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.

公开(公告)号：US20230360341A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-09

申请号：US18307873

申请日：2023-04-27

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Andrew William Walker ,  Sahin Serdar Kocdemir

IPC: G06T19/00 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06V10/20

CPC classification number: G06T19/006 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06V10/255

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to: receive an image of a user in an environment; determine a region of the environment in the image in which motion of the user is expected, the motion of the user being associated with interactive content experienced by the user; identify one or more attributes of a detected object in the image, a portion of the detected object being within the determined region of the environment; determine a predetermined process associated with the one or more identified attributes; and perform the predetermined process.

公开(公告)号：US20230285862A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-14

申请号：US18171751

申请日：2023-02-21

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Andrew William Walker ,  Sahin Serdar Kocdemir

IPC: A63F13/65 ,  A63F13/44 ,  A63F13/533 ,  A63F13/49

CPC classification number: A63F13/65 ,  A63F13/44 ,  A63F13/49 ,  A63F13/533

Abstract: A content modification system operable to modify video game content in dependence upon the time available to a user of a processing device, the system comprising an input receiving unit operable to receive inputs from one or more devices indicative of an expected duration of a function being performed by a respective device, an available time determination unit operable to determine, in dependence upon received inputs, an amount of time available to a user before the completion of the function of respective ones of the one or more devices, a content modification unit operable to modify video game content in dependence upon the determined amount of time, and a processing device operable to present the modified video game content to the user via a display associated with the processing device.

公开(公告)号：US11369866B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-28

申请号：US16761020

申请日：2018-12-13

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Andrew William Walker

IPC: A63F13/212 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/23 ,  A63F13/285 ,  A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/22 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: A positional tracking system for tracking a user includes: a plurality of tracking units to be worn by a user, a tracking unit identification unit operable to identify the plurality of tracking units, and a position identification unit operable to identify a position of a user in dependence upon the location of the plurality of tracking units, where each of the plurality of tracking units is operable to transmit a signal that may be used to locate that tracking unit, and wherein the transmitted signal comprises information identifying the transmitting tracking unit and its position and/or orientation.

公开(公告)号：US11314082B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-26

申请号：US16649491

申请日：2018-08-02

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Andrew William Walker

IPC: G02B27/00 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/16

Abstract: A motion signal generation apparatus includes a detector to detect one or more image features of images generated by a data processing apparatus; and a generator, responsive to an image location of the one or more detected image features and to a current simulated orientation of a head mountable display (HMD), to generate a motion signal to simulate head motion by a wearer of the HMD.

公开(公告)号：US20210405744A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-30

申请号：US17359845

申请日：2021-06-28

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Andrew William Walker ,  Nigel John Williams ,  Mandana Jenabzadeh ,  Rosario Leonardi

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  H04N13/282 ,  H04N13/371 ,  H04N13/383

Abstract: An apparatus includes a video display to display video images to a user; a gaze detector configured to detect a gaze direction for one or both eyes of the user while the user views the display; a head tracker configured to detect a head orientation of the user; an image processor configured to generate the video images for display by the video display; the image processor being responsive to one or more control functions dependent upon the gaze direction detected by the gaze detector; and a controller configured to detect a predetermined condition and, in response to detection of the predetermined condition, to control the image processor to be responsive to one or more control functions dependent upon the head orientation detected by the head tracker in place of the one or more control functions dependent upon the gaze direction detected by the gaze detector.

公开(公告)号：US10922879B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-16

申请号：US16517853

申请日：2019-07-22

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Fabio Cappello ,  Matthew William Sanders ,  David Erwan Damien Uberti ,  Andrew William Walker

IPC: G06T17/00 ,  G06T7/00 ,  H04N13/111 ,  A63F13/497 ,  A63F13/52 ,  G06T7/70

Abstract: A method of generating an image includes receiving a video stream, the video stream having a two-dimensional video of a three-dimensional scene captured by a video camera; determining a mapping between locations in the two-dimensional video of the scene and locations in a three-dimensional representation of the scene, the mapping being determined based on a known parameter of the video camera and a known size of a feature in the three-dimensional scene; generating a three-dimensional graphical representation of the scene based on the determined mapping; determining a virtual camera angle from which the three-dimensional graphical representation of the scene is to be viewed; rendering an image corresponding to the graphical representation of the scene viewed from the determined virtual camera angle, and outputting the rendered image for display.

