Patents Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • Publication number: 20240193837
    Abstract: There is described a computer-implemented method for controlling a virtual avatar on an electronic device, the method comprising; providing a virtual avatar associated with a user, wherein the virtual avatar is associated with a plurality of poses and a plurality of animations; receiving input data associated with the user from at least one input source; processing the input data, the input data comprising images of the user and/or audio data captured from the user; determining a user mannerism from the processed input data; and updating at least one of the plurality of poses and/or animations of the virtual avatar, or creating a new pose and/or animation, to apply the user mannerism to the virtual avatar. There is also described a computing device configured to carry out the computer-implemented method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited, Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Lloyd Preston STEMPLE, Aron Giuseppe VISCIGLIA, Daisuke KAWAMURA, Ramanath BHAT, Pedro Federico Quijada LEYTON, David Erwan Damien UBERTI
  • Publication number: 20240193836
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for real-time customization of a virtual avatar, comprising providing a virtual avatar associated with a user, receiving an image of the user and at least a portion of their surroundings, applying a facial detection algorithm to detect the user's face in the image, extracting a region of interest from the image, the region of interest including the user's face, providing the region of interest to a data model, processing the region of interest, by the data model, and using feature recognition to determine whether the region of interest comprises a feature from a set of predefined features. In response to determining that the region of interest comprises a feature from a set of predefined features, the appearance of the virtual avatar is updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited, Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Lloyd Preston STEMPLE, Aron Giuseppe VISCIGLIA, Daisuke KAWAMURA, Ramanath BHAT, Pedro Federico Quijada LEYTON, David Erwan Damien UBERTI
  • Publication number: 20240193747
    Abstract: A method of point cloud generation comprises generating, by a processor, a first point cloud comprising a first set of generated data points; calculating, by the processor, a loss function representative of the quality of the first point cloud, the loss function comprising a smoothness term obtained by constructing vectors between neighbouring data points in the point cloud, performing vector multiplication between neighbouring pairs of vectors, and outputting a smoothness term based on the result of the vector multiplication; and generating, by the processor, a second point cloud comprising a second set of generated data points based at least in part on the calculated loss function of the first point cloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited, University of York
    Inventors: Timothy Bradley, Marina Villanueva Barreiro, Oliver Hume, Ryan Spick, James Walker
  • Publication number: 20240192737
    Abstract: An exterior panel for attachment to a surface of a housing includes: a curved profile that includes an inner surface and an outer surface; and a plurality of projecting portions extending out of the inner surface of the exterior panel, where each of the projecting portions is configured to fit in corresponding attachment holes that is formed on the surface of the housing of the game device, and the plurality of projecting portions, when fit into the corresponding holes, provide a separation between the surface of the housing of the game device and the inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yujin MORISAWA, Kazutaka ETO, Yasuhiro OOTORI, Yuta TAMAKI, Toshihiro UEDA
  • Patent number: 12009750
    Abstract: A DC/DC converter includes N inductors and N power modules which correspond to N phases. At least one of the N power modules is mounted on a sub-mounting surface that is opposite to a main mounting surface of a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki Sasao, Etsuji Kaneko, Hideki Ito
  • Patent number: 12005354
    Abstract: A system and method for launching gameplay from streaming content is provided. Information regarding media content may be stormed in memory. Such media content may have at least one or more trigger points and each trigger point may be associated with a set of game data specific to a gameplay scene within an interactive title. The media content may be streamed to a user device over a communication network. A selection of one of the at least one or more trigger points may be received over the communication network from the user device. Identifying the set of game data associated with the selected trigger point may be identified and the interactive title for gameplay may be launched by the user device based on the identified set of game data associated with the selected trigger point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Alexander Jarzebinski
  • Patent number: 12007924
    Abstract: A network architecture including network storage. The network architecture includes a plurality of streaming arrays, each streaming array including a plurality of compute sleds, wherein each compute sled includes one or more compute nodes. The network architecture includes a PCI Express (PCIe) fabric configured to provide direct access to the network storage from compute nodes of each of the plurality of streaming arrays, the PCIe fabric including a plurality of array-level PCIe switches, each array-level PCIe switch communicatively coupled to compute nodes of compute sleds of a corresponding streaming array and communicatively coupled to the storage server. The network storage is shared by the plurality of streaming arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Roelof Roderick Colenbrander
