Patents by Inventor Christopher Trewartha

Christopher Trewartha 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: 10086283
    Abstract: An entertainment system comprises at least one input for receiving data representative of a reference dance performance, a dance analyzer for generating data descriptive of an aspect of the reference dance, a key-point selector for selecting a plurality of key-points in the reference dance responsive to a property of the reference motion data, and an error tolerance calculator for generating error tolerance values at the plurality of key-points in the dance for use in scoring subsequent performances of the dance. The error tolerance values are responsive to a property of the reference motion data. An input may receive telemetry from one or more game controllers in communication with the entertainment system, in which the reference motion data comprises motion data generated by the dance analyzer from the telemetry received from one or more game controllers while the controller(s) was held during the reference performance of the dance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Trewartha, Jamie William Derbyshire, David John Skilton