US Patent Issued to SONY GROUP on Oct. 21 for "Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,894, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program" was invented by Ryutaro Mine (Kanagawa, Japan), Naomasa Takahashi (Chiba, Japan), Shihhao Wen (Los Angeles) and Masamoto Horikawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of causing a virtual object associated with a user in a virtual space to perform a more natural behavior even in a case of non-operation by the user. The information processing apparatus including a control unit that contr...