one or more audio components of the media content; a classification unit configured to determine, from the one or more audio components, a most prominent audio component representative of a scene in the media content, and a haptics generation unit configured to generate an output haptics signal based on the most prominent audio component.

公开(公告)号：US20240282034A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-22

申请号：US18440097

申请日：2024-02-13

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Daniel Israel Pereira Jimenez ,  Estefania Rodriguez Quiros ,  Lazaros Michailidis ,  Jesus Lucas Barcias ,  Christopher William Henderson

IPC: G06T13/40 ,  G06T13/80

CPC classification number: G06T13/40 ,  G06T13/80

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes storage circuitry to store animation data for a computer generated environment, the animation data specifying animations of animated objects of the computer generated environment for a period of time, selection circuitry to receive an animation data request and to select a portion of the animation data in dependence on the animation data request, and output circuitry to output the portion of the animation data.

公开(公告)号：US20240278121A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-22

申请号：US18440122

申请日：2024-02-13

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Daniel Israel Pereira Jimenez ,  Estefania Rodriguez Quiros ,  Lazaros Michailidis ,  Jesus Lucas Barcias ,  Christopher William Henderson

IPC: A63F13/52 ,  G06T15/80 ,  G06T17/20

CPC classification number: A63F13/52 ,  G06T15/80 ,  G06T17/20 ,  G06T2210/52

Abstract: There is provided a data processing apparatus for generating one or more images of a virtual environment. The apparatus includes a rendering processor configured to render a first part of the one or more images; a communication processor configured to request, from a remote computing device, data for rendering a second part of the one or more images; and an output image processor configured to generate the one or more images for display at least in part based on the rendered first part of the one or more images and the data for rendering the second part of the one or more images.

公开(公告)号：US20230277939A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-07

申请号：US18170202

申请日：2023-02-16

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Andrew William Walker ,  Christopher William Henderson ,  David Erwan Damien Uberti

IPC: A63F13/60 ,  A63F13/58 ,  A63F13/358

CPC classification number: A63F13/60 ,  A63F13/58 ,  A63F13/358

Abstract: A system for presenting content to a user of a processing device during a journey, the system comprising a journey identification unit operable to identify one or more characteristics of the journey, a content determination unit operable to select and/or modify content in dependence upon the identified characteristics, and a content presentation unit operable to present the selected and/or modified content to the user of the processing device during the journey.

公开(公告)号：US20230260179A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-17

申请号：US18164792

申请日：2023-02-06

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Christopher William Henderson ,  Michael Eder

IPC: G06T13/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F16/28

CPC classification number: G06T13/00 ,  G06F1/163 ,  G06F3/012 ,  G06F16/288

Abstract: A method of head-mounted display including: generating a virtual environment for display in a first person view to a user wearing a head-mounted display, measuring a head displacement pattern of the user when they are performing a predetermined locomotive action in real life, and when the predetermined locomotive action is performed within the generated virtual environment, applying a head displacement pattern to a virtual first person viewpoint of the generated virtual environment presented to the user, the applied head displacement pattern being based upon the measured head displacement pattern, whether the user is performing the predetermined locomotive action in real life or not.

公开(公告)号：US20240375019A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-14

申请号：US18650325

申请日：2024-04-30

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Maurizio Cerrato ,  Christopher William Henderson ,  Jun Yen Leung ,  Paul Terence Mulligan

IPC: A63F13/87 ,  A63F13/537 ,  A63F13/79

Abstract: Apparatus includes communication circuitry and processing circuitry. The communication circuitry to receive a progress indicator indicative of a player's progress in a game, and to receive gameplay information comprising supplementary information related to content of the game. The processing circuitry to generate, based on the player progress indicator and the received gameplay information, a gameplay information resource associated with the player. The communication circuitry is configured to receive, from a device, a player identifier identifying the player, and is responsive to receiving the player identifier to make the generated gameplay information resource accessible to the device.

公开(公告)号：US20240286037A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-29

申请号：US18443515

申请日：2024-02-16

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Daniel Israel Pereira Jimenez ,  Estefania Rodriguez Quiros ,  Lazaros Michailidis ,  Jesus Lucas Barcias ,  Christopher William Henderson

IPC: A63F13/54 ,  A63F13/60 ,  G10H1/00

CPC classification number: A63F13/54 ,  A63F13/60 ,  G10H1/0025 ,  G10H1/0066 ,  G10H2210/026 ,  G10H2210/111 ,  G10H2240/311

Abstract: A music generation apparatus for generating information indicative of a musical score for a game, the apparatus including communication circuitry to communicate with an entertainment device, the communication circuitry being configured to receive a request to generate a musical score for a game, and to receive one or more keywords output by the entertainment device during processing of the game, the one or more keywords being indicative of one or more of an action and/or a condition associated with a user playing the game and the game state. The music generation apparatus also comprises music generation circuitry responsive to the request and each of the one or more keywords to generate the information indicative of the musical score in dependence on that keyword. An entertainment device is also provided, as well as a system, methods and computer programs.

公开(公告)号：US20230381672A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-30

申请号：US18321152

申请日：2023-05-22

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Christopher William Henderson ,  David Erwan Damien Uberti ,  Michael Richard Reynolds

IPC: A63F13/843 ,  A63F13/52 ,  A63F13/35 ,  A63F13/54

CPC classification number: A63F13/843 ,  A63F13/54 ,  A63F13/35 ,  A63F13/52

Abstract: A method of executing a multiplayer video game includes: connecting a game client to a game server via a communication network; for each player, executing an instance of a game on the game server to generate a game environment; synchronizing game data between multiple instances of the game to link the generated game environments; transmitting user inputs to the game server to initiate interactive gameplay; for each player, generating a video stream of the linked game environment from the player's perspective; and mixing the video streams for individual players into split screen view during a split screen mode.

公开(公告)号：US20230321545A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-12

申请号：US18297025

申请日：2023-04-07

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Philip Cockram ,  Mandana Jenabzadeh ,  Christopher William Henderson ,  Michael Eder ,  Daniele Bernabei

IPC: A63F13/65 ,  A63F13/212

CPC classification number: A63F13/65 ,  A63F13/212

Abstract: A game selection system includes: an emotion processor configured to obtain a current emotional state of a user; a descriptor processor configured to obtain one or more emotion descriptors associated with one or more games; an evaluation processor configured to predict an emotion outcome for the user for the or each game, based upon the user's current emotional state and the one or more emotion descriptors of the respective games; and a selection processor configured to select one or more games in response to whether their respective emotion outcomes meet at least a first predetermined criterion.