公开(公告)号：US20240019926A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-18

申请号：US18350144

申请日：2023-07-11

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Rajeev Gupta ,  Mark Jacobus Breugelmans

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  A63F13/5372 ,  A63F13/44

CPC classification number: G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/017 ,  A63F13/5372 ,  A63F13/44 ,  A63F2300/8082

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to perform control to display a user interface in response to detection of a first trigger condition, the user interface comprising a plurality of items, arranged in a ring, that can be highlighted for selection by a user, receive an input signal from a user input device, analyze the input signal to determine a degree of rotation of a portion of an arm of a user, and perform control to update the user interface in accordance with the determined degree of rotation of the portion of the arm of the user to highlight one of the plurality of items for selection.

公开(公告)号：US20230401027A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-14

申请号：US18326108

申请日：2023-05-31

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Rajeev Gupta ,  Mark Jacobus Breugelmans ,  Carl Pryke ,  Lloyd Preston Stemple

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  G06F3/01

CPC classification number: G06F3/165 ,  G06F3/012

Abstract: An audio visualisation method includes: generating for output a virtual environment comprising at least a first virtual sound source, classifying an intended effect on a user of a sound to be output by the at least first virtual sound source, outputting the sound, and producing a visual element for view by the user that has a visual property selected to correspond to the classified intended effect.

公开(公告)号：US11785328B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-10

申请号：US16816526

申请日：2020-03-12

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Nigel John Williams ,  Fabio Cappello ,  Rajeev Gupta ,  Mark Jacobus Breugelmans

IPC: H04N23/61 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06T7/80

CPC classification number: H04N23/61 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06T7/74 ,  G06T7/80 ,  G06T2207/20081 ,  G06T2207/30244

Abstract: A system for adjusting the pose of a camera relative to a subject in a scene is provided. The system comprises a camera operable to capture images of a scene; an identification unit configured to identify an object of interest in images of the scene; a pose processor configured to obtain a pose of the object of interest in the scene relative to the camera; a scene analyser operable to determine, based on at least one of the obtained pose of the object of interest and images captured by the camera, a scene quality associated with images captured by the camera. A controller is configured to cause the pose of the camera to be adjusted based on a determination that the scene quality of an image captured at a current pose is less than a threshold value. A corresponding device is also provided.

公开(公告)号：US11762204B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-19

申请号：US17728218

申请日：2022-04-25

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Mark Jacobus Breugelmans ,  Philip Cockram ,  Calum Armstrong

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G02B27/00

CPC classification number: G02B27/0172 ,  G02B27/0093 ,  G02B27/0101 ,  G02B27/0179 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G02B2027/0118 ,  G02B2027/0138 ,  G02B2027/0187

Abstract: A head mountable display, HMD, system to display images to a user via an HMD includes an illumination detector to detect an illumination level of an ambient environment around the HMD; an operation detector to detect one or more operations indicative of one or both of: (i) initiation of the HMD being put on by the user; and (ii) initiation of the HMD being taken off by the user; and a controller to control the illumination level of the display images, the controller being configured to generate and apply a temporary illumination level variation to the display images in response to a detection of the one or more operations by the operation detector.

公开(公告)号：US20230122636A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-20

申请号：US17964985

申请日：2022-10-13

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Mark Jacobus Breugelmans ,  Calum Armstrong ,  Maurizio Cerrato

IPC: G06T17/05 ,  G06T7/62 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06V10/44 ,  G06V10/764 ,  G02B27/01

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes receiving circuitry to receive a plurality of images of an environment captured from respective different viewpoints, detection circuitry to detect a plurality of feature points in the plurality of captured images and to associate image information with each detected feature point indicative of an image property for a detected feature point, where each detected feature point represents a candidate landmark point for mapping the environment, selection circuitry to select one or more of the plurality of candidate landmark points, the one or more selected landmark points corresponding to a subset of the plurality of candidate landmark points, and mapping circuitry to generate, for the environment, a map including one or more of the selected landmark points, where each landmark point included in the map is defined by a three dimensional position and the associated image information for that landmark point.

公开(公告)号：US20220068014A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-03

申请号：US17408850

申请日：2021-08-23

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Maurizio Cerrato ,  Matthew William Sanders ,  Patrick John Connor ,  Mark Jacobus Breugelmans ,  Jessica Rose Grant

IPC: G06T15/80 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06T15/20

Abstract: An image rendering instruction generation system includes an object identification unit operable to identify one or more objects for rendering in a virtual scene, a shader identification unit operable to identify a shader for rendering the identified objects, wherein the shader comprises two or more shading processes corresponding to different levels of detail, a draw call generation unit operable to generate a draw call comprising the identified shader, and a draw call output unit operable to provide the generated draw call to an image rendering system.

公开(公告)号：US20200304707A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-24

申请号：US16816526

申请日：2020-03-12

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Nigel John Williams ,  Fabio Cappello ,  Rajeev Gupta ,  Mark Jacobus Breugelmans

IPC: H04N5/232 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06T7/80 ,  G06T7/73

Abstract: A system for adjusting the pose of a camera relative to a subject in a scene is provided. The system comprises a camera operable to capture images of a scene; an identification unit configured to identify an object of interest in images of the scene; a pose processor configured to obtain a pose of the object of interest in the scene relative to the camera; a scene analyser operable to determine, based on at least one of the obtained pose of the object of interest and images captured by the camera, a scene quality associated with images captured by the camera. A controller is configured to cause the pose of the camera to be adjusted based on a determination that the scene quality of an image captured at a current pose is less than a threshold value. A corresponding device is also provided.