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：US10587862B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-10

申请号：US16083208

申请日：2017-02-09

Applicant: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.

Inventor： Yasuhiro Watari ,  Takayuki Ishida ,  Akira Suzuki

IPC: H04N13/239 ,  H04N13/271 ,  H04N13/344 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/285 ,  G06T7/593 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06K9/32 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N13/00

Abstract: Provided is a head-mounted device that includes a housing, first imaging means, and second imaging means. The housing is to be mounted on the head of a user. The first and second imaging means are mounted on the housing to capture images from different angles of view. The head-mounted device receives an image captured by the first imaging means, detects an image portion corresponding to a body portion of the user from the received image, and estimates, based on information indicative of the detected image portion, a possible existence range of a predetermined part of the body of the user within an image captured by the second imaging means.

公开(公告)号：US20180329215A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-15

申请号：US15773409

申请日：2016-11-25

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Tomokazu Kake ,  Takayuki Ishida ,  Akira Suzuki ,  Yasuhiro Watari

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/01

CPC classification number: G02B27/0179 ,  G02B27/017 ,  G02B2027/0187 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/012 ,  G06F3/013 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G09G5/00 ,  H04N5/64

Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a display control section that generates a virtual space image by specifying a viewpoint position and a direction of line of sight and displays the image on a head-mounted display. The display control section can specify a plurality of positions in the virtual space as viewpoint positions and can change the viewpoint position to a position determined from among the plurality of positions in accordance with an attitude of the head-mounted display, and when the viewpoint position is changed, the display control section specifies, as a direction of line of sight, the direction in which a first position in the virtual space is seen from the changed viewpoint position.

公开(公告)号：US20180318703A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-08

申请号：US15772970

申请日：2016-11-25

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Tomokazu Kake ,  Takayuki Ishida ,  Akira Suzuki ,  Yasuhiro Watari

IPC: A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/25 ,  A63F13/428 ,  A63F13/53 ,  G06F3/01

CPC classification number: A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/25 ,  A63F13/428 ,  A63F13/53 ,  A63F2300/105 ,  A63F2300/1087 ,  A63F2300/301 ,  G06F3/012 ,  G06F3/0481

Abstract: A gaming apparatus includes a position control section and a display control section. The position control section controls a position of an object arranged in a virtual 3D space based on a relative position between an input apparatus used by a user wearing a head-mounted display and the head-mounted display. The display control section generates an image in the virtual 3D space including the object and displays the image on the head-mounted display. When a distance between the input apparatus and the head-mounted display is equal to a first distance or more, the position control section linearly changes the object position in response to a change in position of the input apparatus. When the distance between the input apparatus and the head-mounted display is less than the first distance, the position control section determines the object position in accordance with a criterion different from that used when the distance between the input apparatus and the head-mounted display is equal to the first distance or more.

公开(公告)号：US12124044B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-22

申请号：US18452819

申请日：2023-08-21

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Tomokazu Kake ,  Takayuki Ishida ,  Akira Suzuki ,  Yasuhiro Watari

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G09G5/00 ,  H04N5/64

CPC classification number: G02B27/0179 ,  G02B27/017 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/012 ,  G06F3/013 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G09G5/00 ,  H04N5/64 ,  G02B2027/0187

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: generating virtual space images by specifying from among a plurality of viewpoint positions and a plurality of directions of line of sight in the virtual space; and displaying the virtual space images on a head-mounted display, where the generating includes changing from a currently selected viewpoint position among the plurality of viewpoint positions to a newly selected viewpoint position among the plurality of viewpoint positions, which is selected in accordance with operation by a user, when generating the virtual space images in response to changing to the newly selected viewpoint position, the display control section specifies a new direction of line of sight among the plurality of directions of line of sight, and at least some of the plurality of viewpoint positions are separated from each other.

公开(公告)号：US11768383B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-26

申请号：US17225203

申请日：2021-04-08

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Tomokazu Kake ,  Takayuki Ishida ,  Akira Suzuki ,  Yasuhiro Watari

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  H04N5/64 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/038

CPC classification number: G02B27/0179 ,  G02B27/017 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/012 ,  G06F3/013 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G09G5/00 ,  H04N5/64 ,  G02B2027/0187

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: generating virtual space images by specifying from among a plurality of viewpoint positions and a plurality of directions of line of sight in the virtual space; and displaying the virtual space images on a head-mounted display, where the generating includes changing from a currently selected viewpoint position among the plurality of viewpoint positions to a newly selected viewpoint position among the plurality of viewpoint positions, which is selected in accordance with operation by a user, when generating the virtual space images in response to changing to the newly selected viewpoint position, the generating includes specifying, as a new direction of line of sight among the plurality of directions of line of sight, a direction in which a first position in the virtual space is seen from the newly selected viewpoint position, and at least some of the plurality of viewpoint positions are separated from each other.

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：US11002973B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-11

申请号：US15773409

申请日：2016-11-25

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Tomokazu Kake ,  Takayuki Ishida ,  Akira Suzuki ,  Yasuhiro Watari

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  H04N5/64 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/038

Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a display control section that generates a virtual space image by specifying a viewpoint position and a direction of line of sight and displays the image on a head-mounted display. The display control section can specify a plurality of positions in the virtual space as viewpoint positions and can change the viewpoint position to a position determined from among the plurality of positions in accordance with an attitude of the head-mounted display, and when the viewpoint position is changed, the display control section specifies, as a direction of line of sight, the direction in which a first position in the virtual space is seen from the changed viewpoint position.

公开(公告)号：US20200090403A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-19

申请号：US16080231

申请日：2017-02-21

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Takayuki Ishida ,  Akio Ohba ,  Akihiko Sugawara ,  Yasuhiro Watari ,  Akira Suzuki

IPC: G06T19/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: In an information processing device, a photographed image acquiring unit acquires an image which has been photographed by a camera attached to a head mount display. A region determining unit predicts a region which a user gazes at in a display image. An image analyzing unit has a first fineness processing unit and a second fineness processing unit, with the former analyzing a region corresponding to the gaze region in the photographed image with a higher fineness than the latter. An information processing unit performs information processing by using the result of analysis. An image generating unit has a first fineness processing unit and a second fineness processing unit, with the former generating a display image on the gaze region with a higher fineness than the latter. An output unit sends data of the display image to the head mount display.

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.