Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Glenn T Black

Michael G Taylor

Javier Fernandez Rico

Jeffrey Roger Stafford

Todd Tokubo

Celeste Bean

Arthur Charles Kwun

Steven Osman

Sergey Bashkirov

Xiadong Mao

Anton Mikhailov

Dennis Dale Castleman

Ruxin Chen

Xiaodong Mao

Alvin J Daniel

Brian M Watson

Crusoe Xiadong Mao

Andrew Young

Frederick Umminger

Michael Taylor

Frank Zhao

Thomas Bruckbock

Tomas Bruckbock

Elliot S Brodzki

So Morimoto

Katsuhisa Tadano

Blake Buzzini

Jason Campbell

Alerts can be generated to inform a prime user to unblock another user, whose audio and/or video the prime user has blocked, owing to an emerging context that may be of interest to the prime user. The prime user can be informed of such a context and provided the ability to selectively view the blocked user's comments so the full context can be understood. This aims to help protect the prime user who may have been the subject of harassment from the blocked user originally causing the blocked user to be muted or otherwise blocked in the first place.

Context sensitive alerts involving muted users

A hand-gesture tracking engine includes a first artificial intelligence (AI) model component configured and trained to automatically identify a hand-gesture made by a source player within a video game. A hand-gesture intent engine includes a second AI model component configured and trained to automatically determine a message for communication to a target player within the video game as conveyed by the hand-gesture identified by the hand-gesture tracking engine. A hand-gesture translation engine having a third AI model component configured and trained to automatically generate a communication to the target player that conveys the message as determined by the hand-gesture intent engine. The third AI model component is configured and trained to automatically control sending of the communication to the target player.

Systems and methods for artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted temporal context processing in support of hand-gesture communication in video gaming

A garment system is provided, including: a main component configured to be worn by a user, the main component having a flexible display portion and a sensor; a detachable component configured to be detachably coupled to the main component; wherein the sensor detects when the detachable component is attached to, or detached from, the main component, and responsively triggers a change in imagery presented on the flexible display portion in response to said attachment or detachment of the detachable component.

Merchandise with flexible display and detachable component

Machine learning is used to transform screen renders from the viewpoint of the player's character to be from the viewpoint of other non-player characters (NPC) in the room. One or more neural networks are trained using game images captured during a human play session, and then subsequently the neural networks are used to create realistic video from the NPC viewpoints. To avoid rendering multiple viewpoints simultaneously, a single viewpoint is rendered, and neural networks are used to transform it for the viewpoints of other NPCs in the area. A group of NPCs may be treated as a batch and a single viewpoint transformed to multiple viewpoints in a single inference pass. For cloud gaming the game video can be rendered/sent immediately for the player but the actions of the NPCs are delayed for a frame while the neural network generates the behavior.

Use of machine learning to transform screen renders from the player viewpoint

A media system employs techniques to create a framework for evaluating gameplay content in a vector-space. These techniques include monitoring frames for content streams that correspond to gameplay in a game environment, determining feature-values for features associated with the frames, mapping the content streams to position vectors in the vector-space based on the feature-values, and assigning a set of position vectors in the vector-space to an area in the game environment based on a relative proximity of the set of position vectors in the vector-space.

Vector-space framework for evaluating gameplay content in a game environment

A method for dynamically modifying audio playback of a video game is provided. The method includes ascertaining game music data associated with the video game. The game music data may include a plurality of game soundtracks classified according to predetermined criteria. The method may include collecting feedback while the user is playing the video game, the feedback including data associated with the user's performance; an express user action; an evaluation of game results; the user's emotional state; and a user input. The method may continue with determining one or more replacement soundtracks based on criteria associated with the one or more replacement soundtracks. The method may further include dynamically modifying the game music data while the user is playing the video game by replacing at least one of the plurality of game soundtracks with the one or more replacement soundtracks to obtain modified game music data.

Systems and methods for dynamic modification of audio playback with user feedback

An accessibility computer game controller includes a central control button on a round base and peripheral control buttons on the base surrounding the central control button. The peripheral control buttons can have distinct sizes and shapes. An analog stick unit is reciprocatingly engaged with the base and includes a control portion rotatable relative to the base.

Computer simulation controller with analog stick device

A controller apparatus includes two or more balls having a size sufficient for a human to manipulate with a single foot. Three or more bearings support at least one of the balls from below and permit rotation with respect to at least two axes. One or more position encoders are disposed proximate a surface of each of the two or more balls. The encoders are configured to determine a rotational displacement of each of the two or more balls with respect to two or more axes.

Dual sphere foot operated position-based controller

Computer simulation controller

A method is provided, including: recording gameplay data from a first session of a video game, the first session defined for interactive gameplay of a user; training a machine learning model using the gameplay data, wherein the training causes the machine learning model to imitate the interactive gameplay of the user; after the training, determining a classification of the machine learning model by exposing the machine learning model to one or more scenarios of the video game, and evaluating actions of the machine learning model in response to the one or more scenarios; and, using the classification of the machine learning model to provide a coaching recommendation to the user.

AI modeling for video game coaching and matchmaking

Systems and methods for receiving a scene by a head mounted display (HMD) of an HMD user. One method includes receiving image data of a real world space where the HMD is located. The image data is analyzed to identify positional data on the one or more spectators present in the real world space. The method includes identifying, based on the positional data, that a personal space of a spectator is being encroached. The identifying causing an indicator to alert the HMD user of said encroachment of said personal space of the spectator.

Delivery of spectator feedback content to virtual reality environments provided by head mounted display

A microphone can be provided on a charging case for wireless earbuds. This can be used for quality recording and microphone placement, as well as assisting in echo cancellation algorithms by measuring environmental noise. The microphone can be movably mounted to adjust for noise or echo cancelation on another device such as a cell phone.

Microphone charging case

A foot operated controller apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a ball large enough for a human to manipulate with two feet, and a support apparatus configured to support the ball from below, restrict translation of the ball and permit rotation of the ball about its center with respect to at least two axes. One or more position encoders are disposed proximate a surface of the ball. The encoder(s) are configured to determine a rotational displacement of the ball with respect to two or more axes.

Single sphere foot operated position-based controller

A method includes identifying a real-world object in a scene viewed by a camera of a user device, matching the real-world object with a tagged object based at least in part on image recognition and a sharing setting of the tagged object, the tagged object having been tagged with a content item, providing a notification to a user of the user device that the content item is associated with the real-world object, receiving a request from the user for the content item, and providing the content item to the user. A computer readable storage medium stores one or more computer programs, and an apparatus includes a processor-based device.

Schemes for retrieving and associating content items with real-world objects using augmented reality and object recognition

A warning is generated when a computer simulation controller is determined to have insufficient charge to permit use through an upcoming simulation sequence. Thus, responsive to a computer simulation having a first context and a computer simulation controller having a first voltage, a human-perceptible indication of low voltage is presented, whereas if the computer simulation has a second context typically requiring less input than the first context, no indication is presented if the controller has the same first voltage.

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San Mateo, CA, United States of America

Glenn T Black