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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2023
Applicant:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited, London, GB;
Inventors:
Calum Armstrong, London, GB;
Paul Welton, London, GB;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2013.01); A63F 13/215 (2014.01); G01S 5/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G01S 5/30 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); A63F 13/215 (2014.09);
Abstract
A method for obtaining a position of a peripheral device for an audiovisual entertainment system, the method comprising: controlling an audio source to output an audio signal at a first time; determining a second time at which the audio signal arrives at an audio detector, wherein the peripheral device comprises at least one of the audio source and audio detector; and estimating a position of the peripheral device based on an acoustic time-of-flight between the first time and the second time.