公开(公告)号：US12194387B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-14

申请号：US17875340

申请日：2022-07-27

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Celeste Bean ,  Victoria Dorn

IPC: A63F13/67 ,  A63F13/5375 ,  A63F13/79 ,  G06V10/70 ,  G06V40/16

Abstract: A method including executing game logic of a video game to generate a plurality of video frames for a game play of the video game by a player, wherein game state data is generated during the executing the game logic. The method including determining a current context in the game play of the video game based on the game state data. The method including determining a user sentiment of the player towards the current context in the game play of the video game. The method including determining that the user sentiment of the player is inconsistent with an expected user sentiment for the current context. The method including generating an in-game effect for the current context. The method including presenting the in-game effect simultaneous with one or more video frames associated with the current context in the game play of the video game.

公开(公告)号：US12186672B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-07

申请号：US17817171

申请日：2022-08-03

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Steven Osman ,  Olga Rudi ,  Mahdi Azmandian ,  Jorge Arroyo Palacios

IPC: A63F13/87 ,  A63F13/215 ,  A63F13/537 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06F21/62 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/26 ,  G10L25/57

Abstract: Privacy of a conversation between a computer game player and an entity such as a person or virtual assistant is preserved by various techniques so that other players of the computer game who are not part of the conversation cannot apprehend the conversation. The conversation may be voice or txt but is not an online chat associated with the computer game.

公开(公告)号：US12178511B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-31

申请号：US17817183

申请日：2022-08-03

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Steven Osman

IPC: A61B3/113 ,  A63F13/525 ,  A63F13/5378 ,  A63F13/55 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06T11/00

Abstract: A map of a person's spatial vision abilities, including areas of low acuity and areas of high acuity, may be generated from medical records or from a calibration phase. During presentation of a computer simulation such as a computer game, the map is provided to a foveated renderer to optimize which areas should be rendered most crisply. Content placement may be optimized to ensure that any critical elements to the game, for instance, any text that needs to be seen or treasures or special pickups that need to be seen clearly can be moved into regions of the player's field of view that the person has higher acuity in.

公开(公告)号：US12175776B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-24

申请号：US18467741

申请日：2023-09-15

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yuichiro Nakamura ,  Yasushi Okumura

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06T7/285 ,  G06V20/64

Abstract: A head-mounted display, a display control method, and a program that facilitate a user to understand proximity between the user and an object around the user are provided. A display block (36) is arranged in front of the eyes of the user wearing a HMD (12). In accordance with proximity between the user and an object around the user, the HMD (12) controls the display block (36) so as to have the user visually recognize a forward direction of the display block (36).

公开(公告)号：US12175585B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-24

申请号：US17992763

申请日：2022-11-22

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Mark E. Cerny ,  Tobias Berghoff ,  David Simpson

IPC: G06T15/00

Abstract: A method including rendering graphics for an application using graphics processing units (GPUs). The method including dividing responsibility for processing pieces of geometry of an image frame during an analysis pre-pass phase of rendering between the plurality of GPUs, wherein each of the pieces of geometry is assigned to a corresponding GPU. The method including determining in the analysis pre-pass phase overlap of each of the pieces of geometry with each screen regions. The method including generating information at the GPUs regarding the pieces of geometry and their relations to the screen regions based on the overlap of each of the pieces of geometry with each of the screen regions. The method including assigning the screen regions to the GPUs based on the information for purposes of rendering the pieces of geometry during a subsequent phase of rendering.

公开(公告)号：US12172089B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-24

申请号：US17307971

申请日：2021-05-04

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Rathish Krishnan ,  Maulik Shah

IPC: A63F13/86 ,  A63F13/33 ,  A63F13/40 ,  G06N3/045 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06V20/40

Abstract: A machine learning model is used to receive a recorded video game for presentation on a spectator computer and to derive from the video identifications of controller operations during play of the game that resulted in the recorded video game. Indications of identified controller operations may be presented with the recorded video game to assist a viewer in learning how to play the game.

公开(公告)号：US12168174B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-17

申请号：US17561525

申请日：2021-12-23

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Richard Olabode ,  Mario M. Sarria, Jr. ,  Warren M. Benedetto

IPC: A63F13/537 ,  A63F13/5252 ,  A63F13/5258 ,  A63F13/86

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for selecting a viewport into a video game for a spectator viewing a video game played by a player. The method includes identifying a plurality of virtual cameras for providing a plurality of viewports into scenes of the video game. The method includes accessing a spectator playbook, the spectator playbook is stored in association with a profile of the spectator. The spectator playbook identifies viewing history of the spectator for types of video games viewed by the spectator. The method includes accessing a player playbook, the player playbook is stored in association with a profile of the player. The player playbook identifies performance of the player for types of video games played by the player. The method includes accessing gameplay data for the video game played by the player. The method includes selecting a viewport from the plurality of viewports into the video game. The selected viewport is dynamically updated based on processing the spectator playbook, the player playbook, and changes in the gameplay data. The method includes streaming a spectator video stream for the spectator. The spectator video stream automatically changes based on the dynamic updating of the viewport while the spectator views the video game. In this way, viewports into a video game are selected and dynamically updated to provide the spectator with a customized viewing experience.

公开(公告)号：US20240402835A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18693162

申请日：2021-10-25

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Hideki MORI ,  Koichi SHIONO ,  Yoshihisa TAKAHASHI ,  Hirofumi KANEKO ,  Hiroya MATSUGAMI

IPC: G06F3/033

Abstract: Provided is a display control system that can express various display modes. The display control system has a display control section that causes a display object to be displayed, which includes a plurality of elements respectively associated in advance with a plurality of lattice points included in a lattice-shaped operating device, and acquiring means that acquires position coordinates of each of the plurality of lattice points, and the display control section determines a display mode of each of the plurality of elements on the basis of the position coordinates of the plurality of lattice points associated in advance with the plurality of elements, respectively.

公开(公告)号：US20240390792A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-28

申请号：US18633353

申请日：2024-04-11

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Edwin Foo

IPC: A63F13/54 ,  H04R1/10

Abstract: A listening device such as earbuds or headphones may include two different wireless receivers, one for receiving, for example, Bluetooth carrying audio from a smart phone and the other for receiving non-Bluetooth signals. A mixer in the listening device mixes the two audio streams received via the two receivers and plays the resulting mixed audio on the left and right speakers of the listening device.

公开(公告)号：US12151170B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-26

申请号：US17636117

申请日：2020-09-10

Applicant: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.

Inventor： Yoshihiko Suwa ,  Takuya Sato

IPC: A63F13/79 ,  H04L9/40

Abstract: A management section 122 allows a user A to sign in to a server. A user data acquiring section 136 acquires, from the server, data regarding a user B who is associated with the user A in the server but who is not yet registered in an information processing device 10. A user data holding section 138 holds data regarding the user A and the data regarding the user B that has been acquired. A login screen generation section 124 uses data held by the user data holding section 138 and displays a login screen including information regarding the user A and information regarding the user B.