Patents by Inventor Steven Osman

Steven Osman 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: 20120075062
    Abstract: A system and method for accessing secured resources using a portable device. When a user with such a portable device is within close proximity to a locked door or other secured resource, a verification process can be automatically initiated on the device. The user verification could utilize all the input and sensor methods on the device. Once the identification process has successfully completed, an access code can be transmitted to the locked door or device via wired or wireless network. This allows for reduced electronics required at these locked doors and allows for more dynamic security measures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Steven Osman, Jeffrey Roger Stafford, Yunpeng Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120075463
    Abstract: A thermal imaging interface for control of a computer program may obtain one or more thermal infrared images of one or more objects with one or more thermographic cameras. The images may be analyzed to identify one or more characteristics of the objects. Such characteristics may be used as a control input in the computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: RUXIN CHEN, Steven Osman
  • Publication number: 20120075462
    Abstract: A blow tracking user interface method and apparatus may detect an orientation of blowing of a user's breath and a magnitude of blowing of the user's breath. A blow vector may be generated from the orientation and magnitude of the blowing of the user's breath. The blow vector may be used as a control input in a computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Ruxin Chen, Steven Osman
  • Publication number: 20120052954
    Abstract: Methods systems and computer programs method for playing a game using a portable device are presented. One method includes operations for establishing a connection between a portable device and a computing system executing a game, and for receiving a task at the portable device from the computing system. Further, the portable device is disconnected from the computing system allowing the task to be performed using the portable device independently from the computing system. The method includes interaction of a user with the portable device to receive at the portable device input from the user to perform the task. Once the task is performed, the portable device reports that the task has been performed to the computing system. As a result, the game being executed in the computing system progresses after the portable device reports that the task has been performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yunpeng ZHU, Steven Osman, Jeffrey Roger Stafford
  • Publication number: 20120038635
    Abstract: Methods and systems for displaying a three dimensional image to a rotated viewer are presented. The roll and yaw of a viewer's eyes, with respect to a display, is tracked and used to adjust the orientation of a pair of stereoscopic images so as to maintain a three dimensional image when a viewer is rotated. Adjustment to the orientation of the pair of stereoscopic images may also factor in the orientation of a plurality of viewers, each viewer with a potentially different orientation with respect to the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Vlad Stamate, Steven Osman
  • Publication number: 20120017236
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and software are described for providing supplemental content for display on a mobile device. In one embodiment, a system includes a video display that displays video content. A mobile device with an integrated display may track the video display, with a video camera or other methods, and identify the video content in the tracked video display. The mobile device may access supplemental content related to the identified video content, and display the accessed supplemental content on the integrated display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Stafford, Yunpeng Zhu, Steven Osman
  • Publication number: 20120013770
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for providing overlay content to be placed over captured video content for display on a mobile device. In one embodiment, a system includes a video display, such as a TV, that displays video content. A mobile device with an integrated video camera and display may capture video data which includes the video content from the video display. The location of the video content within the captured video data may be tracked. The mobile device may access overlay content, and display the accessed overlay content over the tracked video content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Stafford, Steven Osman, Yunpeng Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120014558
    Abstract: Methods and systems for using a position of a mobile device with an integrated display as an input to a video game or other presentation are presented. Embodiments include rendering an avatar on a mobile device such that it appears to overlay a competing user in the real world. Using the mobile device's position, view direction, and the other user's mobile device position, an avatar (or vehicle, etc.) is depicted at an apparently inertially stabilized location of the other user's mobile device or body. Some embodiments may estimate the other user's head and body positions and angles and reflect them in the avatar's gestures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Stafford, Yunpeng Zhu, Steven Osman
  • Publication number: 20110298829
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs for setting the orientation of a view shown on a portable device's display are presented. In one embodiment, a method includes an operation for capturing an image of the area in front of the display. Further, the location of one or more features of a person's face is identified when the person is located in the area in front of the display. The method includes another operation for determining one axis of the face based on the location of these features. Additionally, the orientation of the view shown on the display of the portable device is set to substantially correspond to the axis of the face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Roger Stafford, Steven Osman
