Patents by Inventor Paul Edward Prayle
Paul Edward Prayle 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: 11138794Abstract: An apparatus for generating a virtual reality environment comprising: controller circuitry configured to: insert a captured image of an object in the virtual reality environment; move the captured image within the virtual reality environment; pause the movement of the captured image in the virtual reality environment; generate a rendered representation of at least part of the captured image; replace the at least part of the captured image with the rendered representation in the virtual reality environment; and move the rendered representation within the virtual reality environment.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Michael John Williams, Paul Edward Prayle, Michael Goldman, William Jack Leathers-Smith
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Patent number: 11003256Abstract: An apparatus for generating a graphical representation of a content display in a virtual reality environment, comprising: controller circuitry configured to determine a position of a device relative to a virtual reality headset in the real world, and when the device is at a predetermined position in front of the virtual reality headset, the controller circuitry is further configured to: generate a graphical representation of a content display in the virtual reality environment, the position of the graphical representation in the virtual reality environment being determined by the real world position of the device in front of the virtual reality headset, wherein the size of the graphical representation of a content display is changed in dependence on the position of the distance between the virtual reality headset and the device, wherein, in response to a user input, the controller circuitry is configured to: lock the position of the graphical representation of the content display in the virtual reality enviroType: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Michael John Williams, Paul Edward Prayle, Michael Goldman, William Jack Leathers-Smith
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Patent number: 11004129Abstract: An image processing method includes partitioning an image under test to form a plurality of contiguous image segments having similar image properties, deriving feature data from a subset including one or more of the image segments, and comparing the feature data from the subset of image segments with feature data derived from respective image segments of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Sony Europe B.V.Inventors: Mikael Carl Lang, Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Paul Edward Prayle, Ratna Beresford, Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Michael John Williams
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Publication number: 20200050288Abstract: An apparatus for generating a graphical representation of a content display in a virtual reality environment, comprising: controller circuitry configured to determine a position of a device relative to a virtual reality headset in the real world, and when the device is at a predetermined position in front of the virtual reality headset, the controller circuitry is further configured to: generate a graphical representation of a content display in the virtual reality environment, the position of the graphical representation in the virtual reality environment being determined by the real world position of the device in front of the virtual reality headset, wherein the size of the graphical representation of a content display is changed in dependence on the position of the distance between the virtual reality headset and the device, wherein, in response to a user input, the controller circuitry is configured to: lock the position of the graphical representation of the content display in the virtual reality enviroType: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2017Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Michael John WILLIAMS, Paul Edward PRAYLE, Michael GOLDMAN, William Jack LEATHERS-SMITH
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Patent number: 10496878Abstract: An information processing apparatus, comprising: receiver circuitry configured to receive i) a video stream comprising a plurality of images, each image containing at least one object located at a position in a plane and the image having associated image timing information indicating its temporal position in the video stream and ii) a stream of object tracking information each having associated object timing information indicating its temporal position in the stream of object tracking information wherein the stream of object tracking information corresponds to the video stream and separately defines the position of the object in the plane captured in each image in the video stream; and controller circuitry configured to perform pattern matching on the position of each of the objects in the video stream and the object tracking information, and when there is a closest matching position, synchronising the image timing information and the object timing information.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Michael John Williams, William Jack Leathers-Smith, Paul Edward Prayle
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Publication number: 20180225736Abstract: An image processing method includes partitioning an image under test to form a plurality of contiguous image segments having similar image properties, deriving feature data from a subset including one or more of the image segments, and comparing the feature data from the subset of image segments with feature data derived from respective image segments of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: SONY EUROPE LIMITEDInventors: Mikael Carl LANG, Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Paul Edward Prayle, Ratna Beresford, Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Michael John Williams
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Publication number: 20180137684Abstract: An apparatus for generating a virtual reality environment comprising: controller circuitry configured to: insert a captured image of an object in the virtual reality environment; move the captured image within the virtual reality environment; pause the movement of the captured image in the virtual reality environment; generate a rendered representation of at least part of the captured image; replace the at least part of the captured image with the rendered representation in the virtual reality environment; and move the rendered representation within the virtual reality environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Michael John WILLIAMS, Paul Edward PRAYLE, Michael GOLDMAN, William Jack LEATHERS-SMITH
