Patents by Inventor Michael Eder
Michael Eder 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).
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Patent number: 11951190Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of radiopharmaceuticals and their use in nuclear medicine as tracers, imaging agents and for the treatment of various disease states of prostate cancer. Thus, the present invention concerns compounds that are represented by the general Formulae (Ia) or (Ib).Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: NOVARTIS AGInventors: Matthias Eder, Klaus Kopka, Martin Schäfer, Ulrike Bauder-Wüst, Michael Eisenhut, Walter Mier, Martina Benesova
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Publication number: 20240111838Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to: receive a first signal indicative of one or more words communicated from a first user of online content to one or more second users of online content; classify the one or more words using the first signal; receive one or more second signals indicative of one or more physiological characteristics of the first user within a time period of a start of the communication of the one or more words; classify the one or more physiological characteristics using the one or more second signals; based on a classification of the one or more words and a classification of the one or more physiological characteristics, generate an action signal indicating that an action associated with the first user of the online content is to be taken, the action signal indicating a characteristic of the action determined based on a combination of the classification of the one or more words and the classification of the one or more physiological characteristics; and output the actType: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Mark Jacobus Breugelmans, Michael Eder, Jun Leung, Hogarth Andall, Danjeli Schembri, Bee Lay Tan
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Patent number: 11931430Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of radiopharmaceuticals and their use in nuclear medicine as tracers, imaging agents and for the treatment of various disease states of prostate cancer. Thus, the present invention concerns compounds that are represented by the general Formulae (Ia) or (Ib).Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: NOVARTIS AGInventors: Matthias Eder, Klaus Kopka, Martin Schäfer, Ulrike Bauder-Wüst, Michael Eisenhut, Walter Mier, Martina Benesova
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Patent number: 11908051Abstract: A system for generating image content, the system comprising an image region identification unit operable to identify one or more regions of an image to be displayed as low-detail regions, an image processing unit operable to perform processing to reduce colour differences for each of one or more areas within one or more of the identified regions, and an image output unit operable to output one or more processed images.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Rosario Leonardi, Michael Eder
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Publication number: 20230372828Abstract: A game selection system includes an emotion processor configured to obtain a current emotional state of a user; a descriptor processor configured to obtain one or more emotion descriptors associated with one or more games; an evaluation processor configured to predict an emotion outcome for the user for the or each game, based upon the user's current emotional state and the one or more emotion descriptors of the respective games; and a selection processor configured to select one or more games in response to whether their respective emotion outcomes meet at least a first predetermined criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Philip Cockram, Christopher William Henderson, Michael Eder, Daniele Bernabei
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Publication number: 20230334623Abstract: A content rendering and display system operable to display content to a viewer, the system comprising a rendering unit operable to render an image having a first resolution in a first render pass, and to generate supplementary information in additional render passes, wherein the rendered image and the supplementary information are stored in a multi-layer image structure, an upsampling unit operable to perform an upsampling process on the rendered image so as to generate an image having a portion at a second resolution higher than the first resolution, wherein the upsampling process comprises a morphological antialiasing process that uses the supplementary information as an input, and a display device operable to display the upsampled image, wherein the supplementary information comprises edge information for the rendered image.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Maria Chiara Monti, Michael Eder
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Publication number: 20230321545Abstract: A game selection system includes: an emotion processor configured to obtain a current emotional state of a user; a descriptor processor configured to obtain one or more emotion descriptors associated with one or more games; an evaluation processor configured to predict an emotion outcome for the user for the or each game, based upon the user's current emotional state and the one or more emotion descriptors of the respective games; and a selection processor configured to select one or more games in response to whether their respective emotion outcomes meet at least a first predetermined criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Philip Cockram, Mandana Jenabzadeh, Christopher William Henderson, Michael Eder, Daniele Bernabei
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Publication number: 20230293999Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a storage unit configured to store one or more criteria associated with a video game; an executing unit configured to execute the video game; an input unit configured to receive activity data, where the activity data is data associated with physical activity of a user who is not directly playing the video game; and a processing unit configured to modify one or more aspects of a virtual environment within the executed video game when the received activity data satisfies one or more of the criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: David Erwan Damien Uberti, Estefania Rodriguez Quiros, Andrew William Walker, Michael Eder, Alan Murphy
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Publication number: 20230260179Abstract: A method of head-mounted display including: generating a virtual environment for display in a first person view to a user wearing a head-mounted display, measuring a head displacement pattern of the user when they are performing a predetermined locomotive action in real life, and when the predetermined locomotive action is performed within the generated virtual environment, applying a head displacement pattern to a virtual first person viewpoint of the generated virtual environment presented to the user, the applied head displacement pattern being based upon the measured head displacement pattern, whether the user is performing the predetermined locomotive action in real life or not.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Christopher William Henderson, Michael Eder
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Publication number: 20230241492Abstract: A method of communication for a plurality of portable communication devices and a videogame console includes installing an app on a first portable communication device, the app adapted to cause the first portable communication device to carry out the steps of identifying a videogame console associated with a user of the first portable communication device, communicating with the videogame console using a first communication protocol supported by the videogame console to receive information from the videogame console, and communicating with one or more of the other of the plurality of portable communication devices using an second, different communication protocol common to the first portable communication device and the one or more other portable communication devices, to relay information from the videogame console.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Philip Cockram, Michael Eder
