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US 11,689,704 B2Granted
User selection of virtual camera location to produce video using synthesized input from multiple cameras
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsGlenn Black, Michael Taylor
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Abstract
A space in which an augmented reality (AR) computer simulation is played is mapped by multiple cameras. An AR video game player can select a location in space from which the AR player wishes to have a view of the space, including himself. Using the mapping of the space a synthesized video is generated as if from a camera located at the location in space selected by the player.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor programmed with instructions which are executable by the at least one processor to:
- identify at least a location in space as identified by a user and being distanced from a head-mounted apparatus worn by the user, the location in space not being co-located with a physical camera;
- access plural videos of the space generated by respective plural cameras to generate a synthesized video of the space from a vantage point of the location in space, wherein the plural cameras are mounted on respective head-mounted apparatuses;
- and
- display the synthesized video on at least one of the head-mounted apparatus.
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An assembly comprising:
- at least first and second head-mounted devices (HMD), each comprising at least one respective camera;
- at least one processor programmed with instructions executable to configure the processor to:
- identify at least a location in space at which no physical camera is located;
- generate, using images from the cameras of the HMDs, a video from a vantage point of the location in space;
- and
- present the video on at least one of the HMDs.
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A method comprising:
- generating a synthesized video from plural videos of a space taken by respective cameras, the synthesized video being from a vantage point distanced from respective locations of the respective cameras based on an identification of the vantage point by a user;
- and
- presenting the synthesized video on a head-mounted apparatus worn by the user, the head-mounted apparatus being distanced from the vantage point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.