DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240009564A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-11

    申请号:US18341924

    申请日:2023-06-27

    CPC classification number: A63F13/533 A63F13/44 A63F13/42

    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to: execute a first video game application, wherein execution of the first video game application comprises generating first control information indicative of one or more controls for controlling the first video game application; execute a control indication program using the first control information to indicate the one or more controls for controlling the first video game application to a user; execute a second video game application, wherein execution of the second video game application comprises generating second control information indicative of one or more controls for controlling the second video game application; and execute the control indication program using the second control information to indicate the one or more controls for controlling the second video game application to a user.

    AUDIO PERSONALISATION METHOD AND SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220124448A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17502302

    申请日:2021-10-15

    Abstract: An audio personalisation method for a user includes: testing the user with an audio test, the audio test comprising: moving a portable device, comprising a position tracking mechanism and a speaker, to a plurality of predetermined test positions relative to the user's head; when within a threshold distance of a predetermined test position, playing a test sound through the speaker of the portable device; and detecting the test sound using a microphone proximate to each of the user's ears, and associating resulting measurement data with the predetermined test position, where the resulting measurement data derived from the detected test sounds is characteristic of the user's head morphology; for a corpus of reference individuals for whom respective HRTFs have been generated, comparing the measurement data from the user's audio test or a head-related transfer function ‘HRTF’ derived from this measurement data with corresponding measurement data of some or all respective reference individuals in the corpus or HRTFs of some or all respective reference individuals in the corpus; identifying a reference individual whose measurement data or HRTF best matches the measurement data or HRTF from the user's audio test; and using the HRTF of the identified reference individual for the user.

    ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM

    公开(公告)号:US20240024762A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-25

    申请号:US18354152

    申请日:2023-07-18

    CPC classification number: A63F13/22 A63F13/211 A63F13/533

    Abstract: An entertainment system includes circuitry configured to receive input signals from at least a first input device and a second input device, where each input signal corresponds to a control in one of the input devices, determine whether each input signal is included in a respective control subset allocated to the input device from which the input signal was received, determine if each input signal is an input signal to be utilised based on whether it is included in the respective control subset, treat input signals to be utilised from any of the input devices as input signals from the same single input device, and determine, according to a predetermined control scheme, a process to be executed based on the input signals to be utilised, and where the respective control subsets each comprise at least one control not found in the other control subsets, and the respective control subsets together comprise a full complement of controls for an input device.

    Audio personalisation method and system

    公开(公告)号:US11770669B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-26

    申请号:US17502302

    申请日:2021-10-15

    Abstract: An audio personalisation method for a user includes: testing the user with an audio test, the audio test comprising: moving a portable device, comprising a position tracking mechanism and a speaker, to a plurality of predetermined test positions relative to the user's head; when within a threshold distance of a predetermined test position, playing a test sound through the speaker of the portable device; and detecting the test sound using a microphone proximate to each of the user's ears, and associating resulting measurement data with the predetermined test position, where the resulting measurement data derived from the detected test sounds is characteristic of the user's head morphology; for a corpus of reference individuals for whom respective HRTFs have been generated, comparing the measurement data from the user's audio test or a head-related transfer function ‘HRTF’ derived from this measurement data with corresponding measurement data of some or all respective reference individuals in the corpus or HRTFs of some or all respective reference individuals in the corpus; identifying a reference individual whose measurement data or HRTF best matches the measurement data or HRTF from the user's audio test; and using the HRTF of the identified reference individual for the user.

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC FEEDBACK

    公开(公告)号:US20230249064A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-10

    申请号:US18166000

    申请日:2023-02-08

    CPC classification number: A63F13/285 A63F13/235

    Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided an apparatus for providing haptic feedback to accompany media content delivered by a media device, the apparatus comprising: a detection module, configured to determine a haptic capability associated with the apparatus; a receiving module, configured to receive, from the media device, media data associated with the media content; a haptics generation module, configured to generate a haptic signal based on the determined haptics capability and the received media data; and a transfer interface for transferring haptic feedback generated by an associated haptics actuator to one or more peripherals connected to the media device.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING OBJECTS WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20230146564A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-11

    申请号:US18053037

    申请日:2022-11-07

    CPC classification number: G06T19/20 A63F13/56 G06T2219/2004

    Abstract: A system for positioning objects within an environment includes: an input unit operable to receive data representative of at least a portion of an environment comprising one or more features associated with the environment; an object determining unit operable to identify, for one or more objects, one or more features associated with each respective object, and operable to determine which of the one or more objects are to be positioned within the environment; and an object positioning unit operable to position the one or more determined objects within the environment in dependence upon at least one of the features associated with the environment and at least one of the features associated with each respective determined object, where the object positioning unit is operable to utilise a machine learning model, trained using one or more examples of one or more other objects positioned within at least a portion of one or more other environments in dependence upon at least one feature associated with each respective other environment and at least one feature associated with each respective other object as an input, to position the one or more determined objects within the environment.

    Combined HRTF for spatial audio plus hearing aid support and other enhancements

    公开(公告)号:US11523242B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-06

    申请号:US17392881

    申请日:2021-08-03

    Abstract: A HRTF used for 3D spatialized audio is combined with, e.g., by concatenation, additional settings to provide a more comfortable, accessible, and enjoyable experience for a listener such as a player of a computer game listening to audio through a headset. A single transfer function is thus created that includes the other settings, and once the transfer function is computed the run-time processing can be treated as a single combined transfer function rather than multiple separate stages, resulting in computational savings. The additional settings pertain to hearing aids normally worn by the listener as well as a room-related function specific to a particular listening venue.

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