US 12,488,769 B2
Content based foveation
Yashas Rai Kurlethimar, San Jose, CA (US); Nathaniel C. Begeman, Saratoga, CA (US); and Seyedkoosha Mirhosseini, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/616,064.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/455,599, filed on Mar. 30, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0331661 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/391 (2006.01); H04N 19/625 (2014.01); H04N 19/96 (2014.01)
CPC G09G 5/391 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06T 9/007 (2013.01); G06T 17/005 (2013.01); H04N 19/625 (2014.11); H04N 19/96 (2014.11); G06T 2207/20052 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0407 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a device including a display, a non-transitory memory and one or more processors coupled with the display and the non-transitory memory:
prior to rendering a current frame, obtaining a previously rendered frame;
reprojecting the previously rendered frame based on head pose data that indicates a head pose of a user of the device;
determining that a first portion of the previously rendered frame is associated with a particular type of content based on the reprojected frame; and
rendering a first portion of the current frame that corresponds to the first portion of the previously rendered frame with a first rendering characteristic while rendering a second portion of the current frame with a second rendering characteristic that is different from the first rendering characteristic.