US 12,254,230 B2
Head-mountable display system and methods
Calum Armstrong, London (GB); Mark Jacobus Breugelmans, London (GB); Maurizio Cerrato, London (GB); and Philip Cockram, London (GB)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/894,552.
Claims priority of application No. 2112449 (GB), filed on Sep. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0061649 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/26 (2014.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/14 (2013.01) [A63F 13/26 (2014.09); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a head-mountable display (HMD) configured to receive one or more signals via a wired connection with an external device;
processing circuitry to generate an output in response to at least one of a predicted disconnect event for the wired connection;
control circuitry to instruct one or more operations to be performed by the HMD in response to the generated output; and
one or more sensors to detect a position of the HMD and at least one of a position and an orientation of at least a portion of a cable forming the wired connection with the external device,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to generate a model for the cable in dependence upon the position of the HMD and at least one of the position and the orientation of the portion of the cable; and to predict the disconnect event for the wired connection in dependence upon the model.