MightyHedgehog said:Eh, no one is going to be able to patent something so general. If it's an issue, you're going to see lots of lawyers get it on for some sort of settlement at worst. (Damn, that would be ultra-ridiculous.)
chubigans said:Isn't this kinda what the Milo tech uses? Recognizing user emotions so that Milo can react back?
Well, anything is possible...but I think that the exact methods of detection, determination, and resulting action are going to be at the heart of any dispute. Patenting ways to track and respond to audio-visual feedback of general human behaviors is going to be next to impossible to corner, IMO.AndyD said:Its very possible, and its been done. I am not saying its right, but its been done with many things that seem "too simple". Mostly because often times its done ahead of its time when it seems futuristic and so its not "simple".
There are certain specific ways to do this, though. Perhaps early patents covered the most logical and easiest to accomplish methods, but I don't think this emotion detection patent is going to work anywhere near as neatly.Things like touchscreens in the 80's and 90's. Back then it was futuristic and awesome, now its in millions of devices.
Pai Pai Master said:This is far, far worse looking than Nintendo's horse thing.
MightyHedgehog said:Well, anything is possible...but I think that the exact methods of detection, determination, and resulting action are going to be at the heart of any dispute. Patenting ways to track and respond to audio-visual feedback of general human behaviors is going to be next to impossible to corner, IMO.
There are certain specific ways to do this, though. Perhaps early patents covered the most logical and easiest to accomplish methods, but I don't think this emotion detection patent is going to work anywhere near as neatly.
Yes, yes it did, quite a bit actually.deepbrown said:Well the pic all made you laugh...:lol
Eh, I'm not interested, really. If I was a lawyer on retainer for Sony or MS, I'm sure I'd be helped by getting involved at the early stages of determining how to work with the patent and its language. Leave this shit for their IP legal folks to fuck with. If this has any real weight, I'm sure there is much craziness to be had in the near future.AndyD said:I think it can if carefully drafted.
Remember it does not react to the emotion per se, but to the visual and auditory stimulus. The camera records a high five motion, the mic records laughter.
So if you fake it, it will react. So even if the emotion is absent the actions are there.
Ill look for the patent and see how its phrased.
:lolbacondouble said:
Galvanise_ said:Though I like the gist of the idea, the way the patent is presented is hilarious. Also, I don't think this would work on me. I don't tend to laugh or make much movement at all in games. I don't cheer, don't grimace all that much, don't chuckle etc. I've cried once or twice, but I don't really expect Sony to make a game that could make me cry, and adjust itself to it. :lol
Wait, Sony can't patent the GAF simulator!NRiQ said:
Karma said:Prior Art. Milo.
bacondouble said:
HAHAHARaist said:
Speaking as one man, yes.AbortedWalrusFetus said:I can't tell if all of this is directed solely at the pictures or what.
WhiteAce said:
not quite as subtle
but thought Milo was like the next revolution in gaming
WhiteAce said:people on GAF thought Milo was the next revolution in gaming?
anyways, Sony can stick a spoke in that imaginary runaway popularity bicycle now they've got this patent.
AndyD said:Dont think of it necessarily as hardcore games.
Think of kinds games and say Eyepet. The child's reaction to certain actions by the creature can be responded to. If the game detects the child laughing, it can smile. Or it can put a hand to its ear as if its listening closely. These subtle things can make a huge difference in the experience without really affecting "gameplay".
Or Buzz questions. A tough question comes up and everyone groans, or something funny where everyone laughs.
Or watching a movie trailer in Home. It can detect the portions which people like by their laughter.