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Patent number: 9940655Abstract: An image processing method includes partitioning an image under test to form a plurality of contiguous image segments having similar image properties, deriving feature data from a subset including one or more of the image segments, and comparing the feature data from the subset of image segments with feature data derived from respective image segments of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: SONY EUROPE LIMITEDInventors: Mikael Carl Lang, Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Paul Edward Prayle, Ratna Beresford, Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Michael John Williams
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Publication number: 20180018510Abstract: An information processing apparatus, comprising: receiver circuitry configured to receive i) a video stream comprising a plurality of images, each image containing at least one object located at a position in a plane and the image having associated image timing information indicating its temporal position in the video stream and ii) a stream of object tracking information each having associated object timing information indicating its temporal position in the stream of object tracking information wherein the stream of object tracking information corresponds to the video stream and separately defines the position of the object in the plane captured in each image in the video stream; and controller circuitry configured to perform pattern matching on the position of each of the objects in the video stream and the object tracking information, and when there is a closest matching position, synchronising the image timing information and the object timing information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Michael John WILLIAMS, William Jack LEATHERS-SMITH, Paul Edward PRAYLE
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Patent number: 9773523Abstract: An apparatus for analyzing a video recording of a sporting event, comprising: a video clip generating circuitry operable to, in response to a selection of one of a first timeline element, generate a video clip from a video recording of the sporting event and to output the video clip for display, the video clip being a portion of the video recording of a sporting event temporally extending between a first time and a second time, each of the start time and the end time of a first event record corresponding to the selected first timeline element being within a period defined between the first time and the second time, and the video clip comprising one or more cut out portions of the video recording of the sporting event, each cut-out portion being generated on the basis of participant tracking data of the participant of the sporting event identified by a identifier of the first event record corresponding to the selected first timeline element.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Michael John Williams, Paul Edward Prayle, William Jack Leathers-Smith
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Patent number: 9747870Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a device for generating a graphic and superimposing the generated graphic on a second image generated from a cut-out of a first image of a scene, the cut-out representing the field of view of a virtual camera, the device comprising: receiver circuitry configured to receive the second image and a set of cut-out corner coordinates; homography determining circuitry configured to determine, a homography between coordinates of the first 2D coordinate system defined within the cut-out and coordinates of a second 2D coordinate system defined for the second image; feature determining circuitry configured to determine a feature of the virtual 3D map of the scene within the field of view of the virtual camera; graphic generator circuitry configured to generate the graphic from the determined feature of the virtual 3D map; and graphic superimposing circuitry configured to superimpose the generated graphic on the second image.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2014Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Clive Henry Gillard, Michael John Williams, Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Paul Edward Prayle
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Publication number: 20160379682Abstract: An apparatus for analysing a video recording of a sporting event, comprising: avideo clip generating circuitry operable to, in response to a selection of one of a first timeline element, generate a video clip from a video recording of the sporting event and to output the video clip for display, the video clip being a portion of the video recording of a sporting event temporally extending between a first time and a second time, each of the start time and the end time of a first event record corresponding to the selected first timeline element being within a period defined between the first time and the second time, and the video clip comprising one or more cut out portions of the video recording of the sporting event, each cut-out portion being generated on the basis of participant tracking data of the participant of the sporting event identified by a identifier of the first event record corresponding to the selected first timeline element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Michael John WILLIAMS, Paul Edward PRAYLE, William Jack LEATHERS-SMITH
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Publication number: 20160381290Abstract: An image processing apparatus, comprising an input connectable to a remote controlled camera to receive an image of a scene from the camera and an output connectable to said camera to automatically control the movement of the camera to follow an object; and a processing unit configured to predict a future position of the object and to control the field of view of the camera to capture the scene at the predicted future position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Paul Edward PRAYLE, Michael John WILLIAMS, William Jack LEATHERS-SMITH, Adrian Richard BROWNE
