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.

Abstract: A frame storage section stores captured images of a predetermined number of frames depicting a region including the skin of a user. A pixel value acquisition section divides the captured images into a plurality of blocks and acquires the pixel values in each block. A pixel exclusion section narrows down target pixels in each block by excluding pixels that have a green value equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold in a case where pixel colors of each block are represented by RGB. A brightness change compensation section compensates for brightness changes by dividing the average of green values by the average of red or blue values in a case where the colors of the target pixels in each block are represented by RGB. A pulse detection section detects a pulse from temporal changes in target pixel values in each block.

Abstract: A jig holds an imaging apparatus including a plurality of cameras with different optical axis orientations and a chart including a plurality of planes with different angles and changes the orientation of the imaging apparatus relative to the chart. A calibration apparatus obtains camera parameters of the imaging apparatus by sequentially acquiring captured images captured by adjacent cameras when these cameras have obtained predetermined fields-of-view relative to the chart and extracting images of feature points of chart patterns.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an input device including: a plurality of input members; an upper surface having a right region in which a part of the plurality of input members is disposed, a left region in which another part of the plurality of input members is disposed, and a center region that is a region between the right region and the left region; and a light emitting region formed along an outer edge of the center region. The light emitting region includes a first light emitting portion configured to indicate identification information assigned to a plurality of input devices connected to an information processing apparatus, and a second light emitting portion configured to emit light based on information different from the identification information.

Abstract: Methods and system include receiving frames of data generated for an online game, from a server device and encoding the frames using an encoder. Each encoded frame of data is transmitted to a client device over a network, for rendering. A monitoring engine is used to evaluate the data contained in the encoded frame to determine if an amount of data contained in the encoded frame exceeds a maximum data limit specified for a communication channel established between the server device and the client device. When the amount of data contained in the encoded frame exceeds the maximum data limit, a signal is sent to the encoder to dynamically reduce amount of data included in one or more subsequent frames forwarded to the client device for rendering. The adjusting is performed to maintain a frame rate defined for the online game.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is connected to a peripheral apparatus that includes sound inputting means for outputting a sound signal representative of sound of surroundings. The information processing apparatus performs control such that, in a case where sound input is required in processing of an application determined in advance, in a state in which a sound signal accepted from the peripheral apparatus is cut off, the sound signal accepted from the peripheral apparatus is accepted and the sound signal is used only in the processing of the application determined in advance.

Abstract: A user profile generating system for generating a user profile for use with a processing device operable to display content includes: a head motion tracking unit operable to identify head motion of the user, an eye motion tracking unit operable to identify eye motion of the user, and a profile generating unit operable to generate a user profile comprising head tracking and eye tracking information for the user, where the generated user profile is used to modify interactions between the user and a processing device.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: continuously acquiring information of an environment in which at least one of a communication device and a communication partner for the communication device is placed; and upon the acquisition of each information, determining from among a plurality of communication standards of frequency bands of radio waves, and based on the acquired information, the communication standard to be used for communication between the communication device and the communication partner, where the communication partner outputs video and audio signals to the communication device, continuously acquiring includes continuously acquiring the information at a predetermined frame rate, and the communication device includes at least one camera.

Abstract: To provide a game presenting system having a plurality of game systems for each executing a process of a game in which a plurality of users participate, and a game presenting machine for presenting a situation of the game executed by the game system, wherein the game presenting machine obtains a motion image related to the game executed by each of the plurality of game systems, and produces a game presenting screen image showing, as a list, at least some of the plurality of motion images obtained.

Abstract: An arrangement section arranges a plurality of display elements including a first display element and a second display element. A reception section receives an operation for selecting a display element. A display processing section displays the selected display element in such a predetermined manner as to indicate that the display element is selected. When the reception section receives an operation for selecting the second display element while the first display element is in the selected state, the display processing section performs presentation display indicating that a state in which the first display element is selected is to be changed to a state in which the second display element is selected, and then displays the second display element in a predetermined manner.

