US 12,217,389 B2
Codec for processing scenes of almost unlimited detail
David Scott Ackerson, Easton, MD (US); Donald J. Meagher, Candia, NH (US); and John K. Leffingwell, Madison, AL (US)
Assigned to QUIDIENT, LLC, Easton, MD (US)
Filed by QUIDIENT, LLC, Easton, MD (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/514,340.
Application 18/514,340 is a continuation of application No. 17/051,951, granted, now 11,875,476, previously published as PCT/US2019/030483, filed on May 2, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/665,806, filed on May 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0087088 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. G06T 3/4092 (2024.01); G06T 3/067 (2024.01); G06T 3/4076 (2024.01); G06T 9/40 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 3/4092 (2013.01) [G06T 3/067 (2024.01); G06T 3/4076 (2013.01); G06T 9/40 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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11. A method for decoding scene data comprising:
transmitting one or more requests for scene data related to a scene, wherein the one or more requests comprise:
a request for data representing a first light field in the scene, and
data related to one or more characteristics of a system; and
receiving a response to the request, wherein the response comprises:
data representing the first light field in the scene, and
additional data representing at least one additional light field in the scene, wherein the additional data is related to the one or more characteristics of the system;
monitoring the characteristics of the system,
determining contents of the one or more requests,
processing light field information, wherein the light field information comprises the data representing the first light field in the scene and the additional data related to the at least one additional light field,
determining whether to output any portion of the additional data related to the at least one additional light field; and
outputting at least a portion of the processed light field information, wherein the outputted processed light field information comprises:
the processed light field information related to the data representing the first light field in the scene, and
if a processor has determined to output at least a portion of the additional data related to the at least one additional light field, the portion of the processed light field information related to the additional data related to the at least one additional light field determined to be output by the processor.