Patents by Inventor Joseph Charles Boulter

Joseph Charles Boulter 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: 9922456
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology include method of selecting an object from a videogame for 3D printing. The method involves periodically rendering a virtual environment of a videogame for display at a succession of points in time. Information is periodically recorded that enables visual reconstruction of at least part of the virtual environment at a succession of points in time. A predetermined set of values is periodically recorded responsive to the state of the rendered virtual environment at a succession of points in time. The predetermined set of values enables a model of a selected part of the rendered virtual environment to be generated that is configured for 3D printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Richard James Forster, Andrew James Bigos, Joseph Charles Boulter, Neil Jonathan Brown, Masakazu Suzuoki, Masakazu Hayashi, Norihiro Nagai
  • Publication number: 20160314617
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology include method of selecting an object from a videogame for 3D printing. The method involves periodically rendering a virtual environment of a videogame for display at a succession of points in time. Information is periodically recorded that enables visual reconstruction of at least part of the virtual environment at a succession of points in time. A predetermined set of values is periodically recorded responsive to the state of the rendered virtual environment at a succession of points in time. The predetermined set of values enables a model of a selected part of the rendered virtual environment to be generated that is configured for 3D printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Richard James Forster, Andrew James Bigos, Joseph Charles Boulter, Neil Jonathan Brown, Masakazu Suzuoki, Masakazu Hayashi, Norihiro Nagai
  • Publication number: 20160086020
    Abstract: A device for interaction with a user is provided. The device includes an image input controller operable to receive a video image comprising an image of at least the user's face. The device also includes an analysis processor such as a CPU, which is adapted to analyze the video image, and to classify the user as belonging to a respective demographic group in dependence upon analysis of the image of at least the user's face. The device also includes an interface processor, which may also be the CPU, and which is adapted to generate a user interface for output to the user. The interface processor is operable to modify one or more elements of the user interface in response to the respective demographic group to which the user is classified as belonging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew James Bigos, Joseph Charles Boulter