Sony patents game video system that sends display hints to devices
Sony describes a system for streaming game video to a player's device that includes extra information called display metadata. This metadata tells the receiving device how to handle specific frames, such as whether to show them or adjust their timing.
In the filing’s own words
A system is configured to encode video of a game being executed, the video being encoded for transmission to a client device operated by a player of the game. The system comprises a game execution unit configured to execute the game, wherein executing the game comprises rendering a plurality of image frames for display to the player, an encoding unit configured to encode the video of the game being executed, the encoded video comprising the plurality of image frames for display to the player, and a display metadata determining unit. The display metadata determining unit is configured to determine display metadata indicating at least one property relating to a rendered image frame of the encoded video for making a display decision regarding the rendered image frame, and the encoding unit is configured to encode the display metadata for transmission to the client device with the encoded video.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A system comprising: one or more memory devices configured to store instructions; and one or more processors, that upon execution of the instructions, are configured to: execute a game, wherein executing the game comprises rendering a plurality of image frames; encode the video of the game comprising the plurality of image frames; and determine display metadata indicating at least one property relating to a rendered image frame of the encoded video for making a display decision regarding the rendered image frame; encode the display metadata with the encoded video; and transmit the encoded video and the display metadata to a client device that is configured to display the plurality of image frames.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.)
- Official title
- GAMEPLAY VIDEO SYSTEM AND METHOD
- Publication number
- US20260306942A1
- Application number
- 19349776
- Filed
- Oct 3, 2025
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 16
Classified under
A63F 13/355 Human necessitiesH04N 21/2343 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/2353 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/4781 Electricity & electronicsA63F 2300/538 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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