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公开(公告)号:US20240111838A1
公开(公告)日:2024-04-04
申请号:US18474656
申请日:2023-09-26
Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Inventor: Mark Jacobus Breugelmans , Michael Eder , Jun Leung , Hogarth Andall , Danjeli Schembri , Bee Lay Tan
IPC: G06F18/24
CPC classification number: G06F18/24765
Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to: receive a first signal indicative of one or more words communicated from a first user of online content to one or more second users of online content; classify the one or more words using the first signal; receive one or more second signals indicative of one or more physiological characteristics of the first user within a time period of a start of the communication of the one or more words; classify the one or more physiological characteristics using the one or more second signals; based on a classification of the one or more words and a classification of the one or more physiological characteristics, generate an action signal indicating that an action associated with the first user of the online content is to be taken, the action signal indicating a characteristic of the action determined based on a combination of the classification of the one or more words and the classification of the one or more physiological characteristics; and output the action signal.
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公开(公告)号:US20230260179A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-17
申请号:US18164792
申请日:2023-02-06
Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Inventor: Christopher William Henderson , Michael Eder
CPC classification number: G06T13/00 , G06F1/163 , G06F3/012 , G06F16/288
Abstract: A method of head-mounted display including: generating a virtual environment for display in a first person view to a user wearing a head-mounted display, measuring a head displacement pattern of the user when they are performing a predetermined locomotive action in real life, and when the predetermined locomotive action is performed within the generated virtual environment, applying a head displacement pattern to a virtual first person viewpoint of the generated virtual environment presented to the user, the applied head displacement pattern being based upon the measured head displacement pattern, whether the user is performing the predetermined locomotive action in real life or not.
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公开(公告)号:US11449071B2
公开(公告)日:2022-09-20
申请号:US16393202
申请日:2019-04-24
Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Inventor: Michael Eder , Robert Keith John Withey
Abstract: A system includes: a receiving unit configured to wirelessly receive a modulated electromagnetic signal leaked by a mains power line, the mains power line carrying a modulated alternating current signal, a demodulator configured to demodulate the modulated electromagnetic signal and extract one or more data signals from the demodulated electromagnetic signal, a processor configured to generate control data based on the one or more data signals, a control unit configured to control one or more actuators based on the control data, a processor configured to generate control data for controlling one or more actuators, and a modulator configured to modulate an alternating current signal of a mains power line using the generated control data to create a modulated alternating current signal, thereby causing the mains power line to leak a modulated electromagnetic signal comprising the control data that is wirelessly detectable.
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公开(公告)号:US11335220B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-17
申请号:US16745526
申请日:2020-01-17
Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Inventor: Michael Eder , Fabio Cappello , Robert Keith John Withey , Nicola Penny Ann Cavalla , Hsinpei Yang
IPC: G02B27/14 , G09G3/00 , G06F1/16 , G03B21/00 , G03B35/18 , G02B30/31 , A63J5/02 , G02B30/22 , G09G5/38 , G02B5/32 , G02B30/00 , G02B30/56 , G06F3/041
Abstract: A cone for use in a Pepper's Ghost illusion includes a conical wall of semi-reflective material, and an attachment member for removably attaching the cone to the surface of a light emissive display, and a method of displaying a Pepper's Ghost illusion includes positioning a cone of semi-reflective material onto a light emissive display; and displaying on the light emissive display an image that has been distorted by an inverse of a distortion caused by a reflection of the cone.
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公开(公告)号:US11179848B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-23
申请号:US16448747
申请日:2019-06-21
Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Inventor: Oliver George Hume , Michael Eder
Abstract: An apparatus for controlling one or more operations performed by a robotic device in response to a status of a power source includes: a monitoring unit configured to monitor one or more parameters associated with the power source that provides power to the robotic device and to determine one or more performance indicators for the power source based on one or more of the parameters, a processor configured to, under instruction of a program that defines a plurality of modes for one or more operations performed by the robotic device when reacting to a stimulus, assign one of the plurality of modes to an operation of the robotic device in response to one or more of the performance indicators for the power source, where an amount of energy required from the power source to perform the operation varies according to which mode is assigned to the operation, and a control unit configured to control the robotic device to perform the operation in accordance with the mode assigned to the operation when reacting to the stimulus.
