US 11,918,914 B2
Techniques for combining user's face with game character and sharing altered character
Ken Yoshihiko Hirakawa, San Mateo, CA (US); Keisuke Saito, San Mateo, CA (US); Daniel Morales, San Mateo, CA (US); Dilip Krishnamoorthi, San Mateo, CA (US); Keith D. Brown, San Mateo, CA (US); and Takuya Kawasaki, San Mateo, CA (US)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/571,465.
Prior Publication US 2023/0219004 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/79 (2014.01); A63F 13/63 (2014.01); A63F 13/655 (2014.01); A63F 13/86 (2014.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 13/655 (2014.09) [A63F 13/63 (2014.09); A63F 13/86 (2014.09); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.09); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
at least one storage device that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions executable by at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to:
present on at least one display at least one computer game comprising at least a first character;
present on the display at least a first scannable code (SC) scannable by a camera of at least a first user apparatus to cause at least one server to download to the first user apparatus a photo application (app);
the photo app being operable to generate a photo of at least a first user and send the photo to the at least one server;
receive from the at least one server an image of the first character with a face altered in accordance with the photo;
present the character with the face altered in accordance with the photo on the at least one display;
present on the display at least a second SC scannable by a camera of the first user apparatus to cause the at least one server to download to the first user apparatus a share app operable to select a second user apparatus to send an image of the character with the face altered in accordance with the photo such that the second user apparatus can display the character with the face altered in accordance with the photo.