  • Patent number: 12008229
    Abstract: In an image displayed on a display under a normal condition, the locations where items to choose from are located are indicated by icons. When a user touches a contact point, icons located within a predetermined range from the contact point are detected from among the icons. Then the locations of the detected icons are varied such that they are located on a circle, with the circle's center at the contact point, at equal spaces between the detected icons. A pointer graphic that indicates the original position of each icon in the original image is added to each icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Masaaki Takayasu, Shinya Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Goto
  • Patent number: 12009010
    Abstract: Provided is an optical disc drive that can implement a conveying roller position manipulation mechanism, a centering mechanism, and a chucking pulley operation mechanism, while allowing the number of components to be reduced. A base frame includes a spindle motor and an optical element. An inner case houses the base frame, and supports a conveying mechanism configured to convey an optical disc to the position of the spindle motor. An outer case houses the inner case. The base frame is fixed in the inner case via a first damper, and the inner case is fixed in the outer case via a second damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Hirose, Aki Yoguchi
  • Patent number: 12005350
    Abstract: An upscaling unit generates a first to-be-displayed image on the basis of first image data. An alternative image generation unit generates an alternative image by estimating, on the basis of the first image data, a second to-be-displayed image to be generated on the basis of second image data. A display control unit displays, after displaying the image generated on the basis of the first image data, any one of the image generated on the basis of the second image data and the alternative image, depending on whether or not reception of the second image data has succeeded. A transmission control unit controls whether or not to transmit, to a terminal, the second image data on the basis of a possibility of successful estimation of the second to-be-displayed image on the basis of the first image data by the alternative image generation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Katsushi Otsuka
  • Patent number: 12005355
    Abstract: Methods and systems for assigning a data center to service a request from a user account include receiving a login request to a cloud gaming server. The login request is examined to identify a user account. A use history of the cloud gaming server is examined to identify a data center. The user account is assigned to the data center to start a session of streaming game play at a server within the data center. The data center is identified without performing a connection testing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Jason Gustafson, Ryan Hamilton Breed
  • Patent number: 12010448
    Abstract: Provided are a sensor module including an event-driven vision sensor that includes a sensor array having a sensor that generates an event signal when the sensor detects a change in intensity of incident light, and an actuator connected to the sensor array and configured to displace the sensor array in a predetermined direction, and an electronic device having such a sensor module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Hiromasa Naganuma
  • Publication number: 20240187809
    Abstract: An audio personalisation method for generating a personalised Head-Related Transfer Function, HRTF, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a base HRTF model comprising a first set of parameters; outputting a sound from a virtual sound source according to the base HRTF model, the virtual sound source having an intended virtual position; receiving at least one user indication corresponding to a user virtual position of the virtual sound source, wherein the intended virtual position is different to the user virtual position; updating the first set of parameters to a second set of parameters based on the at least one indication from the user so as to update the user virtual location; and generating a personalised HRTF model comprising the second set of parameters, wherein the difference between the intended virtual position and the user virtual position according to the personalised HRTF model is less than the difference between the intended virtual position and the user virtual position according to the b
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited
    Inventors: Calum Armstrong, Danjeli Schembri, Mike Jones, Christopher Buchanan, Nima Karshenas
  • Publication number: 20240181351
    Abstract: A mapping and localisation apparatus includes: a communication processor configured to receive data relating to one or more first images of an environment captured by one or more first cameras of a first mobile electronic device; and receive data relating to one or more second images of the environment captured by one or more second cameras of one or more second mobile electronic devices; a mapping processor configured to process the data relating to the one or more first images to generate a three dimensional map of the environment; and a position processor configured to determine a position of the or each second mobile electronic device at least in part based on the generated map and the received data relating to the one or more second images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Sharwin Winesh Raghoebardajal, Jose Rubio
