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Patent No.:

US 12594496 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 05, 2023

Translation of sign language in a virtual environment

Applicant:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Celeste Bean, San Francisco, CA (US);

Todd Tokubo, San Mateo, CA (US);

Assignee:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Primary Examiner:

David L Lewis

Assistant Examiner:

Shauna-Kay undefined Hall

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/42 (2014.01); A63F 13/213 (2014.01); A63F 13/58 (2014.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 40/58 (2020.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/42 (2014.09); A63F 13/213 (2014.09); A63F 13/58 (2014.09); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 40/58 (2020.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 40/28 (2022.01);
Abstract

A method is provided, including the following operations: receiving video of a first user; processing the video to identify signed communications in a first sign language made by the first user; translating the signed communications in the first sign language into signed communications in a second sign language; rendering an avatar of the user performing the translated signed communications in the second sign language; presenting the avatar on a display for viewing by a second user.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Bean, Celeste. (2026). Translation of sign language in a virtual environment (U.S. Patent No. 12594496). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12594496

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