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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
May. 08, 2024
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Katsushi Otsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for: generating a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of applications executed in parallel and storing the plurality of images in a frame buffer; reading out the plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of applications from the frame buffer at different timings for each application and coding the plurality of images that have been read out; and when the reading and coding completes coding of an image corresponding to a first application and initiates coding of an image corresponding to a second application, saving context regarding the first application from the reading and coding to a storage section and setting context regarding the second application from the storage section in the reading and coding, without an intermediary of processing of software that manages the plurality of applications.