公开(公告)号：US20230366973A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-16

申请号：US18312621

申请日：2023-05-05

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Andrew William Walker ,  Jake Leigh Clarke

IPC: G01S5/02 ,  G06T11/00

CPC classification number: G01S5/02529 ,  G01S5/02522 ,  G06T11/00

Abstract: A system for generating and managing maps of a plurality of real-world environments, the system comprising a map generation unit operable to generate a map of each of the plurality of real-world environments, a wireless signal identification unit operable to identify one or more wireless signals at one or more locations in each of the plurality of real-world environments, and to associate the identified signal information with a map corresponding to the same real-world environment, and a compiling unit operable to compile the respective generated maps into a composite map, wherein the respective generated maps are arranged in dependence upon the wireless signals identified in each of the corresponding real-world environments.

公开(公告)号：US11710273B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-25

申请号：US16877615

申请日：2020-05-19

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Andrew William Walker

IPC: G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/55 ,  H04N13/271 ,  H04N13/282 ,  H04N13/00

CPC classification number: G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/55 ,  H04N13/271 ,  H04N13/282 ,  H04N2013/0081

Abstract: Apparatus comprises a camera configured to capture images of a user in a scene;
a depth detector configured to capture depth representations of the scene, the depth detector comprising an emitter configured to emit a non-visible signal; a mirror arranged to reflect at least some of the non-visible signal emitted by the emitter to one or more features within the scene that would otherwise be occluded by the user and to reflect light from the one or more features to the camera; a pose detector configured to detect a position and orientation of the mirror relative to at least one of the camera and depth detector; and a scene generator configured to generate a three-dimensional representation of the scene in dependence on the images captured by the camera and the depth representations captured by the depth detector and the pose of the mirror detected by the pose detector.

公开(公告)号：US11710256B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-25

申请号：US17007174

申请日：2020-08-31

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Nigel John Williams ,  Andrew William Walker

IPC: G06T7/80 ,  G06T7/593 ,  H04N13/106 ,  G06F1/03 ,  G06T5/50 ,  H04N13/111 ,  H04N13/00

CPC classification number: G06T7/80 ,  G06F1/03 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G06T7/593 ,  H04N13/106 ,  H04N13/111 ,  G06T2207/20021 ,  G06T2207/20216 ,  H04N2013/0081

Abstract: A method of generating a 3D reconstruction of a scene, the scene comprising a plurality of cameras positioned around the scene, comprises: obtaining the extrinsics and intrinsics of a virtual camera within a scene; accessing a data structure so as to determine a camera pair that is to be used in reconstructing the scene from the viewpoint of the virtual camera; wherein the data structure defines a voxel representation of the scene, the voxel representation comprising a plurality of voxels, at least some of the voxel surfaces being associated with respective camera pair identifiers; wherein each camera pair identifier associated with a respective voxel surface corresponds to a camera pair that has been identified as being suitable for obtaining depth data for the part of the scene within that voxel and for which the averaged pose of the camera pair is oriented towards the voxel surface; identifying, based on the obtained extrinsics and intrinsics of the virtual camera, at least one voxel that is within the field of view of the virtual camera and a corresponding voxel surface that is oriented towards the virtual camera; identifying, based on the accessed data structure, at least one camera pair that is suitable for reconstructing the scene from the viewpoint of the virtual camera, and generating a reconstruction of the scene from the viewpoint of the virtual camera based on the images captured by the cameras in the identified at least one camera pair.