Patents by Inventor Richard James Forster
Richard James Forster 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: 11880501Abstract: A user profile generating system for generating a user profile for use with a processing device operable to display content includes: a head motion tracking unit operable to identify head motion of the user, an eye motion tracking unit operable to identify eye motion of the user, and a profile generating unit operable to generate a user profile comprising head tracking and eye tracking information for the user, where the generated user profile is used to modify interactions between the user and a processing device.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Patrick John Connor, Richard James Forster, Andrew William Walker, Matthew William Sanders, Jessica Rose Grant, Hans-Werner Gellersen, Ludwig Sidenmark
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Patent number: 11460707Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) apparatus comprises a head attachment unit comprising a first attachment member configured to attach the HMD to a user's head when the HMD is worn by the user and a first element having an adjustable weight distribution, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust a distribution of the weight of the HMD based on user profile information associated with the user, wherein the adjustment unit is configured to adjust the weight distribution of the first element of the HMD based on the user profile information by adjusting a configuration of one or more mobile components of the first element without adjusting a position or an orientation of the first element with respect to the HMD.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Richard James Forster, Andrew William Walker, Matthew Sanders, Jessica Rose Grant
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Publication number: 20210318751Abstract: A user profile generating system for generating a user profile for use with a processing device operable to display content includes: a head motion tracking unit operable to identify head motion of the user, an eye motion tracking unit operable to identify eye motion of the user, and a profile generating unit operable to generate a user profile comprising head tracking and eye tracking information for the user, where the generated user profile is used to modify interactions between the user and a processing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Patrick John Connor, Richard James Forster, Andrew William Walker, Matthew William Sanders, Jessica Rose Grant, Hans-Werner Gellersen, Ludwig Sidenmark
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Patent number: 11143876Abstract: A head-mountable display (HMD) apparatus includes a display unit configured to display an image to a user wearing the HMD, a first optical element configured to direct light from the image displayed by the display unit for viewing by the user so that the eye of the user observes the image via the first optical element, a detector configured to detect a gaze direction of the user's eye, and a control unit configured to control a configuration of the first optical element responsive to the detected gaze direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Richard James Forster
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Patent number: 11061240Abstract: A method of adapting content responsive to a well-being of a user wearing a head mountable display (HMD) includes detecting, by one or more sensors, one or more parameters indicating one or more current properties of the user wearing the HMD, generating information indicating the well-being of the user based on the one or more parameters, and adapting an output of the HMD responsive to the generated information, the output comprising at least one of an image and an audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Anthony William Godar, Richard James Forster
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Patent number: 11016562Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 10971115Abstract: A foveated rendering system for modifying content to be displayed includes a user profile obtaining unit operable to obtain a user profile comprising information about head motion and eye motion for a user, and a foveated rendering unit operable to apply a foveated rendering process to the content to be displayed in dependence upon obtained user profile information.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Matthew William Sanders, Nigel John Williams, Richard James Forster, Andrew William Walker, Jessica Rose Grant
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Publication number: 20210088790Abstract: A head-mountable display (HMD) apparatus includes a display unit configured to display an image to a user wearing the HMD, a first optical element configured to direct light from the image displayed by the display unit for viewing by the user so that the eye of the user observes the image via the first optical element, a detector configured to detect a gaze direction of the user's eye, and a control unit configured to control a configuration of the first optical element responsive to the detected gaze direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Richard James FORSTER
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Patent number: 10946271Abstract: A control apparatus includes two or more user control devices, each user control device having an inertial detector having a wireless communications module to communicate inertial detection results, and an illuminated portion; and a housing to house the two or more control devices so that the two or more control devices are constrained to move with one another but having an obscured portion so as to obscure all but one of the illuminated portions of the two or more control devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Richard James Forster
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Publication number: 20200174262Abstract: A method of adapting content responsive to a well-being of a user wearing a head mountable display (HMD) comprises the steps of detecting, by one or more sensors, one or more parameters indicating one or more current properties of the user wearing the HMD, generating information indicating the well-being of the user based on the one or more parameters, and adapting an output of the HMD responsive to the generated information, the output comprising at least one of an image and an audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Anthony William Godar, Richard James Forster
