Patents by Inventor Michael Karl Werle

Michael Karl Werle 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).

  • Publication number: 20230334904
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus, comprising: an input unit configured to receive one or more images of a face of a user and one or more images of a face of a virtual avatar; a determining unit configured to determine, based on one or more of the images of the face of the user and one or more of the images of the face of the virtual avatar, a match score indicating a degree of resemblance between the face of the user and the face of the virtual avatar; an evaluation unit configured to evaluate whether the determined match score meets or exceeds a first threshold match score; and an output unit configured to output, for display, a virtual element associated with the virtual avatar that is responsive to whether the determined match score meets or exceeds the first threshold match score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Chiara Monti, Michael Karl Werle, Oliver Hume
  • Patent number: 10004339
    Abstract: A chair for use with a head-mountable display device, the chair comprising a seat portion comprising one or more connection means to allow connection to the head-mountable display device, a base portion, and a rotatable connection between the seat portion and the base portion configured so as to allow an electrical connection to pass between the seat portion and base portion, wherein the electrical connection is operable to transmit at least one of power and digital data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Michael Karl Werle, David Uberti
  • Publication number: 20170202358
    Abstract: A chair for use with a head-mountable display device, the chair comprising a seat portion comprising one or more connection means to allow connection to the head-mountable display device, a base portion, and a rotatable connection between the seat portion and the base portion configured so as to allow an electrical connection to pass between the seat portion and base portion, wherein the electrical connection is operable to transmit at least one of power and digital data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Karl Werle, David Uberti