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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.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2023
Applicant:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited, London, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/54 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/54 (2014.09); A63F 2300/1081 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides techniques for intelligently positioning speech in a virtual environment. Factors such as user preferences, the location of virtual environment audio and/or visual events, avatar location, and others can be taken into account when selecting a suitable location for the speech. The virtual environment can be a game environment, a meeting environment, an augmented reality environment, a virtual reality environment, and the like. The invention can be implemented by an audio processing unit which may be part of a game console.