US 12,143,561 B2
Image generation system and method
Fabio Cappello, London (GB); Maurizio Cerrato, London (GB); Maria Chiara Monti, London (GB); and Rosario Leonardi, London (GB)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/574,007.
Claims priority of application No. 2100671 (GB), filed on Jan. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0232201 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 13/344 (2018.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/18 (2006.01); H04N 13/363 (2018.01); H04N 13/383 (2018.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01)
CPC H04N 13/344 (2018.05) [G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 27/18 (2013.01); H04N 13/363 (2018.05); H04N 13/383 (2018.05); G06N 20/00 (2019.01)] 14 Claims
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1. An image generation system comprising:
an image rendering unit operable to render a first image for display to a first one of a user's eyes;
an image obtaining unit operable to obtain a second image for a second one of the user's eyes, the obtained image having been rendered for display at an earlier time;
an image reprojection unit operable to reproject the first image from a viewpoint associated with the first one of the user's eyes to a viewpoint associated with the second one of the user's eyes; and
an image generation unit operable to generate an output image for the second one of the user's eyes in dependence upon the reprojected first image and the obtained second image.