US 11,983,915 B2
Content generation system and method
Sahin Serdar Kocdemir, Surbiton (GB); and Oliver Richard Smith, London (GB)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/459,192.
Claims priority of application No. 2013933 (GB), filed on Sep. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0076047 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06T 15/50 (2011.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); H04N 5/222 (2006.01)
CPC G06V 10/60 (2022.01) [G06T 15/506 (2013.01); G06V 40/171 (2022.01); H04N 5/2224 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for generating one or more images for display, the system comprising:
an image obtaining unit operable to obtain an image of a user's face while the user is engaged interactively with an application being executed to generate a virtual environment;
a geometry identification unit operable to identify geometry information for the user's face using the obtained image;
a lighting information unit operable to obtain lighting information for the virtual environment;
a representation generation unit operable to generate a representation of the user's face using the geometry information for the user's face and the obtained lighting information; and
an image output unit operable to generate an output image comprising the generated representation of the user's face and an image of the virtual environment,
wherein the generated representation is overlaid upon the image of the virtual environment at a predetermined location in the output image selected by the user.