公开(公告)号：US20250061646A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-20

申请号：US18784989

申请日：2024-07-26

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Jun Yen Leung ,  Maurizio Cerrato ,  Lawrence Green

IPC: G06T15/50 ,  G06T7/20 ,  G06T7/60

Abstract: There is provided a method for rendering a virtual environment. The method comprises identifying one or more static elements in the virtual environment, determining, for a first frame having a first virtual camera position, a geometry of the static elements in the virtual environment, storing the geometry of the static elements for the first frame, determining, for a second frame having the first virtual camera position, a geometry of at least part of the virtual environment based, at least in part, on the stored geometry of the static elements for the first frame, and determining, for the second frame, lighting for the at least part of the virtual environment at least in part based on the geometry of the at least part of the virtual environment determined for the second frame, to render the at least part of the virtual environment

公开(公告)号：US20240139625A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-02

申请号：US18491101

申请日：2023-10-20

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Michael Eder ,  Nicola Penny Ann Cavalla ,  Lawrence Green ,  Calum Armstrong ,  Rosario Leonardi ,  Nima Karshenas ,  Alan Murphy

IPC: A63F13/497 ,  A63F13/75 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G06T11/60

CPC classification number: A63F13/497 ,  A63F13/75 ,  G06F3/1454 ,  G06T11/60 ,  A63F13/79 ,  G06T2200/24

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes processing circuitry to generate images of a computer-generated environment for display to a first user, storage circuitry to temporarily store at least some of the images, where the storage circuitry is configured to temporarily store a respective image in dependence upon one or more storage conditions, receiving circuitry to receive user input data indicative of selection by a first user of a predetermined function for reporting abusive interaction by another user associated with the computer-generated environment, recording circuitry to generate a respective recording in response to the user input data, the respective recording comprising at least some of the images stored by the storage circuitry and output circuitry to output the respective recording

公开(公告)号：US20250150606A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-08

申请号：US18930384

申请日：2024-10-29

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Maurizio Cerrato ,  Jun Yen Leung ,  Lawrence Green

IPC: H04N19/186 ,  G06T7/40 ,  H04N19/176

Abstract: A method for texture encoding, the method comprising the steps of: compressing a first colour channel of a given texture to obtain a plurality of fixed-sized data chunks representative of the first colour channel of a corresponding plurality of fixed-sized blocks of pixels of the given texture; for the given texture, training, using the plurality of fixed-sized data chunks, a neural network to output an inferred pixel colour block representative of at least a second colour channel of a respective fixed-sized block of pixels of the given texture based on an input representative of a respective fixed-sized data chunk representative of the first colour channel of the respective fixed-sized block of pixels of the given texture; and outputting at least one of the fixed-sized data chunks and the weights of the trained neural network as an encoded representation of at least a portion of the given texture.

公开(公告)号：US20250037360A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-30

申请号：US18779348

申请日：2024-07-22

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Jun Yen Leung ,  Maurizio Cerrato ,  Lawrence Green

IPC: G06T15/50 ,  G06T3/40 ,  G06T7/20 ,  G06T15/20

Abstract: There is provided a method of generating a light probe in a virtual environment. The method includes determining a first region of the light probe based on one or more predetermined conditions, collecting light information from the virtual environment, where the light information relates to light passing through a location of the light probe in the virtual environment, and storing the light information in the light probe, where the light information is stored at a higher resolution in the first region of the light probe than in a, different, second region of the light probe.

公开(公告)号：US20240399245A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18667263

申请日：2024-05-17

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Lawrence Green ,  Maria Chiara Monti ,  Pavel Rudko

IPC: A63F13/30

Abstract: A system comprises a portable user device configured to store user profile information associated with a user, and an entertainment system comprising a video game processing device and one or more input devices, the portable user device being configured to communicate at least some of the user profile information to a second device via near-field communication, wherein the second device is one or more selected from the video game processing device and one or more of the input devices, wherein the video game processing device is configured to perform one or more processing operations in dependence on at least some of the user profile information received from the portable user device.

公开(公告)号：US20240293754A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US18584041

申请日：2024-02-22

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Lawrence Green ,  Maria Chiara Monti

IPC: A63F13/87

CPC classification number: A63F13/87

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to: detect a speech input from a first user playing a video game; transmit data representing the speech input to a second data processing apparatus using a first communication channel for output to a second user playing the video game with the first user; determine if a private conversation mode is enabled; if the private conversation mode is not enabled, transmit data representing the speech input to a third data processing apparatus using a second communication channel for output to a third user watching but not playing the video game with the first and second users; and if the private conversation mode is enabled, prevent transmission of data representing the speech input to the third data processing apparatus using the second communication channel.