Sony Corporation

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC

Ryuji Nakayama

Ennin Huang

Nathan Gary

Takahiro Fujii

Shuji Hiramatsu

Tomohiro Ishii

Masaharu Sakai

Kojiro Umemura

Tetsuo Ikeda

Hiroki Kato

Munetaka Tsuda

Tohru Kurata

Kazuto Nishizawa

Yasuhiro Yamanaka

Daisuke Kawamura

Goro Takaki

Wataru Tajika

Masayuki Ebisawa

A method is provided, including the following operations: capturing images of an interactive environment by an image capture device; analyzing the captured images to track motion of a user's head in the interactive environment; providing a view through a display screen of a three-dimensional (3-D) information space, wherein the view of the 3-D information space is defined from a perspective that is determined by the tracked motion of the user's head in the interactive environment, the perspective being dynamically updated in response to the motion of the user's head; wherein the 3-D information space includes a plurality of predefined content regions that are configured to present respectively assigned visual content, the content regions being visually accessible through the display screen based on the provided view of the 3-D information space.

Viewing a three-dimensional information space through a display screen

A controller for interfacing with a computing device is provided, including the following: a main body; a first extension extending from a first end of the main body; a second extension extending from a second end of the main body; wherein the first extension and the second extension are configured as handles; a button positioned on a surface of the main body, the button being configured to activate a sharing interface for sharing gameplay.

Gaming controller

There is provided an information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to initiate display of a virtual object, based on a gesture operation, starting from a point of origin and moving towards a target point; and continue to display the virtual object in display motion after the gesture operation, wherein a path of travel of the virtual object or a display characteristic of the virtual object is determined based on a positional relationship between the virtual object and another object that is a real object located in proximity to the path of travel of the virtual object.

Information processing apparatus, control method, and program

A controller for interfacing with a computing device is provided, including the following: a main body; a first extension extending from a first end of the main body; a second extension extending from a second end of the main body; wherein the first extension and the second extension are configured as handles; a button positioned along the top surface of the main body, the button being configured to activate a sharing interface for sharing gameplay to a social graph.

A controller for interfacing wirelessly with a computing device is provided, including the following: a housing defined by a main body, a first extension extending from a first end of the main body, and a second extension extending from a second end of the main body, the first extension and the second extension for holding by a first hand and a second hand of a user, respectively; a touchscreen defined along the top surface of the main body between the first extension and the second extension; a first set of buttons disposed on the top surface of the main body proximate to the first extension and on a first side of the touchscreen; and a second set of buttons disposed on the top surface of the main body proximate to the second extension and on a second side of the touchscreen.

Display panel or screen with animated graphical user interface

Display panel or screen with graphical user interface

A controller for interfacing wirelessly with a game console is provided, including the following: a housing defined by a main body, a first extension extending from a first end of the main body, and a second extension extending from a second end of the main body, the first extension and the second extension for holding by a first hand and a second hand of a user, respectively; a touch-sensitive panel defined along the top surface of the main body between the first extension and the second extension; a first set of buttons disposed on the top surface of the main body proximate to the first extension and on a first side of the touch-sensitive panel; and, a second set of buttons disposed on the top surface of the main body proximate to the second extension and on a second side of the touch-sensitive panel.

A menu management unit relates items of contents received from a storage unit to multiple folder icons, which represent units for displaying contents. A menu screen generating unit generates image data for a menu screen, which includes a function icon arrayformed by multiple function icons-aligned horizontally, and a folder icon arrayformed by multiple folder iconsaligned vertically. With respect to each of the multiple folder icons, an effect processing unit receives, as a folder attachment image, one of content icons representing related contents from the storage unit, and then displays, in the folder icon array, the folder attachment imageand the folder iconso that the folder attachment image is included in the semi-transparent folder icon superimposed upon the image.

Multimedia player and menu screen display method

A jacket image receiver acquires data for music to be played back and, in addition, a related image related to the music. A three-dimensional image generating unit displays the related image related to music played back in the past along with the related image related to the music currently played back, arranging the images in a three-dimensional space. The three-dimensional image generating unit flickers an image representing a water surface in order to create a visual effect that makes the related images appear floating on the water surface.

Terminal, image display method and program for displaying music-related images

A method for presenting content on a display screen is provided. The method initiates with presenting first content on the display screen, the first content being associated with a first detected viewing position of a user that is identified in a region in front of the display screen. At least part of second content is presented on the display screen along with the first content, the second content being progressively displayed along a side of the display screen in proportional response to a movement of the user from the first detected viewing position to a second detected viewing position of the user.

Methods and systems for interaction with an expanded information space

A controller for providing input to an application is provided, including: a main body; a first handle extending from the main body, the first handle defined for holding by a first hand of a user; a second handle extending from the main body, the second handle defined for holding by a second hand of a user; a touch panel disposed along a top surface of the main body; a translucent panel defined along a front side of the main body; and a light defined in the main body for illuminating the translucent panel.

A method for providing a dynamic perspective-based presentation of content on a cellular phone is provided, comprising: presenting a first portion of a content space on a display screen of the cellular phone; tracking a location of a user's head in front of the display screen; detecting a lateral movement of the user's head relative to the display screen; progressively exposing an adjacent second portion of the content space, from an edge of the display screen opposite a direction of the lateral movement, in proportional response to the lateral movement of the user's head relative to the display screen.

Interaction with an expanded information space on a cellular phone

A controller for interfacing with an interactive application is provided, including: a housing defined by a main body, a first extension extending from a first end of the main body, and a second extension extending from a second end of the main body, the first extension and the second extension for holding by a first hand and a second hand of a user, respectively; an input device positioned along a top surface of the main body; a touch-sensitive panel defined along the top surface of the main body.

A controller for interfacing with an interactive application is provided. The controller includes a housing defined by a main body, a first extension extending from a first end of the main body, and a second extension extending from a second end of the main body, the first extension and the second extension for holding by a first hand and a second hand of a user, respectively. The controller also includes an input device positioned along a top surface of the main body, and a touch-sensitive panel defined along a first side surface of the main body.

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Tokyo, Japan

Ryuji Nakayama