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Patent number: 10671150Abstract: A system comprises a display object having a characteristic of its display configured to change with time in a timing calibration operation; a plurality of video cameras configured to capture images of the display object; and a data processing apparatus comprising a detector configured to detect timing differences in the capture of images by the plurality of video cameras indicative of a change in the characteristic of the display object and to apply the detected timing differences as a timing correction so as to time-align images captured by the plurality of cameras after the timing calibration operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Richard James Forster
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Publication number: 20200133009Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) apparatus comprises a head attachment unit comprising a first attachment member configured to attach the HMD to a user's head when the HMD is worn by the user and a first element having an adjustable weight distribution, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust a distribution of the weight of the HMD based on user profile information associated with the user, wherein the adjustment unit is configured to adjust the weight distribution of the first element of the HMD based on the user profile information by adjusting a configuration of one or more mobile components of the first element without adjusting a position or an orientation of the first element with respect to the HMD.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Richard James Forster, Andrew William Walker, Matthew Sanders, Jessica Rose Grant
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Publication number: 20200081526Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20200082794Abstract: A foveated rendering system for modifying content to be displayed includes a user profile obtaining unit operable to obtain a user profile comprising information about head motion and eye motion for a user, and a foveated rendering unit operable to apply a foveated rendering process to the content to be displayed in dependence upon obtained user profile information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Matthew William Sanders, Nigel John Williams, Richard James Forster, Andrew William Walker, Jessica Rose Grant
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Publication number: 20190366554Abstract: A system for generating instructions for a robot, the system including one or more cameras operable to capture images of an environment comprising the robot, an illumination identification unit operable to identify an illumination of an object in the captured images, an object identification unit operable to identify an illuminated object, and a robot control unit operable to generate instructions for a robot in dependence upon the output of the object identification unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Mark Breugelmans, Richard James Forster, Hogarth Andall, Matthew William Sanders
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Publication number: 20190320166Abstract: A calibration system comprises input means operable to receive a set of images, each having a calibration pattern occupying a region of a captured scene, an image processor operable to calculate a combined image region corresponding to the combined regions of calibration patterns captured within the set of images, and an output processor operable to generate an output indicative of a desired region of a scene within which to capture the calibration pattern within a subsequent image.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Richard James Forster
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Publication number: 20190262701Abstract: A control apparatus includes two or more user control devices, each user control device having an inertial detector having a wireless communications module to communicate inertial detection results, and an illuminated portion; and a housing to house the two or more control devices so that the two or more control devices are constrained to move with one another but having an obscured portion so as to obscure all but one of the illuminated portions of the two or more control devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Richard James Forster
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Publication number: 20190258310Abstract: A system comprises a display object having a characteristic of its display configured to change with time in a timing calibration operation; a plurality of video cameras configured to capture images of the display object; and a data processing apparatus comprising a detector configured to detect timing differences in the capture of images by the plurality of video cameras indicative of a change in the characteristic of the display object and to apply the detected timing differences as a timing correction so as to time-align images captured by the plurality of cameras after the timing calibration operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Richard James Forster
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Patent number: 9922456Abstract: Aspects of the technology include method of selecting an object from a videogame for 3D printing. The method involves periodically rendering a virtual environment of a videogame for display at a succession of points in time. Information is periodically recorded that enables visual reconstruction of at least part of the virtual environment at a succession of points in time. A predetermined set of values is periodically recorded responsive to the state of the rendered virtual environment at a succession of points in time. The predetermined set of values enables a model of a selected part of the rendered virtual environment to be generated that is configured for 3D printing.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Richard James Forster, Andrew James Bigos, Joseph Charles Boulter, Neil Jonathan Brown, Masakazu Suzuoki, Masakazu Hayashi, Norihiro Nagai
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Publication number: 20160314617Abstract: Aspects of the technology include method of selecting an object from a videogame for 3D printing. The method involves periodically rendering a virtual environment of a videogame for display at a succession of points in time. Information is periodically recorded that enables visual reconstruction of at least part of the virtual environment at a succession of points in time. A predetermined set of values is periodically recorded responsive to the state of the rendered virtual environment at a succession of points in time. The predetermined set of values enables a model of a selected part of the rendered virtual environment to be generated that is configured for 3D printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Richard James Forster, Andrew James Bigos, Joseph Charles Boulter, Neil Jonathan Brown, Masakazu Suzuoki, Masakazu Hayashi, Norihiro Nagai