	US 12,219,115 B2
	Selective packing of patches for immersive video
Eyal Ruhm, Tel Aviv (IL); Jill Boyce, Portland, OR (US); and Asaf J. Shenberg, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/505,356.
Application 18/505,356 is a continuation of application No. 17/139,738, filed on Dec. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,863,731.
Application 17/139,738 is a continuation of application No. 16/050,277, filed on Jul. 31, 2018, granted, now 10,887,574, issued on Jan. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0155094 A1, May 9, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 13/161 (2018.01)

CPC H04N 13/161 (2018.05)

20 Claims

1. A apparatus comprising:

one or more processor cores; and

a memory to store data for immersive video;

wherein the one or more processor cores are to:

generate a plurality of patches, each patch representing a portion of video content that is visible from an associated projection direction of a plurality of projection directions for the immersive video;

encode and pack the plurality of patches into a plurality of tiles, each of the plurality of tiles including one or more patches that are visible from an associated projection direction;

identify an immersive video image to be generated, the immersive video image having an associated projection direction and location;

select a set of tiles of the plurality of tiles from the memory for the immersive video image, the set of tiles including tiles for multiple projection directions to be used in generation of the immersive video image;

decode and unpack the patches in the selected set of tiles; and

generate the identified immersive video image, generation of the immersive video image including use of one or more patches from the selected set of tiles.