Patents by Inventor Teruyuki TORIYAMA

Teruyuki TORIYAMA 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).

  • Patent number: 11086505
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a program for controlling an information processing device that receives an operation on an object to be possessed disposed in a virtual space from a user, the program causing the information processing device to execute rendering a spatial image that depicts an aspect of an interior of the virtual space on a basis of a position and a direction of a given viewpoint, receiving a housing operation of adding the object to be possessed to user's personal belongings from the user, and controlling so as to dispose a list of personal belongings to which the object to be possessed has been added at a position in the virtual space determined depending on the position and the direction of the viewpoint at a time of receiving the housing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamagiwa, Teruyuki Toriyama, Hidetaka Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10754499
    Abstract: A program for causing a computer to execute: receiving an instruction to change a position and a direction of a viewpoint disposed in a virtual space from a user; controlling a viewpoint to change the position and the direction of the viewpoint in response to the instruction; rendering a spatial image that depicts an aspect of an interior of the virtual space on the basis of the position and the direction of the viewpoint; and switching over between a first mode of changing the direction of the viewpoint about the position of the viewpoint and a second mode of changing the position and the direction of the viewpoint about an object of interest to which the user pays attention in the virtual space in a case of receiving an instruction to change the direction of the viewpoint from the user at a time of controlling the viewpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamagiwa, Teruyuki Toriyama, Hidetaka Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10719195
    Abstract: A program for causing a computer to execute: receiving an instruction to change a position and a direction of a viewpoint disposed in a virtual space from a user; controlling a viewpoint to change the position and the direction of the viewpoint in response to the instruction; rendering a spatial image that depicts an aspect of an interior of the virtual space on the basis of the position and the direction of the viewpoint; and switching over between a first mode of changing the direction of the viewpoint about the position of the viewpoint and a second mode of changing the position and the direction of the viewpoint about an object of interest to which the user pays attention in the virtual space in a case of receiving an instruction to change the direction of the viewpoint from the user at a time of controlling the viewpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamagiwa, Teruyuki Toriyama, Hidetaka Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10625157
    Abstract: There is provided a display control program for a computer. The display control program includes: by an image generation block, setting a viewpoint position and a sightline direction in accordance with one of a position and an attitude of a head mounted display worn on the head of a user and rendering an object arranged in a virtual three-dimensional space so as to generate an image to be displayed on the head mounted display; and by a rotation control block, upon acquiring an instruction for rotating a game field arranged in the virtual three-dimensional space, rotating the game field around an axis perpendicular to the game field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masami Yamamoto, Teruyuki Toriyama, Haruyuki Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20190346989
    Abstract: A program for causing a computer to execute: receiving an instruction to change a position and a direction of a viewpoint disposed in a virtual space from a user; controlling a viewpoint to change the position and the direction of the viewpoint in response to the instruction; rendering a spatial image that depicts an aspect of an interior of the virtual space on the basis of the position and the direction of the viewpoint; and switching over between a first mode of changing the direction of the viewpoint about the position of the viewpoint and a second mode of changing the position and the direction of the viewpoint about an object of interest to which the user pays attention in the virtual space in a case of receiving an instruction to change the direction of the viewpoint from the user at a time of controlling the viewpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masaaki YAMAGIWA, Teruyuki TORIYAMA, Hidetaka MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190346984
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a program for controlling an information processing device that receives an operation on an object to be possessed disposed in a virtual space from a user, the program causing the information processing device to execute rendering a spatial image that depicts an aspect of an interior of the virtual space on a basis of a position and a direction of a given viewpoint, receiving a housing operation of adding the object to be possessed to user's personal belongings from the user, and controlling so as to dispose a list of personal belongings to which the object to be possessed has been added at a position in the virtual space determined depending on the position and the direction of the viewpoint at a time of receiving the housing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masaaki YAMAGIWA, Teruyuki TORIYAMA, Hidetaka MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20180065037
    Abstract: There is provided a display control program for a computer. The display control program includes: by an image generation block, setting a viewpoint position and a sightline direction in accordance with one of a position and an attitude of a head mounted display worn on the head of a user and rendering an object arranged in a virtual three-dimensional space so as to generate an image to be displayed on the head mounted display; and by a rotation control block, upon acquiring an instruction for rotating a game field arranged in the virtual three-dimensional space, rotating the game field around an axis perpendicular to the game field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Masami YAMAMOTO, Teruyuki TORIYAMA, Haruyuki OHASHI