Patents Assigned to Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
  • Patent number: 11270506
    Abstract: In graphics processing data is received representing one or more vertices for a scene in a virtual space. A projection of the vertices onto a screen space of a display device is performed. A density of the vertices is adjusted for selected portions of the screen space, such that a lower density of vertices is present in selected portions of the screen space. Primitive assembly is performed on the vertices to generate a one or more primitives in screen space from the projection of the vertices onto the screen space. A finished frame is then generated by performing pixel processing to assign pixel values to the pixel or pixels that are part of the corresponding primitives. In some implementations, the finished frame can be stored in the memory or displayed on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Jun Murakawa, John Doolittle, Justin Beck, Brendan Rehon, Michael Thomas Kutner
  • Patent number: 10666215
    Abstract: In device having at least one microphone and one or more speakers, environmental sound may be recorded using the microphone, classified and mixed with source media sound to produce a mixed sound depending on the classification. The mixed sound may then be played over the one or more speakers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Takeo Matsukawa
  • Patent number: 9927964
    Abstract: A hand-held electronic device has a processor that is operably coupled to the visual display and touch interface. The hand held electronic device includes instructions executable by the processor configured to present an image on the visual display containing one or more active elements; perform a tessellation that divides the image into one or more regions that fill the display, each region corresponds to a different active element, a size of each region depends on a corresponding probability of use of the corresponding active element within a given time frame; correlate one or more active portions of the touch interface to a corresponding one or more of the regions; and activate a particular active element in response to a touch on a corresponding active portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Gary M. Zalewski, Charles Nicholson
  • Publication number: 20170287301
    Abstract: A proximity device, a computer-implemented method, and proximity system are described. Generally, the proximity device can be wearable or non-wearable. A wearable proximity device is configured to be worn by a user. As the user moves within a physical environment, the wearable proximity devices monitors the user's proximity to objects. Proximity indications are accordingly generated and presented to the user. A non-wearable proximity device is configured to monitor the user's proximity relative to a perimeter of an area. If the user approaches or overruns the perimeter, a proximity indication is generated and presented to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: MICHAEL G. TAYLOR, GLENN T. BLACK, ELLIOT S. BRODZKI
  • Publication number: 20170282063
    Abstract: A video game console, a video game system, and a computer-implemented method are described. Generally, a video game and video game assistance are adapted to a player. For example, a narrative of the video game is personalized to an experience level of the player. Similarly, assistance in interacting with a particular context of the video game is also personalized. The personalization learns from historical interactions of players with the video game and, optionally, other video games. In an example, a deep learning neural network is implemented to generate knowledge from the historical interactions. The personalization is set according to the knowledge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Sudha Krishnamurthy
  • Publication number: 20170282062
    Abstract: A virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD), a computer-implemented method, and a VR tracking system are described. Generally, a VR HMD includes an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and an optical sensor. When a second VR HMD is located in a same physical environment, the VR HMD can be operated to track a motion of the second VR HMD in the physical environment. For example, image data captured by the VR HMD in addition to inertial data of both VR HMDs are used to determine a three dimensional (3D) physical position of the second VR HMD and to track the 3D physical position over time. Three degrees of freedom (DOF) or six DOF for the motion are derived from the tracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Glenn T. Black
  • Publication number: 20170289527
    Abstract: A reconfigurable imaging apparatus, a computer-implemented method, and an imaging system are described. Generally, the apparatus includes platforms. Each platform houses one or more optical sensors. A pivotal connector is connected with at least two platforms and supports a relative movement of such platforms with respect to one another. Hence, the platforms can be arranged and switched between different arrangements based on the pivotal connector, thereby allowing a reconfiguration of the apparatus. In an example, arrangement, the optical sensors are pointed in different directions to cover different fields of views, thereby supporting monoscopic imagery. In another example arrangement, the optical sensors are pointed in substantially a same direction to cover substantially a same field of view, thereby supporting stereoscopic imagery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: MICHAEL G. TAYLOR, GLENN T. BLACK, TODD S. TOKUBO
  • Patent number: 9679052
    Abstract: Provided is a portable electronic device including a signal processing unit, a controller that supplies a control signal to the signal processing unit, and a power generation unit that generates an electrical signal as power and supplies the generated electrical signal to the signal processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu Yajima, Takeshi Yamagishi, Takeshi Itagaki, Hideaki Ishioka, Katsuhiko Nakano
  • Patent number: 9566507
    Abstract: A game controller includes a plurality of LEDs formed on the rear of a case. The plurality of LEDs are arranged two-dimensionally in its layout area. The game controller has a plurality of PWM control units which are provided inside the case and control the lighting of the plurality of LEDs, respectively. The PWM control units control the lighting of the LEDs based on a control signal from a game apparatus. The game apparatus acquires a captured image of the game controller, and acquires the position of the game controller in the captured image based on the positions of the LEDs in the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Teiyu Goto, Katsu Saito, Akio Ohba, Hiroyuki Segawa
  • Patent number: 9529905
    Abstract: To be able to change settings for selective changing control of a program as a target for sound input/output flexibly. A background music (BGM) sound selection managing section obtains priority values set to a plurality of programs, respectively. The BGM sound selection managing section performs control such that a program selected from among the plurality of programs on a basis of the obtained priority values becomes a target for selective sound input/output from/to an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki Kitahara, Akihito Nagata
  • Patent number: 9465226
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are presented for shutting down the 3D effect of active shutter 3D glasses by synchronizing the transparency of the lenses with respect to each other when the 3D glasses have been rotated beyond a threshold angle. The threshold angle can be pre-set through a user-selectable switch. Transitioning from an alternating shutter mode to a synchronized shutter mode can include a fade in which the duty cycles of the lens are adjusted. Direct measurement techniques for measuring the differential roll angle between the lenses and left and right eye images on a display are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Steven Osman
  • Publication number: 20160250553
    Abstract: In a game system 1, a game managing server 100 includes: a game controlling unit that controls a game; a game player instruction receiving unit that receives an instruction from a game player and forwards the instruction to the game controlling unit; and a watching point setting unit that sets a viewpoint position for generating a watching screen for viewing the game, the watching screen being offered to a plurality of watching players different from the game player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiya Ikenaga, Nobuaki Tanaka, Yasuhiro Watari, Toshiharu Sayano, Hiromasa Ohkubo
  • Publication number: 20160250548
    Abstract: A game system includes a game device used by first and second users and a controller. The game device includes: an association section associating the controller with the first user using the controller; a first process executing section executing a process of a general-purpose function in accordance with first operating information acquired from the controller when the general-purpose function, not associated with the users, executes; and a second process executing section executing a process of a first user function in accordance with second operating information acquired from the controller when the first user function, associated with the first user, executes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Akitsugu Tsuchiya, Syunsuke Bamba, Yoshihiko Suwa
  • Patent number: D764467
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Taichi Nokuo
  • Patent number: D768639
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Tetsu Sumii
  • Patent number: D771688
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Taku Sugawara
  • Patent number: D772253
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Taku Sugawara, Takahiro Fujii, Fumiko Hara, Carsten Schwesig, Shinji Kimura
  • Patent number: D778909
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Taichi Nokuo
  • Patent number: D795225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Tetsu Sumii
  • Patent number: D825531
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Taichi Nokuo