公开(公告)号：US11106042B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-31

申请号：US16825057

申请日：2020-03-20

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Katsushi Otsuka ,  Takashi Shimazu ,  Yoshinori Ohashi

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G06T19/00

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including: a signal processing unit configured to acquire data of a captured image; a correction unit configured to correct the captured image to an image suitable for display; a synthesis unit configured to synthesize an image for synthesis transmitted from an apparatus, which is not provided integrally with the image processing apparatus, with the captured image; and an image display controlling unit configured to control a display panel to display the synthesized image. The correction unit carries out, from among processes for correcting the captured image to the image suitable for display, part of the correction processes for the captured image before the synthesis by the synthesis unit and carries out remaining correction processes for the image after the synthesis.

公开(公告)号：US12154477B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-26

申请号：US17617408

申请日：2019-12-26

Applicant: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.

Inventor： Katsushi Otsuka

IPC: G09G3/20 ,  G06F1/14 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G06F21/60

Abstract: A content processing apparatus 200 compresses image data of content in a lossy manner and transmits the image data to a head-mounted display 100 through an interface 300. An image processing integrated circuit 120 of the head-mounted display 100 transmits the image data to a display panel 122 through an interface 304 whose protocol is different from a protocol of the interface 300, without decoding and decompressing the image data. The display panel 122 displays the image that has been decoded and decompressed after being transmitted through the interface 304.

公开(公告)号：US12112453B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-08

申请号：US17435864

申请日：2019-12-25

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Katsushi Otsuka

IPC: G06T3/4092 ,  A63F13/358 ,  H04N21/442

CPC classification number: G06T3/4092 ,  A63F13/358 ,  H04N21/442 ,  G09G2340/0407

Abstract: A substitute image generating section generates a substitute image corresponding to second image data on the basis of first image data. According to success or failure of reception of the second image data, a display control section causes either one of the to-be-displayed image generated on the basis of the second image data and the substitute image generated on the basis of the first image data to be displayed. The substitute image generating section starts the generation of the substitute image corresponding to the second image data based on the first image data before the success or failure of the reception of the second image data is confirmed.

公开(公告)号：US12014444B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-18

申请号：US17627258

申请日：2020-04-07

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Katsushi Otsuka

IPC: G06T1/60 ,  G06T1/20 ,  G06T9/00

CPC classification number: G06T1/60 ,  G06T1/20 ,  G06T9/00

Abstract: A GPU generates a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of applications executed in parallel and stores the plurality of images in a frame buffer. A compression coder reads out the images stored in the frame buffer and codes the images. The compression coder reads out the plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of applications from the frame buffer at different timings for each application.

公开(公告)号：US11768628B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-26

申请号：US17627895

申请日：2020-02-04

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Katsushi Otsuka

IPC: G06F12/00 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/1009

CPC classification number: G06F3/0658 ,  G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/0683 ,  G06F12/1009

Abstract: An information processing apparatus receives an access request to a plurality of storage devices and executes access to one of the plurality of storage devices in response to the received access request. The information processing apparatus changes a mode of the access according to a performance required for readout of target data that is a target of the access request.

公开(公告)号：US20220261952A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-18

申请号：US17627258

申请日：2020-04-07

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Katsushi Otsuka

IPC: G06T1/60 ,  G06T9/00 ,  G06T1/20

Abstract: A GPU generates a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of applications executed in parallel and stores the plurality of images in a frame buffer. A compression coder reads out the images stored in the frame buffer and codes the images. The compression coder reads out the plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of applications from the frame buffer at different timings for each application.

公开(公告)号：US20220152489A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-19

申请号：US17435857

申请日：2019-12-25

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Katsushi Otsuka

IPC: A63F13/355 ,  G06T3/40 ,  G06T7/246 ,  A63F13/52

Abstract: An upscaling unit generates a first to-be-displayed image on the basis of first image data. An alternative image generation unit generates an alternative image by estimating, on the basis of the first image data, a second to-be-displayed image to be generated on the basis of second image data. A display control unit displays, after displaying the image generated on the basis of the first image data, any one of the image generated on the basis of the second image data and the alternative image, depending on whether or not reception of the second image data has succeeded. A transmission control unit controls whether or not to transmit, to a terminal, the second image data on the basis of a possibility of successful estimation of the second to-be-displayed image on the basis of the first image data by the alternative image generation unit.

公开(公告)号：US11126001B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-21

申请号：US16824401

申请日：2020-03-19

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Katsushi Otsuka

IPC: G02B27/01

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a head-mounted display that includes an image generation device generating a display image to be viewed through an eyepiece disposed in front of a display panel, the image generation device including a source image reception control section that receives a source image, a distorted image generation section that generates data on pixels in a display image obtained by giving the source image a distortion corresponding to the eyepiece, a partially distorted image storage section that stores the data on the pixels in an order of data generation, and an image display control section that, whenever data on a predetermined number of pixels smaller than a total number of pixels in the display image is stored in the partially distorted image storage section, outputs the stored data to the display panel; the display panel that sequentially displays data outputted from the image generation device; and a content processing device that generates the source image and transmits the generated source image to the head-mounted display.

公开(公告)号：US12256083B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-18

申请号：US17763339

申请日：2020-09-23

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Katsushi Otsuka

IPC: H04N19/146 ,  H04N19/124 ,  H04N19/167 ,  H04N19/172

Abstract: An attention degree estimation section in a compression coding section of a server estimates an attention degree on the basis of contents indicated by a moving image generated by an image forming section, for each of unit regions produced by dividing a frame plane. A compression coding processing section compression-codes the moving image at a compression rate varied in the frame plane according to a distribution of the attention degrees. A communication section transmits compression-coded data to an image processing apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US12225209B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-11

申请号：US17911052

申请日：2021-03-24

Applicant: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.

Inventor： Katsushi Otsuka

IPC: H04N19/159 ,  H04N19/166 ,  H04N19/176

Abstract: Provided are a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, and a program that achieve transmission of image data having an appropriate referent with a small network load. An acquisition unit (26) sequentially acquires frame images drawn in a frame buffer. An encoding processing unit (28) sequentially encodes encoding units each corresponding to part or whole of one of the frame images and generates image data. A data transmitting unit (30) sequentially transmits the image data. A transmission failure probability estimating unit (38) estimates, after the transmission of the image data, a transmission failure probability that is a probability of failure of the transmission of the image data. A referent determining unit (42) determines, in reference to the transmission failure probability of the image data, one or a plurality of referents that serve as a referent of a given encoding unit from the encoding units related to the image data transmitted. The encoding processing unit (28) encodes the given encoding unit by referring to the one or the plurality of referents, thereby generating the image data.