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Publication number: 20160140636Abstract: An image processing method includes partitioning an image under test to form a plurality of contiguous image segments having similar image properties, deriving feature data from a subset including one or more of the image segments, and comparing the feature data from the subset of image segments with feature data derived from respective image segments of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2016Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: Sony Europe LimitedInventors: Mikael Carl Lang, Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Paul Edward Prayle, Ratna Beresford, Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Michael John Williams
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Patent number: 9269105Abstract: An image processing method includes partitioning an image under test to form a plurality of contiguous image segments having similar image properties, deriving feature data from a subset including one or more of the image segments, and comparing the feature data from the subset of image segments with feature data derived from respective image segments of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: SONY EUROPE LIMITEDInventors: Mikael Carl Lang, Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Paul Edward Prayle, Ratna Beresford, Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Michael John Williams
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Publication number: 20150138188Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a device for generating a graphic and superimposing the generated graphic on a second image generated from a cut-out of a first image of a scene, the cut-out representing the field of view of a virtual camera, the device comprising: receiver circuitry configured to receive the second image and a set of cut-out corner coordinates; homography determining circuitry configured to determine, a homography between coordinates of the first 2D coordinate system defined within the cut-out and coordinates of a second 2D coordinate system defined for the second image; feature determining circuitry configured to determine a feature of the virtual 3D map of the scene within the field of view of the virtual camera; graphic generator circuitry configured to generate the graphic from the determined feature of the virtual 3D map; and graphic superimposing circuitry configured to superimpose the generated graphic on the second image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Clive Henry GILLARD, Michael John WILLIAMS, Robert Mark Stefan PORTER, Paul Edward PRAYLE
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Patent number: 8385646Abstract: An image processing method includes partitioning an image under test to form a plurality of contiguous image segments having similar image properties, deriving feature data from a subset including one or more of the image segments, and comparing the feature data from the subset of image segments with feature data derived from respective image segments of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2006Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Sony United Kingdom LimitedInventors: Mikael Carl Lang, Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Paul Edward Prayle, Ratna Beresford, Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Michael John Williams
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Patent number: 8311100Abstract: An information handling method in which information items are mapped to respective nodes in an array of nodes by mutual similarity of the information items, such that similar information items map to nodes at similar positions in the array of nodes; a mapping relationship being defined between feature data relating to an information item and nodes in the array of nodes comprises the steps of: (a) for each of a group of information items: detecting feature data representing each of a set of properties of that information item; (b) for the ensemble of feature data corresponding to the group of information items: detecting more significant and less significant properties within the ensemble; discarding feature data relating to less significant properties, the remaining non-discarded feature data being associated so as to generate a reduced feature vector for each information item; (c) defining a mapping between the reduced feature vectors and nodes in the array of nodes.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2005Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Sony United Kingdom LimitedInventors: Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Paul Edward Prayle, Mikael Carl Lang
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Publication number: 20090310861Abstract: An image processing method includes partitioning an image under test to form a plurality of contiguous image segments having similar image properties, deriving feature data from a subset including one or more of the image segments, and comparing the feature data from the subset of image segments with feature data derived from respective image segments of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2006Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITEDInventors: Mikael Carl Lang, Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Paul Edward Prayle, Ratna Beresford, Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Michael John Williams
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Patent number: 7158974Abstract: An application programmer's interface provides a facility for accessing metadata describing the content or attributes of information material. The application programmer's interface comprises a signalling protocol processor operable to receive a metadata string which includes a resource identifier providing an address of a metadata resource, and a file transfer processor operable to provide access to the metadata resource in accordance with a request from the application program. The signalling protocol processor provides an efficient facility for communicating the metadata string. The metadata string may be in the form of a mark-up language such as XML. The metadata resource may be for example a proxy version of the information material, such as a video proxy if the information material is video. Accordingly, the file transfer processor is arranged to provide efficient access to the video proxy using the address provided with metadata string.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2003Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Sony United Kingdom LimitedInventors: Michael John Williams, Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Mark John McGrath, Matthew Brian Spencer, Paul Edward Prayle, John Edward Hodgkins