Sony patents AI that adjusts game graphics based on player behavior
Sony describes a method where an AI model analyzes how a player interacts with a game to identify specific user characteristics. The system then uses this information to decide how much processing power to dedicate to creating the current game scene.
In the filing’s own words
A computer-implemented method of generating a game state in a computer-generated gaming environment, comprising: obtaining game play data associated with a user; determining at least one characteristic of the user in the computer-generated gaming environment using a trained artificial intelligence model which has been trained to map the game play data associated with the user to the at least one characteristic of the user; allocating computing resources for generating the game state based on the determined at least one characteristic of the user; and generating the game state in the computer-generated gaming environment using the allocated computing resources.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining game play data associated with a user; determining at least one characteristic of the user in the computer-generated gaming environment using a trained artificial intelligence model which has been trained to map the game play data associated with the user to the at least one characteristic of the user; allocating computing resources for generating a game state based on the determined at least one characteristic of the user; and generating the game state in the computer-generated gaming environment using using the allocated computing resources.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited)
- Official title
- GAME STATE CREATION IN A GAMING ENVIRONMENT
- Publication number
- US20260263942A1
- Application number
- 19561815
- Filed
- Mar 10, 2026
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
A63F 13/67 Human necessitiesA63F 13/52 Human necessitiesA63F 13/54 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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