公开(公告)号：US20220008825A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-13

申请号：US17486200

申请日：2021-09-27

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Nicolas Doucet ,  Yutaka Yokokawa ,  Gento Morita ,  Keiichiro Ishihara ,  Yuki Miyamae ,  Kazutomo Sasaki ,  Ngo Tuyen Thibaud ,  Masafumi Noda ,  Takumi Yoshida

IPC: A63F13/52 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/53 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  A63F13/26 ,  A63F13/212 ,  A63F13/5255 ,  A63F13/211 ,  G06T19/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  A63F13/214 ,  A63F13/235 ,  A63F13/25

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for carrying out a method for rendering a virtual-three dimensional space on a display, including: acquiring information indicative of a position of a head mounted display worn on a head of a user; acquiring information indicative of a position of an input apparatus for use by the user; acquiring information indicative of an instruction entered in the input apparatus; and generating an image of the virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on the head mounted display at a viewpoint position and a sightline direction, where the generating includes generating an image of the input apparatus at the position in the image determined on a basis of a relative position with the head mounted display of the input apparatus, and where the generating includes generating an image of a hand of the user when the user controls the input apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US11154778B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-26

申请号：US16784338

申请日：2020-02-07

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Nicolas Doucet ,  Yutaka Yokokawa ,  Gento Morita ,  Keiichiro Ishihara ,  Yuki Miyamae ,  Kazutomo Sasaki ,  Ngo Tuyen Thibaud ,  Masafumi Noda ,  Takumi Yoshida

IPC: A63F13/52 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/53 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  A63F13/26 ,  A63F13/212 ,  A63F13/5255 ,  A63F13/211 ,  G06T19/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  A63F13/214 ,  A63F13/235 ,  A63F13/25 ,  G02B27/01

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling a display include: acquiring information indicative of first entered instructions from a first input apparatus used by a first user wearing a head mounted display and information indicative of second entered instructions from a second input apparatus used by a second user enabled to view a display apparatus; controlling, in a virtual three-dimensional space, an event on the basis of one or more of the first entered instructions and the second entered instructions acquired; generating a first image of said virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on said head mounted display; and generating a second image of said virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on said display apparatus, where the first image includes the first input apparatus, and where the second image does not include the second input apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US20210217211A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-15

申请号：US16742046

申请日：2020-01-14

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey R. Stafford ,  Yutaka Yokokawa

IPC: G06T11/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G02B27/01

Abstract: To improve the social interaction and interaction with external objects for a user wearing an AR head-mounted display (HMD), cameras on the HMD detect that other users (“social targets”) are looking at and/or speaking to the user. The region around the social target in the AR user's view is determined and in response an optical occlusion system in the HMD is changed to allow more outside light to reveal the HMD user's eyes to the other users, The HMD optionally decreases the brightness of the virtual images presented in the HMD to allow the HMD user to improve his real world social and scene interaction.

公开(公告)号：US20210216133A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-15

申请号：US16741285

申请日：2020-01-13

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey R. Stafford ,  Xiaoyong Ye ,  Yutaka Yokokawa

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  H04N5/33 ,  G02B27/01

Abstract: To facilitate control of an AR HMD, a camera unit in a camera sensor system generates RGB/IR images and the system also extrapolates images for times in the future based on light intensity change signals from an event detection sensor (EDS) for HMD pose tracking, hand tracking, and eye tracking. The times in the future are provided by an HMD application which defines the future times, and the RGB/IR images and extrapolated images are sent back to the application. In this way, the camera sensor system enables improved performance tracking (equivalent to using very high-speed camera) at lower bandwidth and power consumption.

