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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11354871 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2019

Head-mountable apparatus and methods

Applicant:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Michael Adam Kavallierou, Burgess Hill, GB;

Assignee:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Matthew B. Dernier, Esq.

Primary Examiner:

Grace Q Li

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/20 (2011.01); G06F 3/04815 (2022.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); A63F 13/5255 (2014.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); A63F 13/25 (2014.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); A63F 13/211 (2014.01); H04N 21/8547 (2011.01); A63F 13/213 (2014.01); A63F 13/212 (2014.01); A63F 13/65 (2014.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 13/344 (2018.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 13/383 (2018.01); H04N 13/279 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/20 (2013.01); A63F 13/211 (2014.09); A63F 13/212 (2014.09); A63F 13/213 (2014.09); A63F 13/25 (2014.09); A63F 13/5255 (2014.09); A63F 13/65 (2014.09); B25J 13/08 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06T 13/40 (2013.01); H04N 13/344 (2018.05); H04N 21/23418 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/4394 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/44218 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/462 (2013.01); H04N 21/466 (2013.01); H04N 21/4781 (2013.01); H04N 21/816 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/8547 (2013.01); A63F 2300/5553 (2013.01); H04N 13/279 (2018.05); H04N 13/383 (2018.05);
Abstract

An apparatus for configuring an avatar responsive to a content having at least one of a video and an audio signal includes an authoring unit configured to detect one or more events in a content comprising at least one of a video and an audio signal, categorise one or more of the detected events, and generate an event track for the content, the event track comprising one or more of the categorised events associated with a respective time; a selecting unit configured to select a configuration of an avatar to correspond to a respective categorised event of the event track; and an output generator configured to generate control data to configure an avatar in response to a selected configuration.

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