EP2013865A4 - METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING ADAPTATION EFFECTS TO INPUT BASED ON ONE OR MORE VISUAL, ACOUSTICAL, INERTIAL AND MIXED DATA - Google Patents

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING ADAPTATION EFFECTS TO INPUT BASED ON ONE OR MORE VISUAL, ACOUSTICAL, INERTIAL AND MIXED DATA

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EP2013865A4
EP2013865A4 EP07776747A EP07776747A EP2013865A4 EP 2013865 A4 EP2013865 A4 EP 2013865A4 EP 07776747 A EP07776747 A EP 07776747A EP 07776747 A EP07776747 A EP 07776747A EP 2013865 A4 EP2013865 A4 EP 2013865A4
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inertial
acoustic
visual
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input based
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French (fr)
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Gary M Zalewski
Xiadong Mao
Richard Marks
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Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC
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Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC
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Priority claimed from US11/381,728 external-priority patent/US7545926B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/381,729 external-priority patent/US7809145B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/381,725 external-priority patent/US7783061B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/381,721 external-priority patent/US8947347B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/381,724 external-priority patent/US8073157B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/381,727 external-priority patent/US7697700B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,036 external-priority patent/US9474968B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,038 external-priority patent/US7352358B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,040 external-priority patent/US7391409B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/382,041 external-priority patent/US7352359B2/en
Application filed by Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC filed Critical Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC
Publication of EP2013865A2 publication Critical patent/EP2013865A2/en
Publication of EP2013865A4 publication Critical patent/EP2013865A4/en
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EP07776747A 2006-05-04 2007-05-04 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING ADAPTATION EFFECTS TO INPUT BASED ON ONE OR MORE VISUAL, ACOUSTICAL, INERTIAL AND MIXED DATA Ceased EP2013865A4 (en)

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US11/381,721 US8947347B2 (en) 2003-08-27 2006-05-04 Controlling actions in a video game unit
US11/381,724 US8073157B2 (en) 2003-08-27 2006-05-04 Methods and apparatus for targeted sound detection and characterization
US11/381,727 US7697700B2 (en) 2006-05-04 2006-05-04 Noise removal for electronic device with far field microphone on console
US11/381,728 US7545926B2 (en) 2006-05-04 2006-05-04 Echo and noise cancellation
US11/381,725 US7783061B2 (en) 2003-08-27 2006-05-04 Methods and apparatus for the targeted sound detection
US11/381,729 US7809145B2 (en) 2006-05-04 2006-05-04 Ultra small microphone array
US11/382,038 US7352358B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-06 Method and system for applying gearing effects to acoustical tracking
US11/382,036 US9474968B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-06 Method and system for applying gearing effects to visual tracking
US11/382,040 US7391409B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-07 Method and system for applying gearing effects to multi-channel mixed input
US11/382,041 US7352359B2 (en) 2002-07-27 2006-05-07 Method and system for applying gearing effects to inertial tracking
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