US 12,008,677 B2
Compatible compression for different types of image views
Srihari Babu Alla, San Diego, CA (US); Tao Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Andrew Evan Gruber, Arlington, MA (US); Matthew Netsch, Westminster, MA (US); Richard Hammerstone, Tyngsboro, MA (US); and Thomas Edwin Frisinger, Shrewsbury, MA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/655,358.
Prior Publication US 2023/0298123 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 1/20 (2006.01); H04N 19/182 (2014.01)
CPC G06T 1/20 (2013.01) [H04N 19/182 (2014.11)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for graphics processing, comprising:
a memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
select a first common format of a plurality of common formats for at least one image of an uncompressed format different from the plurality of common formats based on at least one of application data associated with the at least one image or first metadata associated with the at least one image, the application data or the first metadata corresponding to a number of bits per pixel for the at least one image;
encode the at least one image based on the selected first common format for the at least one image;
select a second common format of the plurality of common formats for the at least one image based on second metadata associated with the at least one image, the second common format being identical to the first common format; and
decode the at least one image based on the selected second common format for the at least one image.