公开(公告)号：US20190126136A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-02

申请号：US16166808

申请日：2018-10-22

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. ,  Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC

Inventor： Takanori Minamino ,  Yoshiyuki Imada ,  Kenzo Nishikawa ,  Dean Sofer

IPC: A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/219 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  A63F13/5255

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus that provides an operation signal of an input part of a controller to a game. The information processing apparatus includes an acquisition part configured to acquire a detected value of a motion of the controller, a conversion processing part configured to convert the acquired detected value to the operation signal of the input part of the controller, and an output processing part configured to provide the converted operation signal to the game.

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：US12075508B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US17289486

申请日：2019-11-08

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Tai Hirakawa ,  Yoshiyuki Imada ,  Masashi Kamata

IPC: H04W76/20 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04W84/20

CPC classification number: H04W76/20 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04W84/20

Abstract: A communication device is configured to wirelessly connect to an external apparatus. The communication device comprises a first communication unit and a control unit configured to control the first communication unit. The first communication unit is configured to operate as one of a master and a slave. When the first communication unit is connected to a given external apparatus, the control unit is configured to control a period during which the first communication unit operates as the slave in response to a communication situation of the first communication unit with a different external apparatus from the given external apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US20210410202A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-30

申请号：US17289039

申请日：2019-11-08

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yoshiyuki Imada ,  Masashi Kamata ,  Tai Hirakawa

IPC: H04W76/10

Abstract: A communication device is configured to wirelessly connect to an electronic apparatus. The communication device comprises a first communication unit and a second communication unit of a same type as that of the first communication unit and a control unit configured to control the first communication unit and the second communication unit. The control unit is configured to acquire a communication situation of the first communication unit with electronic apparatus and another communication situation of the second communication unit with electronic apparatus. The control unit is configured to execute an allocation process for determining a connection destination of an electronic apparatus to the first communication unit or the second communication unit based on the communication situations.

公开(公告)号：US20210399759A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-23

申请号：US17289466

申请日：2019-11-08

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Tai Hirakawa ,  Yoshiyuki Imada ,  Masashi Kamata

IPC: H04B1/44 ,  H04L7/00

Abstract: A communication device comprises a first communication unit that performs switching between transmission operation and reception operation in response to a value of a given bit of a clock, and a second communication unit of a same type as that of the first communication unit. In the communication device, a value of the given bit of the clock of the first communication unit and a value of the given bit of the clock of the second communication unit are synchronized with each other.

公开(公告)号：US20210146236A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-20

申请号：US17090130

申请日：2020-11-05

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Masatoshi Nakae ,  Yoshiyuki Imada ,  Takuro Sawada

IPC: A63F13/218 ,  A63F13/285 ,  A63F13/24 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an operating device connected to an information processing device, the operating device including an information transmitting section configured to receive an operation of a user and transmit operation information indicating content of the operation to the information processing device and a control processing section configured to perform control processing determined in advance according to the operation of the user, the information transmitting section transmitting state information indicating an execution state of the control processing to the information processing device.

公开(公告)号：US10960296B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-30

申请号：US16166808

申请日：2018-10-22

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment inc.

Inventor： Takanori Minamino ,  Yoshiyuki Imada ,  Kenzo Nishikawa ,  Dean Sofer

IPC: A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/5255 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  A63F13/219 ,  A63F13/837 ,  A63F13/428 ,  A63F13/98

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus that provides an operation signal of an input part of a controller to a game. The information processing apparatus includes an acquisition part configured to acquire a detected value of a motion of the controller, a conversion processing part configured to convert the acquired detected value to the operation signal of the input part of the controller, and an output processing part configured to provide the converted operation signal to the game.

公开(公告)号：US12013981B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-18

申请号：US17613043

申请日：2020-06-16

Applicant: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.

Inventor： Takashi Enokihara ,  Takuro Sawada ,  Masatoshi Nakae ,  Shinya Mikami ,  Kenichi Sato ,  Yoshiyuki Imada

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  A63F13/285 ,  G06F3/038

CPC classification number: G06F3/016 ,  A63F13/285 ,  G06F3/038

Abstract: Provided is a vibration device that is connected to an information processing apparatus and includes a vibration mechanism that generates a vibration. The vibration device receives a first vibration command for the vibration device from the information processing apparatus, receives a second vibration command for a different type of vibration device from the information processing apparatus in parallel with the first vibration command, and operates the vibration mechanism on the basis of at least one of the first vibration command and the second vibration command. The second vibration command is in a format different from that of the first vibration command. The different type of vibration device is of a type different from that of the vibration device.

公开(公告)号：US11524224B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-13

申请号：US17090130

申请日：2020-11-05

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Masatoshi Nakae ,  Yoshiyuki Imada ,  Takuro Sawada

IPC: A63F13/218 ,  A63F13/24 ,  A63F13/285 ,  G06F3/01 ,  A63F13/22

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an operating device connected to an information processing device, the operating device including an information transmitting section configured to receive an operation of a user and transmit operation information indicating content of the operation to the information processing device and a control processing section configured to perform control processing determined in advance according to the operation of the user, the information transmitting section transmitting state information indicating an execution state of the control processing to the information processing device.

公开(公告)号：US20220391245A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-08

申请号：US17775275

申请日：2020-09-29

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Masatoshi Nakae ,  Yoshiyuki Imada

IPC: G06F9/48 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that executes a plurality of processes in parallel and transmits, to an operation device connected thereto, a control instruction indicating the content of a control process to be executed by the operation device, the information processing apparatus transmitting a control instruction according to a setting request received from a selected process which has been selected from among the plurality of processes according to a given condition and restricting the transmission of a control instruction according to a setting request received from a process other than the selected process.