US 12,406,428 B2
Methods and apparatus rendering images using point clouds representing one or more objects
Hector Medina, Laguna Beach, CA (US); David Cole, Aliso Viejo, CA (US); and Alan Moss, Laguna Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to Nevermind Capital LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Nevermind Capital LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on May 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/317,402.
Application 18/317,402 is a continuation of application No. 17/650,994, filed on Feb. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,688,124.
Application 17/650,994 is a continuation of application No. 16/512,369, filed on Jul. 15, 2019, granted, now 11,250,612, issued on Feb. 15, 2022.
Application 16/512,369 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/510,869, filed on Jul. 12, 2019, granted, now 11,991,418.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/697,408, filed on Jul. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/697,404, filed on Jul. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/697,290, filed on Jul. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0281910 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 15/04 (2011.01); H04N 5/272 (2006.01); H04N 13/111 (2018.01); H04N 13/189 (2018.01)
CPC G06T 15/04 (2013.01) [H04N 5/272 (2013.01); H04N 13/111 (2018.05); H04N 13/189 (2018.05)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
obtaining, for an environment comprising a foreground object in front of a background, background geometry information of the environment, and a representation of the foreground object in the environment; and
communicating, to a playback device, an updated representation of the foreground object without the background geometry information, wherein the updated representation of the foreground object is configured to be rendered as a foreground layer over a background layer comprising the background geometry information.