Method and system for selective content processing based on a panoramic camera and a virtual-reality headset
US11287653B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 2020 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V40/193
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Gaze positions of an operator wearing a virtual-reality headset displaying a video stream define preferred view regions of the display. Starting with a reference gaze position, and for each subsequent distinctly different gaze position, the virtual-reality headset sends control data, including three spatial coordinates and a time coordinate expressed as a cyclical video-frame index, to a view adaptor receiving the video stream. The view adaptor stores contents of a number of most recent video frames of the video stream in a circular content-buffer and control data of a number of most recent gaze positions in a circular control-buffer. A content filter within the view adaptor determines a preferred view region surrounding a gaze position according to control data held in the circular control-buffer and extracts a partial content of a respective frame held in the circular content-buffer according to the preferred view region.
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