US 12,231,611 B2
Viewpoint metadata for omnidirectional video
Yong He, San Diego, CA (US); Yan Ye, San Diego, CA (US); and Ahmed Hamza, Montreal (CA)
Assigned to InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS, Paris (FR)
Filed by InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS, Paris (FR)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/206,346.
Application 18/206,346 is a continuation of application No. 17/045,104, granted, now 11,736,675, previously published as PCT/US2019/025784, filed on Apr. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/675,524, filed on May 23, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/653,363, filed on Apr. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0319251 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 13/178 (2018.01); H04N 13/183 (2018.01)
CPC H04N 13/178 (2018.05) [H04N 13/183 (2018.05)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a server, information identifying groups of viewpoints, including information identifying a first group of viewpoints and a second group of other viewpoints, wherein the viewpoints, in the groups of viewpoints, represent different locations of cameras with which corresponding omnidirectional videos are captured;
receiving, from the server, information identifying one or more omnidirectional videos captured from respective viewpoints belonging to the first group and information identifying one or more omnidirectional videos captured from respective viewpoints belonging to the second group; and
transitioning, based on the received information identifying groups of viewpoints, from a first omnidirectional video of the one or more omnidirectional videos captured from respective viewpoints belonging to the first group to a second omnidirectional video of the one or more omnidirectional videos captured from respective viewpoints belonging to the second group.