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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2022
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Mark E. Cerny, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Kelvin M. Yong, Irvine, CA (US);
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for encoding including executing game logic built on a game engine of a video game at a cloud gaming server to generate video frames. The method including executing scene change logic to predict a scene change in the video frames based on game state collected during execution of the game logic. The method including identifying a range of video frames that is predicted to include the scene change. The method including generating a scene change hint using the scene change logic, wherein the scene change hint identifies the range of video frames, wherein the range of video frames includes a first video frame. The method including delivering the first video frame to an encoder. The method including sending the scene change hint from the scene change logic to the encoder. The method including encoding the first video frame as an I-frame based on the scene change hint.