Encoding and decoding virtual reality video

D Pang, C Pitts, K Akeley, Z Htet - US Patent 10,469,873, 2019 - Google Patents
A virtual reality or augmented reality experience of a scene may be decoded for playback for
a viewer through a combination of CPU and GPU processing. A video stream may be …

Layered content delivery for virtual and augmented reality experiences

D Pang, C Pitts, K Akeley - US Patent 10,546,424, 2020 - Google Patents
US10546424B2 - Layered content delivery for virtual and augmented reality experiences -
Google Patents US10546424B2 - Layered content delivery for virtual and augmented reality …

Data structures and delivery methods for expediting virtual reality playback

D Pang, C Pitts, K Akeley - US Patent 10,419,737, 2019 - Google Patents
A video stream for a scene for a virtual reality or augmented reality experience may be
stored and delivered to a viewer. The video stream may be divided into a plurality of units …

Video compression with adaptive view-dependent lighting removal

D Pang, C Pitts, K Akeley - US Patent 10,567,464, 2020 - Google Patents
A video stream of a scene for a virtual reality or augmented reality experience may be
captured by one or more image capture devices. Data from the video stream may be …

Stereo image generation and interactive playback

K Akeley - US Patent 10,540,818, 2020 - Google Patents
Video data of an environment may be prepared for stereo scopic presentation to a user in a
virtual reality or augmented reality experience. According to one method, a plurality of …

Image capture for virtual reality displays

C Pitts - US Patent 10,412,373, 2019 - Google Patents
A light-field camera system such as a tiled camera array may be used to capture a light-field
of an environment. The tiled camera array may be a tiered camera array with a first plurality …

Method and device for processing video signal

BK Lee, JY Kim - US Patent 10,554,969, 2020 - Google Patents
Provided is a method for decoding a video signal. The method includes generating a first
prediction sample by performing intra prediction on a current block, determining an intra …

Generation of virtual reality with 6 degrees of freedom from limited viewer data

T Carothers, K Akeley - US Patent 10,474,227, 2019 - Google Patents
A virtual reality or augmented reality experience may be presented for a viewer through the
use of input including only three degrees of freedom. The input may include orientation data …

Cross-layer parallel processing and offset delay parameters for video coding

K Rapaka, YK Wang, AK Ramasubramonian - US Patent 9,628,792, 2017 - Google Patents
In an example, a method of coding video data includes coding data of a video parameter set
(VPS) of a multi-layer bitstream, including at least one of data that indicates whether any …

Cross-layer parallel processing and offset delay parameters for video coding

K Rapaka, YK Wang, AK Ramasubramonian - US Patent 9,578,328, 2017 - Google Patents
In an example, a method of coding video data includes determining a location of a reference
sample associated with a reference picture of video data based on one or more scaled offset …