Patents by Inventor Patrick John Connor

Patrick John Connor 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: 20200372933
    Abstract: A method of capturing free viewpoint content at a location includes recording video on each of a plurality of portable video recording devices at the location; each portable video recording device detecting a wireless synchronisation signal transmitted at the location; and each portable video recording device periodically adding a timestamp to its respective recorded video; where the timestamp is responsive to the detected wireless synchronisation signal, thereby enabling synchronisation of a plurality of recorded videos responsive to the timestamps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick John Connor, Timothy Bradley, Andrew William Walker
  • Publication number: 20200279405
    Abstract: A data generation system for generating data representing content to be displayed includes: a content dividing unit operable to divide content to be displayed into a plurality of polyhedra and generate polyhedron position information, an intersection detecting unit operable to generate intersection information that describes the intersection of one or more surfaces within the content with the plurality of polyhedra, a polyhedron classifying unit operable to classify each of the polyhedra in dependence upon the intersection information, the classification indicating the properties of the surface within the respective polyhedra, and a data generating unit operable to generate data comprising the polyhedron position information and the polyhedron classification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick John Connor
  • Publication number: 20200246693
    Abstract: A head-mountable display (HMD) for use with a processing device, the HMD comprising a display unit for displaying image content to the user, and a directional airflow unit operable to generate a directional airflow in accordance with control data corresponding to an appropriate airflow for content to be displayed on the HMD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick John Connor, Simon Mark Benson
  • Publication number: 20200175751
    Abstract: An image generation system includes a region of interest identifying unit operable to identify a region of interest within a piece of content, the piece of content comprising one or more objects, and an image generation unit operable to generate an image for display comprising one or more of the one or more objects such that objects at a different visual depth to the region of interest are present in the generated image at a lower quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick John CONNOR
  • Publication number: 20200081526
    Abstract: A user input system for controlling a viewpoint within displayed content includes a user profile obtaining unit operable to obtain a user profile having information about head motion and eye motion for a user, an input unit operable to receive user inputs relating to a change in viewpoint within displayed content, the user inputs including the user's head motion, and a viewpoint modification unit operable to modify the viewpoint in the displayed content in dependence upon received inputs and the user profile, where the modification to the viewpoint includes a greater motion than the head motion received as an input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew William Walker, Richard James Forster, Matthew William Sanders, Patrick John Connor, Jessica Rose Grant, Hans-Werner Gellersen, Ludwig Sidenmark
  • Publication number: 20190377191
    Abstract: A head-mountable display device includes: a display element observable by a user; an image generator operable to generate an image for display by the display element; a plurality of ultrasound transducers, the ultrasound transducers being operable and arranged to emit ultrasound signals towards at least a first eye of the user when the head-mountable display is being worn by the user; one or more sensors operable and arranged to detect reflections of the emitted ultrasound signals; an eye imaging unit operable to generate a representation of the user's eye based on the ultrasound signals received at the one or more sensors; and an eye position detector configured to detect the position of the eye relative to the position of the head-mountable display device based on the representation, the eye position detector being configured to detect whether the position of the eye is offset from a desired position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Jonathan Hughes, Oliver Hume, Patrick John Connor
  • Patent number: 10431054
    Abstract: A processing system adapted for use in a gaming environment is configured to detect when a user might accidentally drop an input device, such as a handheld game controller. The processing system includes an input device, a processing unit and a warning unit. The input device has one or more pressure sensors operable to sense pressure inputs from a user. The processing unit is operable to identify an imminent dropping of the input device from measurements obtained by the pressure sensors. And the warning unit is operable to provide a warning to the user when the processing unit identifies an imminent drop of the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited
    Inventors: Simon Mark Benson, Sharwin Winesh Raghoebardajal, Patrick John Connor
  • Publication number: 20180342135
    Abstract: A processing system adapted for use in a gaming environment is configured to detect when a user might accidentally drop an input device, such as a handheld game controller. The processing system includes an input device, a processing unit and a warning unit. The input device has one or more pressure sensors operable to sense pressure inputs from a user. The processing unit is operable to identify an imminent dropping of the input device from measurements obtained by the pressure sensors. And the warning unit is operable to provide a warning to the user when the processing unit identifies an imminent drop of the input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Simon Mark Benson, Sharwin Winesh Raghoebardajal, Patrick John Connor