Patents by Inventor Taeko SANADA

Taeko SANADA 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).

  • Image generating apparatus, image generating method, and program for displaying fixation point objects in a virtual space
    Patent number: 10803652
    Abstract: There are provided an image generating apparatus, an image generating method, and a program for generating an image that allows each of the users sharing a virtual space to see what the ether users are looking at. A virtual space managing section (126) arranges a fixation point object indicative of a fixation point at a position away from a first viewpoint in a first visual line direction passing through the first viewpoint arranged in a virtual space, the first visual line direction corresponding to the attitude of a first head-mounted display. A frame image generating section (128) generates an image indicating how things look from a second viewpoint in a second visual line direction corresponding to the attitude of a second head-mounted display, the second viewpoint being arranged in the virtual space in which the fixation point object is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Akio Ohba, Taeko Sanada
  • IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20190114823
    Abstract: There are provided an image generating apparatus, an image generating method, and a program for generating an image that allows each of the users sharing a virtual space to see what the ether users are looking at. A virtual space managing section (126) arranges a fixation point object indicative of a fixation point at a position away from a first viewpoint in a first visual line direction passing through the first viewpoint arranged in a virtual space, the first visual line direction corresponding to the attitude of a first head-mounted display. A frame image generating section (128) generates an image indicating how things look from a second viewpoint in a second visual line direction corresponding to the attitude of a second head-mounted display, the second viewpoint being arranged in the virtual space in which the fixation point object is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Akio OHBA, Taeko SANADA