Patent assignee · JP · COMPANY

SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.

1,807Patents
1,085Active
1,807Granted
59Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jan 19, 1995 → Jun 22, 2020 · 714 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8601379B2 Methods for interactive communications with real time effects and avatar environment interaction Human Necessities 453 Active
US8072470B2 System and method for providing a real-time three-dimensional interactive environment Human Necessities 420 Expired
US6254477A Portable electronic device, entertainment system and method of operating the same Human Necessities 357 Expired
USD654925S1 Display panel or screen with computer generated animated image General 326 Expired
USD523442S1 Computer generated image for a display panel or screen General 276 Expired
US6001014A Game machine control module and game machine Human Necessities 249 Expired
US7627139B2 Computer image and audio processing of intensity and input devices for interfacing with a computer program Human Necessities 224 Active
USD448810S Electronic control unit General 219 Expired
US7102615B2 Man-machine interface using a deformable device Human Necessities 200 Expired
USD685817S1 Display panel or screen with animated graphical user interface General 198 Active
USD699250S1 Display panel or screen with graphical user interface General 193 Active
USD475063S1 Computer generated image for display panel or screen General 191 Expired
US7646372B2 Methods and systems for enabling direction detection when interfacing with a computer program Human Necessities 186 Active
US8224985B2 Peer-to-peer communication traversing symmetric network address translators Electricity 178 Active
USD706806S1 Display panel or screen with animated graphical user interface General 169 Active
USD590407S1 Computer generated image for display panel General 169 Expired
US6314483A Portable electronic device Human Necessities 167 Expired
USD697525S1 Display panel or screen with animated graphic user interface General 166 Active
USD512417S1 Noise canceller General 164 Expired
US7623115B2 Method and apparatus for light input device Physics 159 Expired
US6313982A Protective case for portable electronic apparatus Human Necessities 158 Expired
US8503669B2 Integrated latency detection and echo cancellation Electricity 157 Active
US6231444A Operating device for game machine Physics 155 Expired
US6795068B1 Prop input device and method for mapping an object from a two-dimensional camera image to a three-dimensional space for controlling action in a game program Human Necessities 149 Expired
USD599811S1 Computer generated image for panel or screen General 137 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.