  • Publication number: 20110161624
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for performing a floating point collect and operate for a summation across a vector for a dot product operation. A routing network placed before the single instruction multiple data (SIMD) unit allows the SIMD unit to perform a summation across a vector with a single stage of adders. The routing network routes the vector elements to the adders in a first cycle. The SIMD unit stores the results of the adders into a results vector register. The routing network routes the summation results from the results vector register to the adders in a second cycle. The SIMD unit then stores the results from the second cycle in the results vector register.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian K. Flachs, Seiji Maeda, Steven Osman
  • Publication number: 20110151970
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, system, and computer-readable medium for locating a sensor of a gaming console relative to a position of a display device in a gaming system includes displaying an image on the display device, estimating the first position and first orientation of the display device relative to the portable device, once the sensor on the portable device has found the image on the display device, instructing the user to move the portable device to a new position, estimating the second position and second orientation of the display device relative to the portable device, once the sensor on the portable device has found the image on the display device, determining the size of the display device using information gathered during the estimating of the first position and orientation and the estimating of the second position and orientation, and determining the orientation of the display device relative to a sensor of a gaming console using the two findings sent to the gaming
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Osman
  • Publication number: 20080266294
    Abstract: A system creates three-dimensional computer models of physical objects by displaying illumination patterns on a display device to incidentally illuminate a physical object. A video camera acquires images of the object illuminated by the patterns. The patterns can include motion and multiple colors for acquiring images with large variations in surface shading of the object. Shading values from acquired images of the object are analyzed to determine the orientation of points on the object's surface. The system evaluates the quality of acquired images and selects patterns tailored to specific attributes of objects. The points' orientations are determined by comparing the points' shading values with an illumination model or shading values acquired from a calibration shading object. A model surface is fitted to the point's orientations. Applications may utilize the model for any purpose, including creating and exchanging customized virtual objects, enhanced object tracking, and videoconferencing applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Osman
  • Publication number: 20080069350
    Abstract: IPTV-based systems offer acquisition and distribution of content from numerous channels with protected end-to-end conditional access. In adopting IPTV-based systems for seamless transport of the content to their subscribers' set-top boxes, service providers would need a transport architecture that accommodates their existing infrastructure. In the spectrum of service providers some have no physical infrastructure at all and some have the entire suite of infrastructure and services. Therefore, the present invention provides a new transport architecture that can accommodate the spectrum of service providers, including tier-1, tier-2 and tier-3 service providers. For this purpose, the transport architecture includes double-layer encryption and bulk decryption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Ramiro Reinoso, Steven Osman, William Berman
  • Publication number: 20070060350
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for controlling a device through air pressure waves, or “sound”. The system and method involve receiving a sound and analyzing the sound to determine whether or not it has one or more predetermined characteristics. If it is determined that the sound does have one or more predetermined characteristics, at least one control signal is generated for the purpose of controlling at least one aspect of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Osman
  • Publication number: 20070061142
    Abstract: Consumer electronic devices have been developed with enormous information processing capabilities, high quality audio and video outputs, large amounts of memory, and may also include wired and/or wireless networking capabilities. Additionally, relatively unsophisticated and inexpensive sensors, such as microphones, video camera, GPS or other position sensors, when coupled with devices having these enhanced capabilities, can be used to detect subtle features about users and their environments. A variety of audio, video, simulation and user interface paradigms have been developed to utilize the enhanced capabilities of these devices. These paradigms can be used separately or together in any combination. One paradigm automatically creating user identities using speaker identification. Another paradigm includes a control button with 3-axis pressure sensitivity for use with game controllers and other input devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Gustavo Hernandez-Abrego, Xavier Menendez-Pidal, Steven Osman, Ruxin Chen, Rishi Deshpande, Care Michaud-Wideman, Richard Marks, Eric Larsen, Xiaodong Mao