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Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2020
Applicant:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Nicolas Doucet, Yokohama, JP;

Yutaka Yokokawa, Tokyo, JP;

Gento Morita, Tokyo, JP;

Keiichiro Ishihara, Tokyo, JP;

Yuki Miyamae, Tokyo, JP;

Kazutomo Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;

Ngo Tuyen Thibaud, Tokyo, JP;

Masafumi Noda, Tokyo, JP;

Takumi Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/52 (2014.01); A63F 13/213 (2014.01); A63F 13/53 (2014.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); A63F 13/26 (2014.01); A63F 13/212 (2014.01); A63F 13/5255 (2014.01); A63F 13/211 (2014.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); A63F 13/214 (2014.01); A63F 13/235 (2014.01); A63F 13/25 (2014.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/52 (2014.09); A63F 13/211 (2014.09); A63F 13/212 (2014.09); A63F 13/213 (2014.09); A63F 13/214 (2014.09); A63F 13/235 (2014.09); A63F 13/25 (2014.09); A63F 13/26 (2014.09); A63F 13/5255 (2014.09); A63F 13/53 (2014.09); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); A63F 2300/8082 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G06T 19/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for controlling a display include: acquiring information indicative of first entered instructions from a first input apparatus used by a first user wearing a head mounted display and information indicative of second entered instructions from a second input apparatus used by a second user enabled to view a display apparatus; controlling, in a virtual three-dimensional space, an event on the basis of one or more of the first entered instructions and the second entered instructions acquired; generating a first image of said virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on said head mounted display; and generating a second image of said virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on said display apparatus, where the first image includes the first input apparatus, and where the second image does not include the second input apparatus.


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