公开(公告)号：US20250004284A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-02

申请号：US18887090

申请日：2024-09-17

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Tomokazu Kake ,  Takayuki Ishida ,  Akira Suzuki ,  Yasuhiro Watari

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G09G5/00 ,  H04N5/64

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: generating a virtual space image by specifying a viewpoint position and a direction of line of sight and display the image on a head-mounted display, specifying a plurality of positions in the virtual space as viewpoint positions, changing the viewpoint position to a position determined from among the plurality of positions in accordance with an operation by a user, specifying a direction of line of sight, when the viewpoint position is changed, and displaying an image based on a same virtual three-dimensional space on the head mounted display and a display device other than the head mounted display.

公开(公告)号：US10427055B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-01

申请号：US15128705

申请日：2015-03-31

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yasuhiro Watari ,  Toshiya Ikenaga ,  Toshiharu Sayano ,  Shinkichi Hasama

IPC: A63F13/86 ,  A63F13/35 ,  A63F13/537 ,  A63F13/63 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/8549 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/497

Abstract: There is provided a game video distribution device that permits distribution of game videos with higher value for users through the use of game-specific information. The game distribution device includes video generating means that generates a game video selected by a user, related information acquiring means that acquires related information in which scene identification information identifying individual scenes included in the game video is related to time information representing a time period during which each of the scenes is reproduced, related display information generating means which, in accordance with the related information, generates related display information identifiably displaying a temporal location of each of the scenes relative to an entire time span of the game video, and composing means that generates a composite of the generated video and the related display information.

公开(公告)号：US10427033B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-01

申请号：US15772970

申请日：2016-11-25

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Tomokazu Kake ,  Takayuki Ishida ,  Akira Suzuki ,  Yasuhiro Watari

IPC: A63F13/25 ,  A63F13/211 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  A63F13/428 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/53 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: A gaming apparatus includes a position control section and a display control section. The position control section controls a position of an object arranged in a virtual 3D space based on a relative position between an input apparatus used by a user wearing a head-mounted display and the head-mounted display. The display control section generates an image in the virtual 3D space including the object and displays the image on the head-mounted display. When a distance between the input apparatus and the head-mounted display is equal to a first distance or more, the position control section linearly changes the object position in response to a change in position of the input apparatus. When the distance between the input apparatus and the head-mounted display is less than the first distance, the position control section determines the object position in accordance with a criterion different from that used when the distance between the input apparatus and the head-mounted display is equal to the first distance or more.

公开(公告)号：US10279263B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-07

申请号：US15302070

申请日：2015-04-15

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Toshiya Ikenaga ,  Toshiharu Sayano ,  Yasuhiro Watari ,  Shinkichi Hasama

IPC: A63F13/60 ,  A63F13/35 ,  A63F13/533 ,  A63F13/69 ,  A63F13/816

Abstract: A game delivery device and so on are implemented which enable an operable object to be operated with increased ease, in the case where game images designed to be executed in a dedicated game device are delivered to a terminal. The game delivery device includes execution means for executing a plurality of game programs designed to be executed in a dedicated game device in accordance with operation information; game program selection means for selecting one of the game programs on the basis of a selection instruction from a terminal; delivery means for delivering, to the terminal, image information based on execution of the selected game program; play mode acquisition means for acquiring a play mode selection instruction indicating whether the selected game program is to be played in a normal mode or an auxiliary mode; and auxiliary means for, when the auxiliary mode is selected, providing an auxiliary function that makes an operation of an operable object of the selected game program easier than the operation of the operable object designed to be performed in the dedicated game device.

公开(公告)号：US20170136367A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-18

申请号：US15128705

申请日：2015-03-31

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yasuhiro Watari ,  Toshiya Ikenaga ,  Toshiharu Sayano ,  Shinkichi Hasama

IPC: A63F13/86 ,  A63F13/537 ,  A63F13/63 ,  A63F13/35

CPC classification number: A63F13/86 ,  A63F13/35 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/497 ,  A63F13/537 ,  A63F13/63 ,  A63F2300/577 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/8402 ,  H04N21/8549

Abstract: There is provided a game video distribution device that permits distribution of game videos with higher value for users through the use of game-specific information. The game distribution device includes video generating means that generates a game video selected by a user, related information acquiring means that acquires related information in which scene identification information identifying individual scenes included in the game video is related to time information representing a time period during which each of the scenes is reproduced, related display information generating means which, in accordance with the related information, generates related display information identifiably displaying a temporal location of each of the scenes relative to an entire time span of the game video, and composing means that generates a composite of the generated video and the related display information.

公开(公告)号：US20170113139A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-27

申请号：US15302070

申请日：2015-04-15

Applicant: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.