公开(公告)号：US10712575B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-14

申请号：US16001276

申请日：2018-06-06

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Nicolas Doucet ,  Yutaka Yokokawa ,  Masafumi Noda ,  Takumi Yoshida ,  Keiichiro Ishihara ,  Gento Morita ,  Yuki Miyamae ,  Ngo Tuyen Thibaud ,  Kazutomo Sasaki

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G02B27/01 ,  A63F13/212 ,  A63F13/40 ,  A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/825 ,  A63F13/95 ,  A63F13/26 ,  G06F3/03 ,  G06F3/0481

Abstract: A display control apparatus includes: a head mounted display information acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of a position of a head mounted display worn on a head of a user; an input apparatus information acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of a position of an input apparatus for use by the user; an instruction input acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of an instruction entered in the input apparatus; and an image generation block configured to generate an image to be displayed on the head mounted display on a basis of an instruction acquired by the instruction input acquisition block. The image generation block displays an image of the input apparatus at a position in the image determined on a basis of a relative position with the head mounted display of the input apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US11842432B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-12

申请号：US17129658

申请日：2020-12-21

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yutaka Yokokawa

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06T13/40 ,  G06F3/0346

CPC classification number: G06T13/40 ,  G06F3/012 ,  G06F3/014 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/0346

Abstract: A controller device is provided, including: a main housing configured to be held by a user's hand; a band extending from a first end of the main housing to a second end of the main housing; a plurality of proximity sensors disposed along the band, said proximity sensors being positioned by the band so as to be proximate to fingertips of the user's hand when corresponding fingers of the user's hand are substantially extended.

公开(公告)号：US11638878B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-02

申请号：US17364635

申请日：2021-06-30

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yutaka Yokokawa ,  Jorge Arroyo Palacios

IPC: A63F13/67 ,  A63F13/798 ,  A63F13/216 ,  A63B24/00 ,  A63F13/847

Abstract: A method for dynamic adjustment of interactive game play includes identifying a game session for a game played between first and second players, with the first and second players being connected from geographic locations having first and second elevations, respectively. The method also includes determining an objective in the game that the first and second players are predicted to achieve, and identifying a first path to be traversed by the first player to reach the objective in the game and identifying a second path to be traversed by the second player to reach the objective in the game. Each of the first and second paths includes a respective plurality of game actions to be accomplished by the first and second players. The method further includes adjusting a physical activity rating of select ones of the respective plurality of game actions based on a difference between the first and second elevations.

公开(公告)号：US20230001305A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-05

申请号：US17364635

申请日：2021-06-30

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yutaka Yokokawa ,  Jorge Arroyo Palacios

IPC: A63F13/67 ,  A63F13/798 ,  A63F13/216 ,  A63F13/847 ,  A63B24/00

Abstract: A method for dynamic adjustment of interactive game play includes identifying a game session for a game played between first and second players, with the first and second players being connected from geographic locations having first and second elevations, respectively. The method also includes determining an objective in the game that the first and second players are predicted to achieve, and identifying a first path to be traversed by the first player to reach the objective in the game and identifying a second path to be traversed by the second player to reach the objective in the game. Each of the first and second paths includes a respective plurality of game actions to be accomplished by the first and second players. The method further includes adjusting a physical activity rating of select ones of the respective plurality of game actions based on a difference between the first and second elevations.

公开(公告)号：US11106929B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-31

申请号：US16556127

申请日：2019-08-29

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey R. Stafford ,  Yutaka Yokokawa

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/32 ,  H04N13/194 ,  H04N13/161 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: A mobile device such as a mobile phone is used to image a nearby user for eye tracking at a closer range than would be provided by cameras on a display device such as a TV and send the eye tracking data to a server streaming video being presented on the display. The eye tracking data is used by the server to identify a region of interest (ROI) in the video, which is more highly compressed than regions outside the ROI to facilitate efficient compression of the video game image while preserving the quality of the ROI in the image where the user is looking.

公开(公告)号：US20210110591A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-15

申请号：US17129658

申请日：2020-12-21

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yutaka Yokokawa

IPC: G06T13/40 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0346

Abstract: A controller device is provided, including: a main housing configured to be held by a user's hand; a band extending from a first end of the main housing to a second end of the main housing; a plurality of proximity sensors disposed along the band, said proximity sensors being positioned by the band so as to be proximate to fingertips of the user's hand when corresponding fingers of the user's hand are substantially extended.