Patents by Inventor Darren Myatt

Darren Myatt 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 systems
    Patent number: 10198866
    Abstract: A head mountable display (HMD) includes a camera operable to capture images of a peripheral and/or control device in use by a wearer of the HMD. A detector of the HMD is configured to detect occlusions in a captured image of the peripheral and/or control device. And an image renderer of the HMD is configured to render a virtual version of the peripheral and/or control device for display to the HMD wearer and to render a representation of a user's hand at a position of a detected occlusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited
    Inventors: Ian Henry Bickerstaff, Simon Mark Benson, Sharwin Winesh Raghoebardajal, Darren Myatt
  • 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
  • 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
  • HEAD-MOUNTABLE APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20160140764
    Abstract: A head mountable display (HMD) includes a camera operable to capture images of a peripheral and/or control device in use by a wearer of the HMD. A detector of the HMD is configured to detect occlusions in a captured image of the peripheral and/or control device. And an image renderer of the HMD is configured to render a virtual version of the peripheral and/or control device for display to the HMD wearer and to render a representation of a user's hand at a position of a detected occlusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Ian Henry Bickerstaff, Simon Mark Benson, Sharwin Winesh Raghoebardajal, Darren Myatt