US Patent Issued to Sony Interactive Entertainment on April 15 for "Information processing system, information processing method, and computer program" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,936, issued on April 15, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).

"Information processing system, information processing method, and computer program" was invented by Koji Ohata (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and/or apparatus provide for acquiring a first image obtained by imaging an event taking place in a real space; generating a display image by merging the first image into a second image representing a virtual space that establishes an alternative version by: (i) reproducing real elements that are a focus of the event, (ii) omitting real peripheral elements, and (iii) presenting alternative virtu...