Inventor： Toshiya Ikenaga ,  Toshiharu Sayano ,  Yasuhiro Watari ,  Shinkichi Hasama

IPC: A63F13/60 ,  A63F13/816 ,  A63F13/69 ,  A63F13/35 ,  A63F13/533

CPC classification number: A63F13/60 ,  A63F13/35 ,  A63F13/533 ,  A63F13/69 ,  A63F13/816 ,  A63F2300/51 ,  A63F2300/8005

Abstract: A game delivery device and so on are implemented which enable an operable object to be operated with increased ease, in the case where game images designed to be executed in a dedicated game device are delivered to a terminal. The game delivery device includes execution means for executing a plurality of game programs designed to be executed in a dedicated game device in accordance with operation information; game program selection means for selecting one of the game programs on the basis of a selection instruction from a terminal; delivery means for delivering, to the terminal, image information based on execution of the selected game program; play mode acquisition means for acquiring a play mode selection instruction indicating whether the selected game program is to be played in a normal mode or an auxiliary mode; and auxiliary means for, when the auxiliary mode is selected, providing an auxiliary function that makes an operation of an operable object of the selected game program easier than the operation of the operable object designed to be performed in the dedicated game device.

公开(公告)号：US12064690B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-20

申请号：US17945776

申请日：2022-09-15

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Toshiya Ikenaga ,  Nobuaki Tanaka ,  Yasuhiro Watari ,  Toshiharu Sayano ,  Hiromasa Ohkubo

IPC: A63F13/525 ,  A63F13/5255 ,  A63F13/803 ,  A63F13/86

CPC classification number: A63F13/525 ,  A63F13/5255 ,  A63F13/803 ,  A63F13/86 ,  A63F2300/577 ,  A63F2300/6036

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for executing an application program to control a game based on gameplay of a game player; receiving instructions from the game player and forwarding the instructions for controlling the game in order to manipulate the execution of the application program and to affect the game; setting respective viewpoints, from among a plurality of viewpoints, serving as bases for generating respective watching screens for viewing the game during gameplay of the game player, which viewpoints are offered to respective watching players, among a plurality of watching players, different from the game player; and deleting the at least one of the plurality of viewpoints to be the one of the respective positions of the one of the one or more objects when the one of the one or more objects disappears from view due to the gameplay of the game player.

公开(公告)号：US20230408833A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-21

申请号：US18452819

申请日：2023-08-21

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Tomokazu Kake ,  Takayuki Ishida ,  Akira Suzuki ,  Yasuhiro Watari

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  H04N5/64 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/038

CPC classification number: G02B27/0179 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  H04N5/64 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G02B2027/0187 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/012 ,  G02B27/017 ,  G06F3/013 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: generating virtual space images by specifying from among a plurality of viewpoint positions and a plurality of directions of line of sight in the virtual space; and displaying the virtual space images on a head-mounted display, where the generating includes changing from a currently selected viewpoint position among the plurality of viewpoint positions to a newly selected viewpoint position among the plurality of viewpoint positions, which is selected in accordance with operation by a user, when generating the virtual space images in response to changing to the newly selected viewpoint position, the display control section specifies a new direction of line of sight among the plurality of directions of line of sight, and at least some of the plurality of viewpoint positions are separated from each other.

公开(公告)号：US20210223558A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-22

申请号：US17225203

申请日：2021-04-08

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Tomokazu Kake ,  Takayuki Ishida ,  Akira Suzuki ,  Yasuhiro Watari

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  H04N5/64 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/038

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: generating virtual space images by specifying from among a plurality of viewpoint positions and a plurality of directions of line of sight in the virtual space; and displaying the virtual space images on a head-mounted display, where the generating includes changing from a currently selected viewpoint position among the plurality of viewpoint positions to a newly selected viewpoint position among the plurality of viewpoint positions, which is selected in accordance with operation by a user, when generating the virtual space images in response to changing to the newly selected viewpoint position, the generating includes specifying, as a new direction of line of sight among the plurality of directions of line of sight, a direction in which a first position in the virtual space is seen from the newly selected viewpoint position, and at least some of the plurality of viewpoint positions are separated from each other.

公开(公告)号：US11042038B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-22

申请号：US15773409

申请日：2016-11-25

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Tomokazu Kake ,  Takayuki Ishida ,  Akira Suzuki ,  Yasuhiro Watari

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  H04N5/64 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/038

Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a display control section that generates a virtual space image by specifying a viewpoint position and a direction of line of sight and displays the image on a head-mounted display. The display control section can specify a plurality of positions in the virtual space as viewpoint positions and can change the viewpoint position to a position determined from among the plurality of positions in accordance with an attitude of the head-mounted display, and when the viewpoint position is changed, the display control section specifies, as a direction of line of sight, the direction in which a first position in the virtual space is seen from the changed viewpoint position.