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Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 02, 2017
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Michael John Williams, Winchester, GB;

Paul Edward Prayle, Basingstoke, GB;

Michael Goldman, London, GB;

William Jack Leathers-Smith, Guildford, GB;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06K 9/00671 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for generating a virtual reality environment comprising: controller circuitry configured to: insert a captured image of an object in the virtual reality environment; move the captured image within the virtual reality environment; pause the movement of the captured image in the virtual reality environment; generate a rendered representation of at least part of the captured image; replace the at least part of the captured image with the rendered representation in the virtual reality environment; and move the rendered representation within the virtual reality environment.


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