-
公开(公告)号:US10971115B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-06
申请号:US16559965
申请日:2019-09-04
Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Inventor: Matthew William Sanders , Nigel John Williams , Richard James Forster , Andrew William Walker , Jessica Rose Grant
Abstract: A foveated rendering system for modifying content to be displayed includes a user profile obtaining unit operable to obtain a user profile comprising information about head motion and eye motion for a user, and a foveated rendering unit operable to apply a foveated rendering process to the content to be displayed in dependence upon obtained user profile information.
-
公开(公告)号:US20200081526A1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-12
申请号:US16560000
申请日:2019-09-04
Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Inventor: Andrew William Walker , Richard James Forster , Matthew William Sanders , Patrick John Connor , Jessica Rose Grant , Hans-Werner Gellersen , Ludwig Sidenmark
IPC: G06F3/01
Abstract: A user input system for controlling a viewpoint within displayed content includes a user profile obtaining unit operable to obtain a user profile having information about head motion and eye motion for a user, an input unit operable to receive user inputs relating to a change in viewpoint within displayed content, the user inputs including the user's head motion, and a viewpoint modification unit operable to modify the viewpoint in the displayed content in dependence upon received inputs and the user profile, where the modification to the viewpoint includes a greater motion than the head motion received as an input.
-
公开(公告)号:US20240374995A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-14
申请号:US18657873
申请日:2024-05-08
Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Inventor: Andrew William Walker , Alexei Ashton Derek Smith
IPC: A63F13/323
Abstract: A handheld video game controller includes one or more user-operable input elements, control circuitry to generate controller data indicative of operation of one or more of the user-operable input elements, and communication circuitry, where for a first communication mode, the communication circuitry is configured to transmit the controller data directly to a video game console as a destination device for the controller data, and where for a second communication mode, the communication circuitry is configured to transmit the controller data via a plurality of networked devices to a video game processing device as the destination device for the controller data.
-
公开(公告)号:US20230293999A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-21
申请号:US18184843
申请日:2023-03-16
Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Inventor: David Erwan Damien Uberti , Estefania Rodriguez Quiros , Andrew William Walker , Michael Eder , Alan Murphy
IPC: A63F13/65 , A63F13/211 , A63F13/212 , A63F13/216 , A63F13/67 , A63F13/79 , A63F13/35 , A63F13/73
CPC classification number: A63F13/65 , A63F13/211 , A63F13/212 , A63F13/216 , A63F13/67 , A63F13/79 , A63F13/35 , A63F13/73 , A63F13/215
Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a storage unit configured to store one or more criteria associated with a video game; an executing unit configured to execute the video game; an input unit configured to receive activity data, where the activity data is data associated with physical activity of a user who is not directly playing the video game; and a processing unit configured to modify one or more aspects of a virtual environment within the executed video game when the received activity data satisfies one or more of the criteria.
-
公开(公告)号:US20230280171A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-07
申请号:US18172392
申请日:2023-02-22
Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
IPC: G01C21/34
CPC classification number: G01C21/3453 , G01C21/3461 , G01C21/3484 , A63F13/355
Abstract: A system for determining a route for a user of a processing device during the presentation of content to the user, the system comprising a content identification unit operable to identify one or more characteristics of the content, a route determination unit operable to determine a route for a journey in dependence upon the identified characteristics, the start location of the journey, and the destination of the journey, and a content presentation unit operable to present content to the user of the processing device during the journey, the journey being undertaken in accordance with the determined route.
-
公开(公告)号:US11568893B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-31
申请号:US16877619
申请日:2020-05-19
Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Inventor: Patrick John Connor , Timothy Bradley , Andrew William Walker
Abstract: A method of capturing free viewpoint content at a location includes recording video on each of a plurality of portable video recording devices at the location; each portable video recording device detecting a wireless synchronisation signal transmitted at the location; and each portable video recording device periodically adding a timestamp to its respective recorded video; where the timestamp is responsive to the detected wireless synchronisation signal, thereby enabling synchronisation of a plurality of recorded videos responsive to the timestamps.
-
公开(公告)号:US11460707B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-04
申请号:US16601705
申请日:2019-10-15
Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Inventor: Richard James Forster , Andrew William Walker , Matthew Sanders , Jessica Rose Grant
Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) apparatus comprises a head attachment unit comprising a first attachment member configured to attach the HMD to a user's head when the HMD is worn by the user and a first element having an adjustable weight distribution, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust a distribution of the weight of the HMD based on user profile information associated with the user, wherein the adjustment unit is configured to adjust the weight distribution of the first element of the HMD based on the user profile information by adjusting a configuration of one or more mobile components of the first element without adjusting a position or an orientation of the first element with respect to the HMD.
-
公开(公告)号:US20200372933A1
公开(公告)日:2020-11-26
申请号:US16877619
申请日:2020-05-19
Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Inventor: Patrick John Connor , Timothy Bradley , Andrew William Walker
Abstract: A method of capturing free viewpoint content at a location includes recording video on each of a plurality of portable video recording devices at the location; each portable video recording device detecting a wireless synchronisation signal transmitted at the location; and each portable video recording device periodically adding a timestamp to its respective recorded video; where the timestamp is responsive to the detected wireless synchronisation signal, thereby enabling synchronisation of a plurality of recorded videos responsive to the timestamps.
-
公开(公告)号:US20200301504A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-24
申请号:US16818381
申请日:2020-03-13
Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Inventor: Nigel John Williams , Andrew William Walker , Jake Leigh Clarke , Robert Christopher Starkey
Abstract: A system for providing information to a user via a heads-up display includes a first display operable to display images of a first content to the user, a gaze tracking unit operable to identify the user's gaze direction with respect to one or more elements of the first content, a content generation unit operable to generate second content for display to a user in dependence upon the identified gaze direction, and a heads-up display operable to display the second content to the user.
-
公开(公告)号:US20200082794A1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-12
申请号:US16559965
申请日:2019-09-04
Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Inventor: Matthew William Sanders , Nigel John Williams , Richard James Forster , Andrew William Walker , Jessica Rose Grant
Abstract: A foveated rendering system for modifying content to be displayed includes a user profile obtaining unit operable to obtain a user profile comprising information about head motion and eye motion for a user, and a foveated rendering unit operable to apply a foveated rendering process to the content to be displayed in dependence upon obtained user profile information.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-