- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for providing rotated spherical viewpoints
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Application No.: US16234346Application Date: 2018-12-27
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Publication No.: US10650592B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Adeel Abbas
- Applicant: GoPro, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Mateo
- Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
- Current Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Mateo
- Agency: Gazdzinski & Associates, PC
- Main IPC: H04N7/00
- IPC: H04N7/00 ; G06T19/00 ; G06T1/00 ; G06T3/00

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for providing a rotated spherical viewpoint (RSV). In one or more embodiments, the RSV is implemented using equirectangular projections (ERPs). The RSV methodologies described herein are particularly suitable for panning within virtual reality (VR) or 360° panoramic content as there is minimal, if any, geometric distortions at the edge of a given viewport. Moreover, the RSV methodologies described herein may reduce the bandwidth requirements of, for example, devices operating in a client-server architecture. Additionally, the computation requirements for providing RSV are minimal and can be provided using relatively simple rotation transforms.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190244424A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ROTATED SPHERICAL VIEWPOINTS Public/Granted day:2019-08-08
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