公开(公告)号：US11358066B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-14

申请号：US16288173

申请日：2019-02-28

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Oliver George Hume ,  Stephen Anthony Hack ,  David Erwan Damien Uberti

IPC: A63F13/87 ,  A63F13/217 ,  A63F13/67 ,  A63F13/79 ,  G06F16/9035 ,  A63F13/75 ,  A63F13/45

Abstract: A user interaction monitoring system for monitoring a user's interactions with other users in an online environment includes: an interaction monitoring unit operable to monitor interactions between a first user and at least a first group of other users in the online environment and characterising the monitored interactions, an interaction identifying unit operable to identify whether interactions between the first user and the first group of other users deviate from the interactions between a second user and a second group of other users in the online environment, and a user experience modifying unit operable to modify the user experience in the online environment for the first user if it is identified that there is a deviation in the interactions.

公开(公告)号：US11179848B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-23

申请号：US16448747

申请日：2019-06-21

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Oliver George Hume ,  Michael Eder

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  B25J9/16

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling one or more operations performed by a robotic device in response to a status of a power source includes: a monitoring unit configured to monitor one or more parameters associated with the power source that provides power to the robotic device and to determine one or more performance indicators for the power source based on one or more of the parameters, a processor configured to, under instruction of a program that defines a plurality of modes for one or more operations performed by the robotic device when reacting to a stimulus, assign one of the plurality of modes to an operation of the robotic device in response to one or more of the performance indicators for the power source, where an amount of energy required from the power source to perform the operation varies according to which mode is assigned to the operation, and a control unit configured to control the robotic device to perform the operation in accordance with the mode assigned to the operation when reacting to the stimulus.

公开(公告)号：US11114894B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-07

申请号：US16418310

申请日：2019-05-21

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Oliver George Hume ,  Robert Keith John Withey ,  Michael Eder

IPC: H02J50/10 ,  H02J7/04 ,  H02J7/02 ,  H02J50/90

Abstract: A charging apparatus for wireless charging of one or more robotic devices includes a power transmitting unit having a plurality of conducting wires each configured to carry a respective alternating current signal and to generate a time-varying magnetic flux when the conducting wire carries the alternating current signal, a processor configured to detect a presence or an absence of an induction coil of a robotic device within a predetermined distance of a conducting wire and to generate control data based on the result of the detection, and a control unit configured to control at least one of an amplitude and a frequency of each respective alternating current signal supplied to each of the conducting wires based on the control data, where the control unit is configured to increase at least one of an amplitude and a frequency of an alternating current signal supplied to a conducting wire in response to control data indicating the presence of the induction coil within the predetermined distance of the conducting wire.

公开(公告)号：US20200016749A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-16

申请号：US16448747

申请日：2019-06-21

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Oliver George Hume ,  Michael Eder

IPC: B25J9/16

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling one or more operations performed by a robotic device in response to a status of a power source includes: a monitoring unit configured to monitor one or more parameters associated with the power source that provides power to the robotic device and to determine one or more performance indicators for the power source based on one or more of the parameters, a processor configured to, under instruction of a program that defines a plurality of modes for one or more operations performed by the robotic device when reacting to a stimulus, assign one of the plurality of modes to an operation of the robotic device in response to one or more of the performance indicators for the power source, where an amount of energy required from the power source to perform the operation varies according to which mode is assigned to the operation, and a control unit configured to control the robotic device to perform the operation in accordance with the mode assigned to the operation when reacting to the stimulus.

公开(公告)号：US20190270021A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-05

申请号：US16288173

申请日：2019-02-28

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Oliver George Hume ,  Stephen Anthony Hack ,  David Erwan Damien Uberti

IPC: A63F13/87 ,  A63F13/75 ,  A63F13/217 ,  G06F16/9035

Abstract: A user interaction monitoring system for monitoring a user's interactions with other users in an online environment includes: an interaction monitoring unit operable to monitor interactions between a first user and at least a first group of other users in the online environment and characterising the monitored interactions, an interaction identifying unit operable to identify whether interactions between the first user and the first group of other users deviate from the interactions between a second user and a second group of other users in the online environment, and a user experience modifying unit operable to modify the user experience in the online environment for the first user if it is identified that there is a deviation in the interactions.