Patents by Inventor HIROYA MATSUGAMI

HIROYA MATSUGAMI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11951397
    Abstract: A game device that is an exemplary display control device includes an image generation section configured to generate an image of a virtual three-dimensional space, an object control section configured to control an object disposed in the virtual three-dimensional space, the object including a plurality of particles, a player character control section configured to control a player character disposed in the virtual three-dimensional space, the player character being operatable by a player, a determination section configured to determine whether or not the player character has touched the object, and an absorption control section configured to execute, in a case where the determination section determines that the player character has touched the object, an action representing that the plurality of particles included in the object that the player character has touched are absorbed by the player character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Kouno, Hiroya Matsugami
  • Publication number: 20210394069
    Abstract: A game device that is an exemplary display control device includes an image generation section configured to generate an image of a virtual three-dimensional space, an object control section configured to control an object disposed in the virtual three-dimensional space, the object including a plurality of particles, a player character control section configured to control a player character disposed in the virtual three-dimensional space, the player character being operatable by a player, a determination section configured to determine whether or not the player character has touched the object, and an absorption control section configured to execute, in a case where the determination section determines that the player character has touched the object, an action representing that the plurality of particles included in the object that the player character has touched are absorbed by the player character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Kouno, Hiroya Matsugami
  • Patent number: 10642349
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided that allows a user to execute, when a video image is displayed on a video image display apparatus worn on the head of the user, interactions with video images more intuitively. An information processing apparatus 10, connected to a video image display apparatus 40 worn on the head of a user, acquires information of a relative position of at least a part of the body of the user with reference to a position of the video image display apparatus 40 and displays, on the video image display apparatus 40, a video image indicative of a situation in which an object corresponding to the part is arranged at a position in a virtual space, the position being determined in accordance with the acquired relative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Tomokazu Kake, Tsutomu Kouno, Hiroya Matsugami
  • Publication number: 20180101226
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided that allows a user to execute, when a video image is displayed on a video image display apparatus worn on the head of the user, interactions with video images more intuitively. An information processing apparatus 10, connected to a video image display apparatus 40 worn on the head of a user, acquires information of a relative position of at least a part of the body of the user with reference to a position of the video image display apparatus 40 and displays, on the video image display apparatus 40, a video image indicative of a situation in which an object corresponding to the part is arranged at a position in a virtual space, the position being determined in accordance with the acquired relative position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: TOMOKAZU KAKE, TSUTOMU KOUNO, HIROYA MATSUGAMI