US 12,033,284 B2
System, method and storage medium for identification of one or more aspects of a virtual environment
Fabio Cappello, London (GB); Maurizio Cerrato, London (GB); Rosario Leonardi, London (GB); Gregory James Bedwell, London (GB); and Nigel John Williams, London (GB)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/055,511.
Application 18/055,511 is a continuation of application No. 17/114,596, filed on Dec. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,538,223.
Claims priority of application No. 1918608 (GB), filed on Dec. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0071832 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); H04N 13/117 (2018.01); H04N 13/279 (2018.01); H04N 13/282 (2018.01)
CPC G06T 19/003 (2013.01) [H04N 13/117 (2018.05); H04N 13/279 (2018.05); H04N 13/282 (2018.05)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for improving a discovery process for a virtual environment, the system comprising:
an environment discovery unit operable to perform a discovery process comprising navigation of the virtual environment and identification of one or more aspects of a geometry of the virtual environment;
a performance analysis unit operable to evaluate the effectiveness of the discovery process; and
a discovery update unit operable to modify future operation of the environment discovery unit in dependence upon the evaluation.