Sony patents system that splits game graphics work between console and cloud
Sony describes a method for creating virtual images by dividing the work between a local device and a remote server. The system automatically decides which parts of the graphics to process locally and which to send to the cloud based on current processing power and internet speed.
In the filing’s own words
A data processing apparatus for generating one or more images of a virtual environment includes: a rendering processor configured to perform a first rendering task of a set of rendering tasks for rendering the images; a communication processor configured to request, from a remote computing device, data generated by performing a second rendering task for rendering the images; an output image processor configured to generate the images for display at least in part based on data generated by performing the first rendering task and data generated by performing the second rendering task; and an allocation processor configured to allocate a task as the first rendering task or the second rendering task based on available processing resources of the data processing apparatus and an available communication bandwidth between the communication processor and the remote computing device.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A data processing apparatus for generating one or more images of a virtual environment, the apparatus comprising: a rendering processor configured to perform a first rendering task of a set of rendering tasks for rendering the one or more images; a communication processor configured to request, from a remote computing device, data generated by performing a second rendering task of a set of rendering tasks for rendering the one or more images; an output image processor configured to generate the one or more images for display at least in part based on data generated by performing the first rendering task and data generated by performing the second rendering task; and an allocation processor configured to allocate a task of the set of rendering tasks as the first rendering task or the second rendering task based on available processing resources of the data processing apparatus and an available communication bandwidth between the communication processor and the remote computing device.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.)
- Official title
- DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR GENERATING ONE OR MORE IMAGES OF A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
- Publication number
- US20260278908A1
- Application number
- 19564918
- Filed
- Mar 12, 2026
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
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