| CPC H04N 19/65 (2014.11) [H04N 19/597 (2014.11)] | 25 Claims |

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1. A video encoding apparatus comprising:
interface circuitry to obtain input views of video;
computer readable instructions; and
at least one processor circuit to be programmed by the computer readable instructions to at least:
generate mapping data that maps blocks in one or more atlases to patches, the one or more atlases generated from one or more of the input views of video;
perform a hash operation on the mapping data to generate a hash value;
include the hash value in a message; and
combine the one or more atlases and the message to generate a video bitstream.
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