公开(公告)号：US10367919B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-30

申请号：US15087843

申请日：2016-03-31

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Mohammad Raheel Khalid ,  Ali Jaafar ,  Dan Sun ,  Christian Egeler ,  Samir S. Vaidya

IPC: H04L29/06

Abstract: An exemplary device renders, within a field of view of an immersive virtual reality world (“world”) presented on a display screen, content of the world based on a stream of a first content file comprising a first content sector of the world encoded in a high resolution and a second content sector encoded in a low resolution. The device detects user input to shift additional content included in the second content sector but not the first content sector into the field of view. In response, the device switches from receiving a stream of the first content file to receiving a stream of a second content file comprising the first content sector encoded in the low resolution and the second content sector encoded in the high resolution. The device then renders the additional content from the second content sector in the high resolution based on the second content file.

公开(公告)号：US10356216B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-16

申请号：US15141760

申请日：2016-04-28

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Mohammad Raheel Khalid ,  Ali Jaafar ,  Denny Breitenfeld ,  Xavier Hansen ,  Christian Egeler ,  Syed Kamal ,  Lama Hewage Ravi Prathapa Chandrasiri ,  Steven L. Smith

IPC: G06T19/00 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: An exemplary method includes a media player device (“device”) providing a user with an immersive virtual reality experience in accordance with a specification file corresponding to the immersive virtual reality experience. The specification file includes data that defines a plurality of elements included in the immersive virtual reality experience by providing a plurality of links for use by the device in acquiring the plurality of elements while providing the user with the immersive virtual reality experience. The method further includes the device detecting, while the immersive virtual reality experience is being provided to the user, real-world input associated with the user, and integrating the real-world input into the immersive virtual reality experience by updating the specification file to further include data that defines the real-world input as a user-specific element that is specific to the user and that is included in the immersive virtual reality experience.

公开(公告)号：US20180225879A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-09

申请号：US15945528

申请日：2018-04-04

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Mohammad Raheel Khalid ,  Ali Jaafar ,  Alexandr Virodov

IPC: G06T19/00 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/01

CPC classification number: G06T19/006 ,  G02B27/017 ,  G02B27/0172 ,  G02B2027/014 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/013 ,  G06F3/147 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G5/02 ,  G09G2320/0261 ,  G09G2350/00 ,  H04L65/602

Abstract: An exemplary virtual reality media provider system identifies a viewable pixel data subset and an unviewable pixel data subset within pixel data representative of a set of pixels that constitute a particular scene to be transmitted to a media player device. The media player device includes a head-mounted display screen worn by a user to view the particular scene. The viewable pixel data subset is representative of pixels corresponding to non-overlapping portions of two overlapping shapes arranged on the head-mounted display screen, while the unviewable pixel data subset is representative of pixels corresponding to an overlapping portion of the two overlapping shapes arranged on the head-mounted display screen. The virtual reality media provider system transmits the identified viewable pixel data subset to the media player device, and abstains from transmitting the identified unviewable pixel data subset to the media player device. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20170318275A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-02

申请号：US15141707

申请日：2016-04-28

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Mohammad Raheel Khalid ,  Ali Jaafar ,  Denny Breitenfeld ,  Xavier Hansen ,  Christian Egeler ,  Syed Kamal ,  Lama Hewage Ravi Prathapa Chandrasiri ,  Steven L. Smith

IPC: H04N13/00 ,  H04N13/04

CPC classification number: H04N13/122 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/23238 ,  H04N5/247 ,  H04N13/243

Abstract: An exemplary virtual reality media provider system (“system”) includes a configuration of synchronous video and depth capture devices disposed at fixed positions at a real-world event. In real time, the video and depth capture devices capture two-dimensional video data and depth data for surfaces of objects at the real-world event. The system generates a real-time volumetric data stream representative of a dynamic volumetric model of the surfaces of the objects at the real-world event in real time based on the captured two-dimensional video data and captured depth data. The dynamic volumetric model of the surfaces of the objects at the real-world event is configured to be used to generate virtual reality media content representative of the real-world event as experienced from a dynamically selectable viewpoint corresponding to an arbitrary location at the real-world event and selected by a user experiencing the real-world event using a media player device.

公开(公告)号：US20170289219A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-05

申请号：US15087862

申请日：2016-03-31

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Mohammad Raheel Khalid ,  Ali Jaafar ,  Dan Sun ,  Christian Egeler ,  Samir S. Vaidya

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  G06T19/00

CPC classification number: H04L65/4084 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06T15/005 ,  G06T15/20 ,  G06T2200/16 ,  H04L65/601 ,  H04L67/38 ,  H04N21/234345 ,  H04N21/234363 ,  H04N21/816

Abstract: An exemplary device renders, within a field of view of an immersive virtual reality world (“world”) presented on a display screen, content of the world based on a stream of a first content file comprising a first content sector of the world. The device predicts that a user will provide user input representative of a request to shift additional content included in a second content sector of the world but not the first content sector into the field of view. Based on the prediction, the device requests and begins receiving a stream of a second content file comprising the second content sector. The device then detects the predicted user input from the user and, in response, switches from rendering the content included in the first content sector based on the first content file to rendering the additional content included in the second content sector based on the second content file.