公开(公告)号：US11478703B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US16594943

申请日：2019-10-07

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Toshiya Ikenaga ,  Nobuaki Tanaka ,  Yasuhiro Watari ,  Toshiharu Sayano ,  Hiromasa Ohkubo

IPC: A63F13/525 ,  A63F13/86 ,  A63F13/5255 ,  A63F13/803

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling a game include: controlling a game based on gameplay of a game player; receiving instructions from the game player and forwarding the instructions for controlling the game; and setting respective viewpoints, from among a plurality of viewpoints, serving as bases for generating respective watching screens for viewing the game offered to respective watching players, among a plurality of watching players, different from the game player, where at least one of: (i) the setting includes employing watching player conditions regarding each of the plurality of watching players for each of the plurality of viewpoints; and (ii) the setting includes employing one or more predetermined conditions in setting one or more of the respective viewpoints.

公开(公告)号：US20230020322A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-19

申请号：US17945776

申请日：2022-09-15

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Toshiya Ikenaga ,  Nobuaki Tanaka ,  Yasuhiro Watari ,  Toshiharu Sayano ,  Hiromasa Ohkubo

IPC: A63F13/525 ,  A63F13/86 ,  A63F13/5255 ,  A63F13/803

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for executing an application program to control a game based on gameplay of a game player; receiving instructions from the game player and forwarding the instructions for controlling the game in order to manipulate the execution of the application program and to affect the game; setting respective viewpoints, from among a plurality of viewpoints, serving as bases for generating respective watching screens for viewing the game during gameplay of the game player, which viewpoints are offered to respective watching players, among a plurality of watching players, different from the game player; and deleting the at least one of the plurality of viewpoints to be the one of the respective positions of the one of the one or more objects when the one of the one or more objects disappears from view due to the gameplay of the game player.

公开(公告)号：US12064690B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-20

申请号：US17945776

申请日：2022-09-15

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Toshiya Ikenaga ,  Nobuaki Tanaka ,  Yasuhiro Watari ,  Toshiharu Sayano ,  Hiromasa Ohkubo

IPC: A63F13/525 ,  A63F13/5255 ,  A63F13/803 ,  A63F13/86

CPC classification number: A63F13/525 ,  A63F13/5255 ,  A63F13/803 ,  A63F13/86 ,  A63F2300/577 ,  A63F2300/6036

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for executing an application program to control a game based on gameplay of a game player; receiving instructions from the game player and forwarding the instructions for controlling the game in order to manipulate the execution of the application program and to affect the game; setting respective viewpoints, from among a plurality of viewpoints, serving as bases for generating respective watching screens for viewing the game during gameplay of the game player, which viewpoints are offered to respective watching players, among a plurality of watching players, different from the game player; and deleting the at least one of the plurality of viewpoints to be the one of the respective positions of the one of the one or more objects when the one of the one or more objects disappears from view due to the gameplay of the game player.

公开(公告)号：US20200038751A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-06

申请号：US16594943

申请日：2019-10-07

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Toshiya Ikenaga ,  Nobuaki Tanaka ,  Yasuhiro Watari ,  Toshiharu Sayano ,  Hiromasa Ohkubo

IPC: A63F13/525 ,  A63F13/86 ,  A63F13/5255 ,  A63F13/803

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling a game include: controlling a game based on gameplay of a game player; receiving instructions from the game player and forwarding the instructions for controlling the game; and setting respective viewpoints, from among a plurality of viewpoints, serving as bases for generating respective watching screens for viewing the game offered to respective watching players, among a plurality of watching players, different from the game player, where at least one of: (i) the setting includes employing watching player conditions regarding each of the plurality of watching players for each of the plurality of viewpoints; and (ii) the setting includes employing one or more predetermined conditions in setting one or more of the respective viewpoints.

