US 12,217,371 B1
Selective depth analysis
Seyedkoosha Mirhosseini, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Seyedkoosha Mirhosseini, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/933,959.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/261,605, filed on Sep. 24, 2021.
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 19/006 (2013.01) [G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 11/001 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A selective graphical composition method, comprising:
obtaining, at a first device, graphical information for a first image frame, wherein the graphical information comprises at least depth information and color information for at least a portion of pixels within the first image frame;
determining a regional depth value for a region of pixels in the first image frame based, at least in part, on the depth information for the pixels within the region of pixels;
coding the region of pixels as either a skipped region or a non-skipped region based, at least in part, on the determined regional depth value for the region of pixels and a determination of whether color information for any of the pixels within the region of pixels contains a non-default value;
if the region of pixels is coded as a non-skipped region, compositing a representation of the region of pixels into the first image frame; and
if the region of pixels is coded as a skipped region, avoid compositing a representation of the region of pixels into the first image frame.