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Patent number: 11611729Abstract: A display system for use in a Pepper's Ghost illusion includes a light emissive display, a sensor operable to detect the position of an attachment member of a cone, relative to the light emissive display, and a positioning processor operable to position images, which have been distorted by an inverse of the distortion caused by the reflection of the cone, responsive to the detected position of the cone relative to the light emissive display.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Michael Eder, Fabio Cappello, Robert Keith John Withey, Nicola Penny Ann Cavalla, Hsinpei Yang
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Patent number: 11501496Abstract: A system for generating a path for navigating an environment, the system comprising a bounding volume hierarchy, BVH, generation unit operable to generate a BVH comprising a plurality of bounding volumes representing one or more objects in the environment, a BVH analysis unit operable to identify information about the geometry of the environment from the BVH, and a path planning unit operable to generate a path through the environment in dependence upon the identified geometry.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Michael Eder, Rosario Leonardi
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Patent number: 11449071Abstract: A system includes: a receiving unit configured to wirelessly receive a modulated electromagnetic signal leaked by a mains power line, the mains power line carrying a modulated alternating current signal, a demodulator configured to demodulate the modulated electromagnetic signal and extract one or more data signals from the demodulated electromagnetic signal, a processor configured to generate control data based on the one or more data signals, a control unit configured to control one or more actuators based on the control data, a processor configured to generate control data for controlling one or more actuators, and a modulator configured to modulate an alternating current signal of a mains power line using the generated control data to create a modulated alternating current signal, thereby causing the mains power line to leak a modulated electromagnetic signal comprising the control data that is wirelessly detectable.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Michael Eder, Robert Keith John Withey
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Patent number: 11335220Abstract: A cone for use in a Pepper's Ghost illusion includes a conical wall of semi-reflective material, and an attachment member for removably attaching the cone to the surface of a light emissive display, and a method of displaying a Pepper's Ghost illusion includes positioning a cone of semi-reflective material onto a light emissive display; and displaying on the light emissive display an image that has been distorted by an inverse of a distortion caused by a reflection of the cone.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Michael Eder, Fabio Cappello, Robert Keith John Withey, Nicola Penny Ann Cavalla, Hsinpei Yang
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Patent number: 11331805Abstract: A system for restricting user motion using a robot includes a robot comprising one or more barrier elements, a processing unit operable to identify one or more boundaries in a real environment and/or a virtual environment, the boundaries corresponding to a predetermined extent of allowed motion in that environment, and a control unit operable to control the robot such that at least one barrier element is arranged at a position corresponding to one of the identified boundaries.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Fabio Cappello, Jason Gordon Doig, Michael Eder
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Patent number: 11312002Abstract: A system for controlling a configurable apparatus includes a configuration identification unit operable to identify a preferred configuration of the apparatus in response to media content to be provided to a user, and a configuration modification unit operable to modify the configuration of the apparatus in dependence upon the identified preferred configuration, where different configurations of the apparatus correspond to the shapes of different objects relating to the media content.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Fabio Cappello, Jason Gordon Doig, Michael Eder, Rajeev Gupta
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Publication number: 20220113795Abstract: An image processing method includes: inputting data representative of an image into a machine learning system, the machine learning system having been previously trained to predict a gaze position of viewers of images; obtaining a predicted gaze position from the machine learning system in response to the input data; performing predicted gaze position dependent image processing, the image processing producing at least a first region of the image corresponding to where a viewer is predicted to gaze, and a second region, with a first image quality of the first region being higher than a second image quality of the second region; and outputting the processed image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Michael Eder, Philip Cockram
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Publication number: 20220062773Abstract: A user input method includes the steps of inputting real events arising from a user acting as a spectator of content, analysing the real events to estimate user sentiment, and modifying an aspect of computer-controlled character behaviour in response to estimated user sentiment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Michael Eder, Philip Cockram, Danjeli Schembri, Calum Armstrong, William Michael James Hollingsworth
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Patent number: 11179848Abstract: An apparatus for controlling one or more operations performed by a robotic device in response to a status of a power source includes: a monitoring unit configured to monitor one or more parameters associated with the power source that provides power to the robotic device and to determine one or more performance indicators for the power source based on one or more of the parameters, a processor configured to, under instruction of a program that defines a plurality of modes for one or more operations performed by the robotic device when reacting to a stimulus, assign one of the plurality of modes to an operation of the robotic device in response to one or more of the performance indicators for the power source, where an amount of energy required from the power source to perform the operation varies according to which mode is assigned to the operation, and a control unit configured to control the robotic device to perform the operation in accordance with the mode assigned to the operation when reacting to the stType: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Oliver George Hume, Michael Eder
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Patent number: 11165063Abstract: Process for making a particulate material of general formula (I), Li1+x(NiaCobMncMd)1?xO2??(I) wherein the integers are defined as follows: M is selected from Al and Ti, x is in the range of from 0.015 to 0.03, a is in the range of from 0.3 to 0.6, b is in the range of from 0.05 to 0.35, c is in the range of from 0.2 to 0.5, d is in the range of from 0.001 to 0.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Aleksei Volkov, Jordan Lampert, Thomas Michael Ryll, Ji-Yong Shin, Markus Hoelzle, Michael Eder