IP Library Granted Patent US 12,597,220
Granted Patent B2
US 12,597,220 · App. 18/578,323 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Information processing device, information processing method, and computer program

Inventors: Masanori Nomura (Tokyo, JP); Takanori Minamino (Tokyo, JP); Shoi Yonetomi (Tokyo, JP); Yurika Mulase (Tokyo, JP); Mitsuru Nishibe (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,597,220
App. No.
18/578,323
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image forming device automatically detects a play area in reference to a camera image that indicates a space around a user and that is captured by a camera of a head mounted display. The image forming device causes the head mounted display to display an image representing the play area automatically detected. The image forming device receives an operation performed by the user to edit the play area from a controller, and changes a shape of the play area according to the operation.

Claims (15)

1 . An information processing device comprising a circuitry configured to:

automatically detect a play area where a user wearing a head mounted display is movable during play of an application, in reference to a camera image that indicates a space around the user and that is captured by a camera of the head mounted display;

cause the head mounted display to display an image representing the play area; and

receive an operation performed by the user to edit the play area, and changes a shape of the play area according to the operation; and

generate a map to be used for estimating a position of the user, in reference to the camera image, concurrently with detection of the play area, wherein the map generation process comprises deriving a score indicating a coverage ratio of a plurality of input camera images to the space around the user in reference to a plurality of references dividing the space around the user in different forms, and ending the map generation process in a case where the score becomes a predetermined threshold or higher.

2 . An information processing method executed by a computer, the method comprising:

automatically detecting a play area where a user wearing a head mounted display is movable during play of an application, in reference to a camera image that indicates a space around the user and that is captured by a camera of the head mounted display;

causing the head mounted display to display an image representing the automatically detected play area;

receiving an operation performed by the user to edit the play area, and changing a shape of the play area according to the operation; and

generating a map to be used for estimating a position of the user, in reference to the camera image, concurrently with detection of the play area, wherein the map generation process comprises deriving a score indicating a coverage ratio of a plurality of input camera images to the space around the user in reference to a plurality of references dividing the space around the user in different forms, and ending the map generation process in a case where the score becomes a predetermined threshold or higher.

3 . A computer program for a computer, comprising:

automatically detecting a play area where a user wearing a head mounted display is movable during play of an application, in reference to a camera image that indicates a space around the user and that is captured by a camera of the head mounted display;

causing the head mounted display to display an image representing the automatically detected play area;

receiving an operation performed by the user to edit the play area, and changing a shape of the play area according to the operation; and

generating a map to be used for estimating a position of the user, in reference to the camera image, concurrently with detection of the play area, wherein the map generation process comprises deriving a score indicating a coverage ratio of a plurality of input camera images to the space around the user in reference to a plurality of references dividing the space around the user in different forms, and ending the map generation process in a case where the score becomes a predetermined threshold or higher.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2024
From: NOMURA, MASANORI; MINAMINO, TAKANORI; YONETOMI, SHOI; MULASE, YURIKA; NISHIBE, MITSURU
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-120404 · Jul 21, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240378835A1 · Nov 14, 2024
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