公开(公告)号：US20250121278A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-17

申请号：US18907646

申请日：2024-10-07

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Jun Yen Leung

IPC: A63F13/22 ,  A63F13/42 ,  A63F13/533 ,  A63F13/79 ,  G06N3/092

Abstract: A method for optimizing a control scheme of a game controller including a plurality of controls. The method comprises the steps of obtaining accessibility constraints corresponding to a user's accessibility needs; operating an artificial intelligence agent to play a computer game based on a plurality of candidate control schemes and conforming to the accessibility constraints; and determining the candidate control scheme that achieves a predetermined performance objective as an optimized control scheme.

公开(公告)号：US12278936B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-15

申请号：US18492088

申请日：2023-10-23

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Koji Ohata

IPC: H04N13/122 ,  H04N13/156 ,  H04N13/344 ,  H04N13/366

Abstract: Methods and/or apparatus provide for acquiring a first image obtained by imaging an event taking place in a real space; generating a display image by merging the first image into a second image representing a virtual space that establishes an alternative version by: (i) reproducing real elements that are a focus of the event, (ii) omitting real peripheral elements, and (iii) presenting alternative virtual elements, such that the first image has an inconspicuous border when the display image is presented to a user.

公开(公告)号：US12274940B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-15

申请号：US18637582

申请日：2024-04-17

Applicant: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC ,  SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.

Inventor： Kristie Ramirez ,  Elizabeth Juenger ,  Katie Egeland ,  Sepideh Karimi ,  Lachmin Singh ,  Olga Rudi

IPC: A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/24 ,  A63F13/5375 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: A method and system for providing gaze-based generation of virtual effects indicators correlated with directional sounds is disclosed. Gaze data is tracked via a camera associated with a client device to identify a point of focus within a three-dimensional virtual environment towards which one or both eyes of the player are focused. When the point of focus indicated by the gaze data when the point of focus does not move towards the source location within the three-dimensional virtual environment when the directional sound is received indicates that a virtual effect indicator associated with the directional sound type of the indicated directional sound is should be generated.

公开(公告)号：US20250118273A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-10

申请号：US18730048

申请日：2023-01-19

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Koichi YOSHIDA ,  Sachiyo AOKI ,  Yasunari HATASAWA ,  Takahiro AIZAWA

IPC: G09G5/00

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, which is connected to a display monitor and generates a video signal that is outputted to the display monitor and in which, in a case where a refresh rate for the display monitor is variable, one of a prescribed fixed refresh rate or a variable range that is for a variable refresh rate and is defined as a partial limited range from among a refresh range that the display monitor can support is selected by a prescribed limit range determination method, and the display monitor is controlled on the basis of the prescribed fixed refresh rate or the selected variable range pattern.

公开(公告)号：US20250117077A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-10

申请号：US18484409

申请日：2023-10-10

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Koichi Obana ,  Yuichiro Nakamura ,  Greg Corson

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/14

Abstract: Techniques are described for rotating a display such as multiple displays of a box-shaped flat panel display assembly according to the viewing angle of the user.

公开(公告)号：US12268968B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-08

申请号：US17909461

申请日：2021-03-19

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Masahiro Fujihara

IPC: A63F13/25 ,  A63F13/35 ,  A63F13/53 ,  A63F13/86 ,  A63F13/812

Abstract: A game image generation unit generates a game image, and a game audio generation unit generates a game audio. An audio acquiring unit acquires a microphone audio input to a microphone. A distribution processing unit distributes the microphone audio, the game audio, and the game image. An accepting unit accepts an operation made by a user. During distribution of the microphone audio, the game audio, and the game image, after the accepting unit accepts a predetermined operation, the distribution processing unit operates in either a first mode in which a first standby image is distributed and the microphone audio is distributed as well or a second mode in which a second standby image is distributed but the microphone audio is not distributed.

公开(公告)号：US20250113049A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-03

申请号：US18479709

申请日：2023-10-02

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Hung-Ju Lee

IPC: H04N19/42 ,  A63F13/358 ,  H04N19/139 ,  H04N19/154 ,  H04N19/172 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/182

Abstract: Techniques are described for training a machine learning (ML) model to determine, e.g., based on bit rate capacity, whether to encode a frame of video or not. If a frame is dropped according to output of the ML model, the next frame may be encoded at a higher quality than normal using the computing savings gained from dropping the first frame. Compressed domain information may be used to eliminate portions of a frame, but not the complete frame, from encoding.

公开(公告)号：US20250113040A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-03

申请号：US18477368

申请日：2023-09-28

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Hung-Ju Lee

IPC: H04N7/01 ,  H04N19/147 ,  H04N19/154

Abstract: Techniques are described for identifying a switching point at which to switch resolutions of a video during streaming due to changing network bitrates. First quality metrics at plural bitrates are determined between selected videos and respective output videos derived from compressing and decompressing the respective selected videos. Also, second quality metrics at plural bitrates are determined between the respective selected videos and upscaled videos generated by upscaling the output video. Using the first and second quality metrics and bitrates, the switching point to change resolution during streaming is identified.

公开(公告)号：US20250108292A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-03

申请号：US18478057

申请日：2023-09-29

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Deepali Arya ,  Eric Hsuming Chen ,  Jason Wang ,  Hung-Ju Lee

IPC: A63F13/355 ,  H04N19/513

Abstract: Techniques are described for over-training a ML model on multiple gameplay videos of individual scenes of a computer game to better configure the model to reconstruct or enhance portions of the computer game at a receiver as the computer game is received over a streamlining network. Reconstruction of individual missing slices of a frame is contemplated such that a frame missing a slice need not be entirely discarded.

公开(公告)号：US20250106370A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：US18475108

申请日：2023-09-26

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC ,  Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yuanhan Chen ,  Ensha Neron ,  Brittni Snoke ,  Mehak Bhat

IPC: H04N13/139 ,  H04N13/161 ,  H04N13/194 ,  H04N21/2187 ,  H04N21/81

Abstract: A system is disclosed for three-dimensional (3D) conversion of a video stream. The system includes an input processor configured to receive an input video stream that includes a first series of video frames. The system also includes a 3D virtual model generator configured to select video frames from the input video stream and generate a 3D virtual model for content depicted in the selected video frames. The system also includes a frame generator configured to generate a second series of video frames for an output video stream depicting content within the 3D virtual model at a specified frame rate. The system also includes an output processor configured to encode and transmit the output video stream to a client computing system.