Patents by Inventor Jason Craig Millson

Jason Craig Millson 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).

  • Publication number: 20240115935
    Abstract: A processing device includes: a detection unit configured to detect input information representative of a sequence of input signals for a video game that are input by a user using one or more input controls; an identification unit configured to identify one or more input signal variations in dependence upon one or more differences between the detected input information and predetermined input information representative of one or more predetermined sequences of input signals for the video game; a generation unit configured to generate assistance information in dependence upon the one or more identified input signal variations; and a provision unit configured to provide the generated assistance information to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Craig Millson, Maria Chiara Monti, Carl Pryke, Christopher George Buchanan
  • Publication number: 20240071603
    Abstract: A cognitive load assistance method includes: providing a virtual environment comprising a route to complete a current task, and providing within the virtual environment one or more interactive elements not essential to the current task that may be encountered during normal performance of the current task, receiving an indication that cognitive load assistance is required, and reducing the interactivity of at least a first interactive element not essential to the current task in response to the indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Rajeev Gupta, Jason Craig Millson, Mark Jacobus Breugelmans
  • Patent number: 11878250
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Chiara Monti, Fabio Cappello, Matthew Sanders, Timothy Bradley, Oliver Hume, Jason Craig Millson
  • Publication number: 20240001233
    Abstract: A visual perception assistance apparatus includes a rendering unit configured to render, for display, a virtual environment, the virtual environment comprising one or more virtual elements; a selection unit configured to select one or more of the virtual elements; and an adapting unit configured to, for a given selected virtual element, adapt one or more aspects associated with an appearance of the given selected virtual element in dependence upon a distance between the given selected virtual element and a predetermined location within the virtual environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Rajeev Gupta, Jason Craig Millson, Patrick John Connor, Maurizio Cerrato, Christopher William Henderson
  • Publication number: 20230418383
    Abstract: A haptic feedback method includes: providing a wearable haptic feedback device comprising one or more bone-conduction haptic feedback units, and driving the one or more bone conduction haptic feedback units with at least a first signal processed using a bone conduction head related transfer function, ‘bHRTF’.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Craig Millson, Lloyd Preston Stemple, Mandana Jenabzadeh, Maria Chiara Monti, Christopher George Buchanan
  • Patent number: 11717755
    Abstract: A content generation system, the system comprising an input obtaining unit operable to obtain one or more samples of input text and/or audio relating to a first content, an input analysis unit operable to generate n-grams representing one or more elements of the obtained inputs, a representation generating unit operable to generate a visual representation of one or more of the generated n-grams, and a display generation unit operable to generate second content comprising one or more elements of the visual representation in association with the first content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Fabio Cappello, Maria Chiara Monti, Matthew Sanders, Timothy Bradley, Oliver Hume, Jason Craig Millson
  • Publication number: 20220277493
    Abstract: A system for generating secondary content for display, the secondary content being augmented reality content corresponding to primary content for display by a first display device, the system including a primary content characterisation unit operable to characterise the primary content, a secondary content generation unit operable to generate, in dependence upon the characterisation of the primary content, secondary content including one or more secondary content elements associated with the primary content, and a content positioning unit operable to position one or more secondary content elements with respect to one or more elements in a real environment, where the user of a second display device is able to view the secondary content elements overlaid upon a view of the real environment at the respective specified positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew CAMERON, Pedro LEYTON QUIJADA, Jason Craig MILLSON, Max ASHTON, David Erwan Damien UBERTI
  • Publication number: 20220062771
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Chiara Monti, Fabio Cappello, Matthew Sanders, Timothy Bradley, Oliver Hume, Jason Craig Millson
  • Publication number: 20220062770
    Abstract: A content generation system, the system comprising an input obtaining unit operable to obtain one or more samples of input text and/or audio relating to a first content, an input analysis unit operable to generate n-grams representing one or more elements of the obtained inputs, a representation generating unit operable to generate a visual representation of one or more of the generated n-grams, and a display generation unit operable to generate second content comprising one or more elements of the visual representation in association with the first content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Fabio Cappello, Maria Chiara Monti, Matthew Sanders, Timothy Bradley, Oliver Hume, Jason Craig Millson