Sony Patent: Controller with an Integrated Depth Camera ( PS4 DualShock4?)

Controller with an integrated depth camera 
Abstract A method for determining a position of a controller in a three-dimensional space is disclosed. The method includes an operation to calibrate a computer program to identify a group of recognized fixed points from a plurality of fixed points within the three-dimensional space using a depth camera integrated with the controller. Another operation activates use of the controller and depth camera during interface with the application. During use of the controller, image and depth data within the three-dimensional space is captured with the depth camera of the controller. In another operation the image and depth data is analyzed to find one or more of the group of recognized fixed points. In one embodiment, the previous two operations are repeated and changes of position of the controller are determined based on a change in position of the found ones of the group of recognized fixed points. The method also includes an operation to trigger an input command based on the determined change in position of the controller, wherein the input command causes an action by the application.

PlayStation 4 Dual PlayStation Eye Patent!

Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Image Communication System 
Abstract In an image processing apparatus, an image pickup unit takes images of an object including the face of a person wearing the glasses by which to observe a stereoscopic image that contains a first parallax image and a second parallax image obtained when the object in a three-dimensional (3D) space is viewed from different viewpoints. A glasses identifying unit identifies the glasses included in the image of the object taken by the image pickup unit. A face detector detects a facial region the face of the person included in the image of the object taken by the image pickup unit, based on the glasses identified by the glasses identifying unit. An augmented-reality special rendering unit adds a virtual feature to the facial region of the face of the person detected by the face detector.

PlayStation 4 GPU Patent ?

Graphic processor and information processing device 
Abstract This invention provides a command system for efficiently performing information processing. An information processing apparatus 1000 includes a main processor 200 which exercises centralized control on the entire apparatus, a graphic processor 100 which performs image processing operations, and a main memory 50. The graphic processor 100 includes a control unit 20 which exercises centralized control on the graphic processor, and a graphic operation unit 40 which performs graphic processing in accordance with a command given through the control unit. The control unit 20 includes: an interface part 22 which exchanges data with the main processor 200; a command analysis part 24 which analyzes a command system included in data received from the main processor, the command system including a set of non-graphic processing type commands; and an execution part 26 which executes analyzed commands.

Graphic processor and information processing device : Patent

PlayStation 4 Dual PlayStation Eye HD Kinect like full body tracking Patent disguised as a Horse?

Update: Nope just  the horse from Shadow Of The Colossus 

PlayStation 4 Image Processing Unit for 3D ? (Patent)

While looking through some Sony Patents I came across what looks to be a patent for a IPU Image Processing Unit for the PlayStation 4 which I'm guessing will be for the new Dual Camera 720P PlayStation Eye/ 3D. reading it again & they seem to be calling the console the 'Image Processing Unit' for the 3D I'm not sure.