Sony patents cloud gaming trick to predict video quality needs
Sony describes a method for cloud gaming servers that uses machine learning to predict how complex upcoming game scenes will be. The system then adjusts the video compression settings ahead of time to keep the stream smooth and low-latency on your device.
In the filing’s own words
A method implemented in a cloud gaming system having at least one server computer is provided, including the following operations: executing a game session of a video game, wherein the execution of the game session renders gameplay video and generates game state data; using a machine learning (ML) model to determine encoding parameter settings based on the game state data; applying, by an encoder, the encoding parameter settings for processing of the gameplay video to generate compressed gameplay video; streaming the compressed gameplay video over a network to a client device.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method, comprising: executing a game session of a video game, wherein the execution of the game session renders gameplay video and generates game state data; providing the game state data as input to a machine learning (ML) model; predicting, using the machine learning (ML) model, a future in-game scene complexity based on the game state data; identifying, based on the game state data, a game interval associated with the future in-game scene complexity; determining, using the machine learning (ML) model, encoding parameter settings based on the future in-game scene complexity, wherein the encoding parameter settings correspond to the game interval; applying, by an encoder, the encoding parameter settings for processing of the gameplay video to generate compressed gameplay video corresponding to the game interval; and streaming the compressed gameplay video over a network to a client device.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.)
- Official title
- Dynamic encoding parameters for low latency streaming
- Patent number
- US12741207B2
- Application number
- 18089529
- Filed
- Dec 27, 2022
- Granted
- Sep 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
A63F 13/358 Human necessitiesA63F 13/355 Human necessitiesH04N 19/146 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/2187 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/4781 Electricity & electronicsA63F 2300/534 Human necessitiesMore from Sony in Games & media
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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