Patents by Inventor Dean Sofer

Dean Sofer 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: 11065535
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing device that provides an operation signal of an analog stick to a game, including: a conversion processing unit configured to convert a detection value obtained by detection of a movement of a controller into an analog stick signal; and an output processing unit configured to provide the analog stick signal obtained by the conversion to the game. The conversion processing unit includes a first calculation unit configured to calculate a first signal from a detected angular velocity, a second calculation unit configured to calculate a second signal according to a deviation amount between a direction in which the controller is directed and a reference direction, an addition unit configured to add the first signal and the second signal to generate a motion operation signal, and an analog stick signal generation unit configured to generate an analog stick signal from the motion operation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takanori Minamino, Yoshiyuki Imada, Kenzo Nishikawa, Dean Sofer
  • Patent number: 10960296
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus that provides an operation signal of an input part of a controller to a game. The information processing apparatus includes an acquisition part configured to acquire a detected value of a motion of the controller, a conversion processing part configured to convert the acquired detected value to the operation signal of the input part of the controller, and an output processing part configured to provide the converted operation signal to the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takanori Minamino, Yoshiyuki Imada, Kenzo Nishikawa, Dean Sofer
  • Publication number: 20190126144
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing device that provides an operation signal of an analog stick to a game, including: a conversion processing unit configured to convert a detection value obtained by detection of a movement of a controller into an analog stick signal; and an output processing unit configured to provide the analog stick signal obtained by the conversion to the game. The conversion processing unit includes a first calculation unit configured to calculate a first signal from a detected angular velocity, a second calculation unit configured to calculate a second signal according to a deviation amount between a direction in which the controller is directed and a reference direction, an addition unit configured to add the first signal and the second signal to generate a motion operation signal, and an analog stick signal generation unit configured to generate an analog stick signal from the motion operation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicants: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Takanori Minamino, Yoshiyuki Imada, Kenzo Nishikawa, Dean Sofer
  • Publication number: 20190126136
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus that provides an operation signal of an input part of a controller to a game. The information processing apparatus includes an acquisition part configured to acquire a detected value of a motion of the controller, a conversion processing part configured to convert the acquired detected value to the operation signal of the input part of the controller, and an output processing part configured to provide the converted operation signal to the game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicants: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Takanori Minamino, Yoshiyuki Imada, Kenzo Nishikawa, Dean Sofer