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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Fabio Cappello, London, GB;
Jason Gordon Doig, London, GB;
Michael Eder, London, GB;
Rajeev Gupta, London, GB;
Assignee:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); A63H 30/04 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01); G06N 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/0003 (2013.01); A63H 30/04 (2013.01); B25J 9/0087 (2013.01); B25J 9/1679 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 15/0004 (2013.01); B25J 15/06 (2013.01); G06N 3/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for controlling a configurable apparatus includes a configuration identification unit operable to identify a preferred configuration of the apparatus in response to media content to be provided to a user, and a configuration modification unit operable to modify the configuration of the apparatus in dependence upon the identified preferred configuration, where different configurations of the apparatus correspond to the shapes of different objects relating to the media content.