Patents by Inventor Jeremy David Ashforth

Jeremy David Ashforth 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).

  • Head-mountable apparatus and system
    Patent number: 10078366
    Abstract: A head mountable display (HMD) is provided that has a head motion detection function and one or more operations that depend upon detected head motion. Detected head motion is stored as motion data in memory. The way in which detected head motion is applied to a current operation depends upon the stored motion data. In one embodiment, the HMD includes a gaze detector configured to detect eye orientation of a user of the user so as to detect image regions at which the user is looking, and a detector configured to detect item data indicative of items represented by the detected image regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited
    Inventors: Jeremy David Ashforth, Simon Mark Benson, Simon John Hall, Darren Myatt
  • Image processing
    Patent number: 9852549
    Abstract: An image processing method includes capturing an image of the head of a user of a head mountable display device. The position of the head mountable display device is detected in the image captured by a camera. A region of the user's face that is occluded by the head mountable display device is identified. The portion of the captured image corresponding to the head mountable display device is at least partially replaced with a corresponding portion of a 3D facial model, to provide a modified version of the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited
    Inventors: Sharwin Winesh Raghoebardajal, Simon Mark Benson, Jeremy David Ashforth, Ian Henry Bickerstaff
  • IMAGE PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20160217621
    Abstract: An image processing method includes capturing an image of the head of a user of a head mountable display device. The position of the head mountable display device is detected in the image captured by a camera. A region of the user's face that is occluded by the head mountable display device is identified. The portion of the captured image corresponding to the head mountable display device is at least partially replaced with a corresponding portion of a 3D facial model, to provide a modified version of the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Sharwin Winesh Raghoebardajal, Simon Mark Benson, Jeremy David Ashforth, Ian Henry Bickerstaff
  • HEAD-MOUNTABLE APPARATUS AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160187970
    Abstract: A head mountable display (HMD) is provided that has a head motion detection function and one or more operations that depend upon detected head motion. Detected head motion is stored as motion data in memory. The way in which detected head motion is applied to a current operation depends upon the stored motion data. In one embodiment, the HMD includes a gaze detector configured to detect eye orientation of a user of the user so as to detect image regions at which the user is looking, and a detector configured to detect item data indicative of items represented by the detected image regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited
    Inventors: Jeremy David Ashforth, Simon Mark Benson, Simon John Hall, Darren Myatt