US 11,983,306 B2
Peripheral tracking system and method
Sharwin Winesh Raghoebardajal, London (GB); Simon Pilgrim, London (GB); Steven Tattersall, London (GB); and Jose Rubio, London (GB)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited, (GB)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited, London (GB)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/069,448.
Claims priority of application No. 2119153 (GB), filed on Dec. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0214006 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/011 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0346 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system configured to track the location of one or more peripherals operated by a user, the system comprising:
a processor configured to implement
a tracking unit configured to determine a location of the one or more peripherals in dependence upon images captured by a camera associated with an HMD worn by the user;
a generation unit configured to generate, in response to a determination by the tracking unit that one or more of the peripherals is not visible in the images, an array of home points behind the user, the home points being locations defined in dependence upon constraints upon the user's motion;
an estimation unit configured to estimate the respective locations of non-visible peripherals in dependence upon the output of one or more inertial measurement units associated with each peripheral; and
a selection unit configured to select a home point, from amongst the array of home points, for each of the non-visible peripherals,
wherein the tracking unit is configured to generate a location for each non-visible peripheral such that the location converges towards the selected home point.