US 12,293,470 B2
Method, apparatus and system for facilitating navigation in an extended scene
Anthony Laurent, Vignoc (FR); Vincent Alleaume, Pace (FR); and Maximilien Bellot, Le Relecq-Kerhuon (FR)
Assigned to INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS, Paris (FR)
Filed by INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS, Paris (FR)
Filed on May 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/201,550.
Application 18/201,550 is a continuation of application No. 15/757,090, granted, now 11,699,266, previously published as PCT/EP2016/070181, filed on Aug. 26, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 15306349 (EP), filed on Sep. 2, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0298275 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 15/10 (2011.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01); G11B 27/32 (2006.01); G11B 27/34 (2006.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/4728 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 19/003 (2013.01) [G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06T 15/10 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G11B 27/322 (2013.01); G11B 27/34 (2013.01); H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4728 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
7. A device to render at least one indicator when rendering a portion of a video content, the device comprising at least one processor configured to:
obtain data representative of a timeline from a metadata component of the video content, wherein the timeline comprises information representative of a time and a location at which a sequence of interest appears within a virtual scene in the video content, wherein the data is obtained before the time at which the sequence of interest appears in the virtual scene, wherein a user navigates inside the virtual scene in the video content from a current location of a current viewpoint at a current time to a subsequent location of a subsequent viewpoint before the time at which the sequence of interest appears;
process the timeline to identify the sequence of interest within the video content before the sequence of interest appears;
determine the at least one indicator to direct attention toward the subsequent viewpoint from which to view the sequence of interest within the virtual scene, the at least one indicator being determined according to the current viewpoint in the virtual scene and the location of the sequence of interest within the virtual scene, wherein the current viewpoint has the current location and a current viewing direction, and the subsequent viewpoint has the subsequent location and a subsequent viewing direction within the virtual scene and wherein the subsequent location is different from the current location of the current viewpoint; and
render the at least one indicator within a current field of view inside the virtual scene while rendering the portion of the virtual scene, wherein the at least one indicator is rendered prior to the time at which the sequence of interest appears.