Patents by Inventor Nicola Penny Ann Cavalla

Nicola Penny Ann Cavalla 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: 20240203435
    Abstract: An information processing method, of generating corrected audio content in which a portion of first audio content has been corrected, comprises acquiring first audio content from an audio receiving device, identifying a target portion of the first audio content having a predetermined characteristic, selecting correction processing to be performed on the target portion of the first audio content in accordance with the predetermined characteristic of the target portion, and generating corrected audio content in which the target portion of the first audio content has been corrected by performing the selected correction processing on the target portion of the first audio content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Cockram, Michael Eder, Nicola Penny Ann Cavalla
  • Publication number: 20240139625
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes processing circuitry to generate images of a computer-generated environment for display to a first user, storage circuitry to temporarily store at least some of the images, where the storage circuitry is configured to temporarily store a respective image in dependence upon one or more storage conditions, receiving circuitry to receive user input data indicative of selection by a first user of a predetermined function for reporting abusive interaction by another user associated with the computer-generated environment, recording circuitry to generate a respective recording in response to the user input data, the respective recording comprising at least some of the images stored by the storage circuitry and output circuitry to output the respective recording
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Eder, Nicola Penny Ann Cavalla, Lawrence Green, Calum Armstrong, Rosario Leonardi, Nima Karshenas, Alan Murphy
  • Patent number: 11611729
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Eder, Fabio Cappello, Robert Keith John Withey, Nicola Penny Ann Cavalla, Hsinpei Yang
  • Patent number: 11335220
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Eder, Fabio Cappello, Robert Keith John Withey, Nicola Penny Ann Cavalla, Hsinpei Yang
  • Publication number: 20200234618
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Eder, Fabio Cappello, Robert Keith John Withey, Nicola Penny Ann Cavalla, Hsinpei Yang
  • Publication number: 20200236330
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Eder, Fabio Cappello, Robert Keith John Withey, Nicola Penny Ann Cavalla, Hsinpei Yang