Abstract: Provided is a processing apparatus for deriving a level of immersion in content includes a state data acquisition part configured to acquire state data including data indicating a user's first reaction and data indicating a user's second reaction during image display of the content, a first analysis part configured to analyze the data indicative of the first reaction to derive a first immersion evaluation value based on the user's first reaction, a second analysis part configured to analyze the data indicative of the second reaction to derive a second immersion evaluation value based on the user's second reaction, a weight setting part configured to set a weight value for each of the first and second immersion evaluation values, and an immersion level deriving part configured to derive the level of immersion in the content from the first and second immersion evaluation values and from the respective weight values thereof.

Abstract: A system for generating an input signal for a video game includes: a receiving unit configured to receive a video game output signal output by a video game playing device during the playing of a video game; a reasoning model configured to determine an action to take within the video game based on the received video game output signal, the reasoning model being configured to generate a representation of the determined action that is independent of the video game; and an encoding unit configured to translate the representation into an input signal and to provide the input signal to a video game playing device at which the video game is being played, thereby causing the determined action to be performed within the video game.

Abstract: A content modification system comprising a content receiving unit operable to receive content comprising a virtual environment and one or more active elements, an input receiving unit operable to receive inputs from one or more users, an element addition unit operable to generate one or more virtual elements within the virtual environment in response to the received inputs, the virtual elements being unable to be interacted with by the one or more active elements, and a content generation unit operable to generate modified content comprising the virtual environment, the one or more active elements, and the one or more generated virtual elements.

Abstract: A method, including: receiving videos generated from sessions of a video game respectively associated to first client devices; for each video, determining location metadata that identifies spatial locations in a virtual environment of the video game at which gameplay depicted by the video occurs, the spatial locations defining a path of the gameplay; during a session of the video game associated to a second client device, determining a current spatial location in the virtual environment of gameplay occurring in the session; filtering the videos based on the current spatial location to identify one or more videos having paths that intersect a region proximate to the current spatial location; presenting, over the network, the identified one or more of the videos at the second client device; continuously tracking updates to the current spatial location and responsively updating the filtering of the videos based on said updates to the current spatial location.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to perform control to display a user interface in response to detection of a first trigger condition, the user interface comprising a plurality of items, arranged in a ring, that can be highlighted for selection by a user, receive an input signal from a user input device, analyze the input signal to determine a degree of rotation of a portion of an arm of a user, and perform control to update the user interface in accordance with the determined degree of rotation of the portion of the arm of the user to highlight one of the plurality of items for selection.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that controls a motion of a robot having a torso and a head. The information processing device includes an acquisition section that acquires an image of a face of a user that is captured by a camera of a mobile terminal device, a motion detection section that detects an orientation of the face of the user from the acquired image, a control signal generation section that generates a control signal for rotating the first or the second rotating device of the robot according to the detected orientation of the face of the user, and a transmission section that transmits the generated control signal to the robot.

Abstract: Proposed is a lens system capable of providing, to a user, a high-definition image in which generation of concentric circles is reduced. The lens system has one or more Fresnel lenses. A lens surface of each of the Fresnel lenses has a plurality of grooves that is concentrically formed. Both a pitch which is the distance between two adjacent grooves and the depth of each of the plurality of grooves vary with the distance from an optical axis that passes through the center of the lens system.

Abstract: A non-text notification bubble or other graphical object can be presented during an augmented reality, mixed reality, or virtual reality simulation to notify a user that a real-world object is approaching or has crossed a boundary for an interaction space within which the user is to interact with the simulation. Responsive to the system identifying the user as looking at the bubble or other graphical object, the system may then present another notification about the real-world object approaching or crossing the boundary. The real-world object may be an intrusion into the interaction space, such as a human or animal crossing into the space.

Abstract: A wearing member (2) includes a support member (31) extending in a first direction, a belt (34) extending from a site in the first direction of the support member (31), a sliding member (33) which is connected to one end of the belt (34) and which slides in the first direction along the support member (31), and a locking section which is provided in a direction opposite to the first direction in relation to the support member (31) and which locks a site on the other end side of the belt (34). In a state in which the belt (34) is locked by the locking section, a space (SP) surrounded by the support member (31) and the belt (34) is formed, and a part of the sliding member (33) is disposed inside the space (SP).

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.