Patents by Inventor Jeansoo Khim

Jeansoo Khim 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: 11859981
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program tie physical events to virtual events by analyzing motion information from a computing device of a vehicle or analyzing contextual information from a computing device of a vehicle. Initiation of a virtual event with a display device is timed in response to detecting an impending change in center of mass motion of the user from analyzing the motion information or contextual information. A motion in the virtual event is dynamically associated with subsequent motion information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventors: Jeansoo Khim, Steven Osman
  • Patent number: 11759704
    Abstract: A controller, thumbstick, or system comprising a thumbstick body, a thumbstick shaft coupled to the thumbstick body wherein the thumbstick shaft is configured to retract into the thumbstick body and wherein the thumbstick body and the thumbstick shaft is freely rotatable together around a pivot center within the controller body. In some implementations the thumbstick body included a fluid and the thumbstick shaft displaces the fluid when the thumbstick shaft retracts into the thumbstick body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventors: Jeansoo Khim, Steven Osman
  • Patent number: 11731048
    Abstract: A technique detects when a computer simulation controller such as a computer game controller is idle and, thus, that the simulation (game) should be paused immediately without waiting for an “AwayFromKeyboard” timer to time out by detecting whether the user has laid the controller down and gone away or simply is not responding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Jeansoo Khim
  • Patent number: 11705762
    Abstract: A method, system and device for controller operation, comprises detecting a change in a state of the controller from a charging state to an operation state. A state of the computing device changes from a controller charging state to a controller operation state in response to detecting the change in the state of the controller. The computing device receives an input from the controller sends a visual indication of the input to a display device. Additionally, a method, system and device for enhanced controller charging, may comprise detecting a change in a controller state from an operation state to a charging state. A computing device determines whether an ignore input is present after detecting the change in controller state and automatically signs out of a user account or automatically goes into a standby mode when the ignore input is not present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Jeansoo Khim, Steven Osman
  • Publication number: 20230194264
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program tie physical events to virtual events by analyzing motion information from a computing device of a vehicle or analyzing contextual information from a computing device of a vehicle. Initiation of a virtual event with a display device is timed in response to detecting an impending change in center of mass motion of the user from analyzing the motion information or contextual information. A motion in the virtual event is dynamically associated with subsequent motion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Jeansoo Khim, Steven Osman
  • Patent number: 11585661
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program tie physical events to virtual events by analyzing motion information from a detecting device or analyzing contextual information, initiating a virtual event with a display device in response to detecting an impending change in center of mass motion of a user from analyzing the motion information or contextual information, and associating a virtual event with subsequent motion information from the detecting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Jeansoo Khim, Steven Osman
  • Patent number: 11553020
    Abstract: A computer simulation controller includes a camera that can be used to image a display on which a computer simulation, controlled by the controller, can be presented. The camera images information on the display, such as display identification (ID), and sends the information to a server streaming the simulation. Based on the information, the server knows to which display to stream the simulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Jeansoo Khim
  • Publication number: 20220347571
    Abstract: A technique detects when a computer simulation controller such as a computer game controller is idle and, thus, that the simulation (game) should be paused immediately without waiting for an “AwayFromKeyboard” timer to time out by detecting whether the user has laid the controller down and gone away or simply is not responding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventor: Jeansoo Khim
  • Publication number: 20220226724
    Abstract: A controller, thumbstick, or system comprising a thumbstick body, a thumbstick shaft coupled to the thumbstick body wherein the thumbstick shaft is configured to retract into the thumbstick body and wherein the thumbstick body and the thumbstick shaft is freely rotatable together around a pivot center within the controller body. In some implementations the thumbstick body included a fluid and the thumbstick shaft displaces the fluid when the thumbstick shaft retracts into the thumbstick body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Jeansoo Khim, Steven Osman
  • Publication number: 20220008821
    Abstract: A controller, thumbstick, or system comprising a thumbstick body, a thumbstick shaft coupled to the thumbstick body wherein the thumbstick shaft is configured to retract into the thumbstick body and wherein the thumbstick body and the thumbstick shaft is freely rotatable together around a pivot center within the controller body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Jeansoo Khim, Steven Osman
  • Publication number: 20210408839
    Abstract: A method, system and device for controller operation, comprises detecting a change in a state of the controller from a charging state to an operation state. A state of the computing device changes from a controller charging state to a controller operation state in response to detecting the change in the state of the controller. The computing device receives an input from the controller sends a visual indication of the input to a display device. Additionally, a method, system and device for enhanced controller charging, may comprise detecting a change in a controller state from an operation state to a charging state. A computing device determines whether an ignore input is present after detecting the change in controller state and automatically signs out of a user account or automatically goes into a standby mode when the ignore input is not present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Jeansoo Khim, Steven Osman
  • Publication number: 20210389130
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program tie physical events to virtual events by analyzing motion information from a detecting device or analyzing contextual information, initiating a virtual event with a display device in response to detecting an impending change in center of mass motion of a user from analyzing the motion information or contextual information, and associating a virtual event with subsequent motion information from the detecting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Jeansoo Khim, Steven Osman
  • Publication number: 20210291037
    Abstract: A computer simulation controller includes a camera that can be used to image a display on which a computer simulation, controlled by the controller, can be presented. The camera images information on the display, such as display identification (ID), and sends the information to a server streaming the simulation. Based on the information, the server knows to which display to stream the simulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: Jeansoo Khim
  • Patent number: 11032340
    Abstract: A computer simulation controller includes a camera that can be used to image a display on which a computer simulation, controlled by the controller, can be presented. The camera images information on the display, such as display identification (ID), and sends the information to a server streaming the simulation. Based on the information, the server knows to which display to stream the simulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Jeansoo Khim
  • Publication number: 20200322405
    Abstract: A computer simulation controller includes a camera that can be used to image a display on which a computer simulation, controlled by the controller, can be presented. The camera images information on the display, such as display identification (ID), and sends the information to a server streaming the simulation. Based on the information, the server knows to which display to stream the simulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: Jeansoo Khim