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公开(公告)号:US11114894B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-07
申请号:US16418310
申请日:2019-05-21
Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Inventor: Oliver George Hume , Robert Keith John Withey , Michael Eder
Abstract: A charging apparatus for wireless charging of one or more robotic devices includes a power transmitting unit having a plurality of conducting wires each configured to carry a respective alternating current signal and to generate a time-varying magnetic flux when the conducting wire carries the alternating current signal, a processor configured to detect a presence or an absence of an induction coil of a robotic device within a predetermined distance of a conducting wire and to generate control data based on the result of the detection, and a control unit configured to control at least one of an amplitude and a frequency of each respective alternating current signal supplied to each of the conducting wires based on the control data, where the control unit is configured to increase at least one of an amplitude and a frequency of an alternating current signal supplied to a conducting wire in response to control data indicating the presence of the induction coil within the predetermined distance of the conducting wire.
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公开(公告)号:US20190329402A1
公开(公告)日:2019-10-31
申请号:US16390303
申请日:2019-04-22
Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Inventor: Fabio Cappello , Jason Gordon Doig , Michael Eder , Rajeev Gupta
Abstract: A system for controlling a configurable apparatus includes a configuration identification unit operable to identify a preferred configuration of the apparatus in response to media content to be provided to a user, and a configuration modification unit operable to modify the configuration of the apparatus in dependence upon the identified preferred configuration, where different configurations of the apparatus correspond to the shapes of different objects relating to the media content.
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公开(公告)号:US20250090943A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-20
申请号:US18825119
申请日:2024-09-05
Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Inventor: Mark Jacobus Breugelmans , Michael Eder , Hogarth Andall , Jun Yen Leung
IPC: A63F13/22 , A63F13/285
Abstract: A control device for controlling an information processing device is provided, the control device comprising: a plurality of input units configured to be operated by a user; a generating unit configured to generate an input signal when at least one of the plurality of input units is operated by the user; an adjustment unit configured to adjust at least one of the plurality of input units; and a control unit configured to control the adjustment unit to restrict operation of the at least one of the input units in accordance with adjustment information indicating an availability of each of the plurality of input units for controlling the information processing device.
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公开(公告)号:US20250041736A1
公开(公告)日:2025-02-06
申请号:US18784987
申请日:2024-07-26
Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Inventor: Nicholas Anthony Edward Ryan , Andrew William Walker , Mark Anderson , Michael Eder , Jesus Lucas Barcias
IPC: A63F13/795
Abstract: A processing device for generating a group of users for a first user to complete a given task in a video game, completion requiring one or more in-game characteristics, the processing device comprising: an identification unit configured to identify one or more requirements of the given task; a selection unit configured to select one or more other users from a plurality of other users, wherein a respective one of the other users is selected in dependence upon at least one of the requirements and one or more in-game characteristics associated with the respective other user; and a group generation unit configured to generate the group for the first user to complete the given task, the generated group comprising the first user and the one or more selected other users.
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公开(公告)号:US20240382842A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-21
申请号:US18662300
申请日:2024-05-13
Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Inventor: Maria Chiara Monti , Daniel Israel Pereira Jimenez , Navin Kamath , Jesus Lucas Barcias , Michael Eder , David Erwan Damien Uberti , Mandana Jenabzadeh , Pierluigi Vito Amadori
IPC: A63F13/28 , A63F13/212 , A63F13/23
Abstract: A video game peripheral device includes an electromagnet and circuitry, the circuitry being configured to: receive data from a data processing apparatus executing a video game application; based on the received data, control an electric current supplied to the electromagnet to control a magnetic interaction between the electromagnet and a magnetic material of a second video game peripheral device wearable or holdable by a user.
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