公开(公告)号：US10427055B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-01

申请号：US15128705

申请日：2015-03-31

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yasuhiro Watari ,  Toshiya Ikenaga ,  Toshiharu Sayano ,  Shinkichi Hasama

IPC: A63F13/86 ,  A63F13/35 ,  A63F13/537 ,  A63F13/63 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/8549 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/497

Abstract: There is provided a game video distribution device that permits distribution of game videos with higher value for users through the use of game-specific information. The game distribution device includes video generating means that generates a game video selected by a user, related information acquiring means that acquires related information in which scene identification information identifying individual scenes included in the game video is related to time information representing a time period during which each of the scenes is reproduced, related display information generating means which, in accordance with the related information, generates related display information identifiably displaying a temporal location of each of the scenes relative to an entire time span of the game video, and composing means that generates a composite of the generated video and the related display information.

公开(公告)号：US10279263B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-07

申请号：US15302070

申请日：2015-04-15

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Toshiya Ikenaga ,  Toshiharu Sayano ,  Yasuhiro Watari ,  Shinkichi Hasama

IPC: A63F13/60 ,  A63F13/35 ,  A63F13/533 ,  A63F13/69 ,  A63F13/816

Abstract: A game delivery device and so on are implemented which enable an operable object to be operated with increased ease, in the case where game images designed to be executed in a dedicated game device are delivered to a terminal. The game delivery device includes execution means for executing a plurality of game programs designed to be executed in a dedicated game device in accordance with operation information; game program selection means for selecting one of the game programs on the basis of a selection instruction from a terminal; delivery means for delivering, to the terminal, image information based on execution of the selected game program; play mode acquisition means for acquiring a play mode selection instruction indicating whether the selected game program is to be played in a normal mode or an auxiliary mode; and auxiliary means for, when the auxiliary mode is selected, providing an auxiliary function that makes an operation of an operable object of the selected game program easier than the operation of the operable object designed to be performed in the dedicated game device.

公开(公告)号：US20170136367A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-18

申请号：US15128705

申请日：2015-03-31

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yasuhiro Watari ,  Toshiya Ikenaga ,  Toshiharu Sayano ,  Shinkichi Hasama

IPC: A63F13/86 ,  A63F13/537 ,  A63F13/63 ,  A63F13/35

CPC classification number: A63F13/86 ,  A63F13/35 ,  A63F13/355 ,  A63F13/497 ,  A63F13/537 ,  A63F13/63 ,  A63F2300/577 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/8402 ,  H04N21/8549

Abstract: There is provided a game video distribution device that permits distribution of game videos with higher value for users through the use of game-specific information. The game distribution device includes video generating means that generates a game video selected by a user, related information acquiring means that acquires related information in which scene identification information identifying individual scenes included in the game video is related to time information representing a time period during which each of the scenes is reproduced, related display information generating means which, in accordance with the related information, generates related display information identifiably displaying a temporal location of each of the scenes relative to an entire time span of the game video, and composing means that generates a composite of the generated video and the related display information.

公开(公告)号：US20170113139A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-27

申请号：US15302070

申请日：2015-04-15

Applicant: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.

Inventor： Toshiya Ikenaga ,  Toshiharu Sayano ,  Yasuhiro Watari ,  Shinkichi Hasama

IPC: A63F13/60 ,  A63F13/816 ,  A63F13/69 ,  A63F13/35 ,  A63F13/533

CPC classification number: A63F13/60 ,  A63F13/35 ,  A63F13/533 ,  A63F13/69 ,  A63F13/816 ,  A63F2300/51 ,  A63F2300/8005

Abstract: A game delivery device and so on are implemented which enable an operable object to be operated with increased ease, in the case where game images designed to be executed in a dedicated game device are delivered to a terminal. The game delivery device includes execution means for executing a plurality of game programs designed to be executed in a dedicated game device in accordance with operation information; game program selection means for selecting one of the game programs on the basis of a selection instruction from a terminal; delivery means for delivering, to the terminal, image information based on execution of the selected game program; play mode acquisition means for acquiring a play mode selection instruction indicating whether the selected game program is to be played in a normal mode or an auxiliary mode; and auxiliary means for, when the auxiliary mode is selected, providing an auxiliary function that makes an operation of an operable object of the selected game program easier than the operation of the operable object designed to be performed in the dedicated game device.