  • Publication number: 20240185135
    Abstract: A system for generating a training dataset for a machine learning process, and training a machine learning model, the system comprising a data obtaining unit configured to obtain training data comprising a plurality of events of interest and the behaviour of an agent corresponding to those events, an event identifying unit configured to identify, based upon one or more corresponding indicators, the occurrence of an event of interest in the training data, a list generating unit configured to generate a list of identified events in the training data, wherein identified events are added to the list with a probability that is inversely proportional to the frequency of the occurrence of that event within the training data, a dataset generating unit configured to generate a dataset comprising information about the events contained in the generated list, and a training unit configured to train a machine learning model using the generated dataset, wherein the machine learning model is trained to generate behaviour fo
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Spick, Guy Moss, Timothy Bradley, Pierluigi Vito Amadori
  • Publication number: 20240188245
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus in which a state where a cable is in contact with a ground part can be stably maintained for a long period of time. An electronic apparatus includes a shield that is in contact with a ground pattern on a circuit board and that functions as a ground part. The cable extends from a front antenna, is connected to the circuit board, and passes between the shield and a first cushioning member. An inner surface of the housing presses the first cushioning member against the shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Katsushi Ito, Kazutaka Eto, Kazuya Odagiri, Sho Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11998835
    Abstract: In order to reduce influences of light from indoor lighting equipment or the like on the accuracy in detecting the position of an operating device, an operating device (301) includes: left and right hold sections to be held by a user, each of which is provided with an operating member at an upper surface thereof; a central section (321) which is a section between the left and right hold sections; and a light emitting surface (328c) adapted to emit light to be captured by an information processing apparatus through a camera, the light emitting surface (328c) provided at a front surface of the central section (321). The central section (321) includes a portion which is located over the light emitting surface (328c) and is located on a more forward side than the light emitting surface (328c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Igarashi, Masaho Morita, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Toshimasa Aoki
  • Patent number: 12002179
    Abstract: Methods and systems describe augmenting image content presented on a mirror display. The method includes detecting images of a user in an activity volume in front of the mirror display; the detecting includes identifying a body of the user and tracking movements by the user while in the activity volume. The method includes receiving a request to predict a change in physique of the body of the user, the request includes input parameters that identify a physical exercise and an amount of said physical exercise. The method includes generating an augmented image of the body of the user; the augmented image of the body has said change in physique, the change in physique of the body is assembled from one or more three-dimensional (3D) models of one or more body parts of the body that have been adjusted in shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Jorge Arroyo Palacios, Todd Tokubo
  • Patent number: 11998837
    Abstract: A system and method are described below for encoding interactive video used in video games streamed from a server to a client. For example, one embodiment of a computer-implemented method for performing video compression, and detecting a maximum data rate of a communication channel between a server and a client. The method includes transmitting a video stream comprising a series of compressed frames from the server to the client. The method includes detecting that the maximum data rate will be exceeded if a particular frame or frames of the sequence of frames are transmitted from the server to the client over the communication channel. The method includes reducing the frame rate of the video stream by adjusting compression of the video frames being sent from the server to the client to avoid exceeding the maximum data rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Roger van der Laan, Stephen G. Perlman
  • Patent number: 11998834
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing direct communication between a server system and a video game controller are described. The systems and methods include the video game controller and a computing device. An application is executed by the server system when a session is established by the computing device with the server system. Once the application is executed, the video game controller is used to send an identifier to the server system. The server system verifies the identifier to pair the session with the video game controller. When the video game controller is paired with the session, the video game controller can be used to change a state of a virtual scene that is displayed on the computing device or on a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Roelof Roderick Colenbrander