# US 12,109,500 B2 · Video recording system and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,109,500 B2 - Document ID: US12109500B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/718,468 - Filed: 2022-04-12 - Published: 2022-10-20 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2021-04-15 - Assignees: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. - Applicants: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. - Inventors: Maria Chiara Monti; Hugh Alexander Dinsdale Spencer; Maurizio Cerrato - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12109500B2 ## CPC - A63F 13/213: comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells (A63F13/219 takes precedence) - A63F 13/86: Watching games played by other players - A63F 13/49: Saving the game status; Pausing or ending the game - A63F 13/493: Resuming a game, e.g. after pausing, malfunction or power failure - A63F 13/655: by importing photos, e.g. of the player - A63F 2300/577: for watching a game played by other players - A63F 2300/634: for replaying partially or entirely the game actions since the beginning of the game - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A method of recording a seamless customised video recording of a video game, the method comprising the steps of: video recording a first run-through of at least a part of the video game; saving a saved-game state of a first game state of the video game, the saved-game state enabling a game state of the video game to be reset to the saved-game state that is at least visually identical to the first game state; detecting, in response to the saving of the saved-game state, a time within the video recording of the first run-through corresponding to the time the saved-game state is saved; video recording, when the game state is reset to the saved-game state, another run-through from the saved-game state; and editing the video recording of the first run-through by replacing some or all the video recording of the first run-through recorded from the detected time with the video recording of the other run-through when the other run-through meets a predetermined preference criterion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of recording a seamless customised video recording of a video game, the method comprising the steps of: video recording a first run-through of at least a part of the video game; saving a saved-game state of a first game state of the video game part-way through the first run-through, the saved-game state enabling a game state of the video game to be reset to the saved-game state that is at least visually identical to the first game state; detecting, in response to the saving of the saved-game state, a time within the video recording of the first run-through corresponding to the time the saved-game state is saved; video recording, when the game state is reset to the saved-game state, another run-through from the saved-game state; and editing the video recording of the first run-through by replacing some, but not all, of the video recording of the first run-through recorded from the detected time with the video recording of the other run-through when the other run-through meets a predetermined preference criterion, such that the edited video recording of the first run-through comprises some, but not all, of the video recording of the first run-through and the video recording of the other run-through. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, the method comprising a step of: outputting the edited video recording. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the saved-game state enables the game state to be reset to the saved-game state that is identical to the first game state. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the step of saving the saved-game state is only accessible when the video game is run in a video recording mode. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, the method comprising a step of: resetting the game state to the saved-game state in response to satisfying one or more predetermined reset conditions occurring during a run-through. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, comprising a step of: presenting, prior to the game state being reset to the saved-game state and in response to the one or more predetermined reset conditions occurring during the run-through, a list of one or more game-modifier options to the user, wherein the one or more game-modifier options are customisable by the user. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, the method comprising a step of: modifying the operation speed of the video game, and wherein the editing step includes a step of modifying: the playback speed of the video recording of the first run-through by the inverse of the modified operation speed of the video game during the first run-through, and the playback speed of the video recording of the second run-through by the inverse of the modified operation speed of the video game during the second run-through. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein one of the one or more game-modifier options is an option for modifying the operation speed of the video game. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein at least one of the one or more game-modifier options modifies a difficulty parameter of the video game. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein a first video recording of the user is recorded with the video recording of the first run-through and another video recording of the user is recorded with the video recording of the other run-through, wherein the editing step comprises editing the first video recording of the user by replacing the first video recording of the user, from a point corresponding to a time that the video recording of the first run-through is replaced from, with the other video recording of the user when the other run-through meets the predetermined preference criterion; and the method comprises a step of: blending a transition between the first video recording of the user and the other video recording of the user. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, comprising a step of: displaying, prior to the game state being reset to the saved-game state, an image frame from the first video recording of the user at the detected time, wherein the game state is reset to the saved-game state in response to a difference between a live image of the user and the displayed image frame from the first video recording of the user at the detected time being less than a predetermined reset threshold. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the displaying step includes displaying the live image of the user. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, comprising a step of: identifying a first frame from the video recording of the first run-through after the detected time and a second frame from the video recording of the other run-through based on a perceptual image comparison metric; and wherein the editing step comprises replacing the video recording of the first run-through on or after the first identified frame with the video recording of the other run-through on or from the second identified frame when the other run-through meets a predetermined preference criterion. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a computer program comprising computer executable instructions adapted to cause a computer system to perform a method of recording a seamless customised video recording of a video game, the method comprising the steps of: video recording a first run-through of at least a part of the video game; saving a saved-game state of a first game state of the video game part-way through the first run-through, the saved-game state enabling a game state of the video game to be reset to the saved-game state that is at least visually identical to the first game state; detecting, in response to the saving of the saved-game state, a time within the video recording of the first run-through corresponding to the time the saved-game state is saved; video recording, when the game state is reset to the saved-game state, another run-through from the saved-game state; and editing the video recording of the first run-through by replacing some, but not all, of the video recording of the first run-through recorded from the detected time with the video recording of the other run-through when the other run-through meets a predetermined preference criterion, such that the edited video recording of the first run-through comprises some, but not all, of the video recording of the first run-through and the video recording of the other run-through. ### Claim 15 A recording system for recording a seamless customised video recording of a video game, the recording system comprising: a video recording section configured to record a video recording of a first run-through of at least a part of the video game; a saving section configured to save a first game state of the video game part-way through the first run-through as a saved-game state, the saved-game state enabling a game state to be reset to the saved-game state that is at least visually identical to the first game state; a time detecting section configured to detect, in response to the saving section saving the saved-game state, a time within the video recording of the first run-through corresponding to the time the saved-game state is saved; the video recording section configured to record, when the game state is reset to the saved-game state, a video recording of another run-through from the saved-game state; and a video editing section configured to edit the video recording of the first run-through by replacing some, but not all, of the video recording of the first run-through recorded from the detected time with the video recording of the other run-through when the other run-through meets a predetermined preference criterion, such that the edited video recording of the first run-through comprises some, but not all, of the video recording of the first run-through and the video recording of the other run-through.