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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
May. 24, 2023
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus provide for: performing information processing on the basis of data received from a device that detects a user position; generating an image to be displayed as a result of the information processing; determining that the user needs to be warned when the user position indicates that the user moves out of a play area set in an object space in reference to a detection field of the device, and to cause the image generating section to superpose a warning image on the image to be displayed; and transmitting data of the image generated by the image generating section to a display device, where the transmitting includes outputting, to the display device, a confirmation screen prompting the user to confirm that there is an obstacle, prior to outputting the data of the image.