Encoding and decoding virtual reality video

D Pang, C Pitts, K Akeley, Z Htet - US Patent 10,469,873, 2019 - Google Patents
A virtual reality or augmented reality experience of a scene may be decoded for playback for
a viewer through a combination of CPU and GPU processing. A video stream may be …

Layered content delivery for virtual and augmented reality experiences

D Pang, C Pitts, K Akeley - US Patent 10,546,424, 2020 - Google Patents
US10546424B2 - Layered content delivery for virtual and augmented reality experiences -
Google Patents US10546424B2 - Layered content delivery for virtual and augmented reality …

Video capture, processing, calibration, computational fiber artifact removal, and light-field pipeline

B Bevensee, T Du, J Karafin, J Merritt… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
2017-05-10 Assigned to LYTRO, INC. reassignment LYTRO, INC. ASSIGNMENT OF
ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: DU, TINGFANG …

Spatial random access enabled video system with a three-dimensional viewing volume

D Pang, C Pitts, K Akeley - US Patent 10,341,632, 2019 - Google Patents
An environment may be displayed from a viewpoint. According to one method, volumetric
video data may be acquired depicting the environment, for example, using a tiled camera …

Data structures and delivery methods for expediting virtual reality playback

D Pang, C Pitts, K Akeley - US Patent 10,419,737, 2019 - Google Patents
H04N19/42—Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or
decompressing digital video signals characterised by implementation details or hardware …

Video compression with adaptive view-dependent lighting removal

D Pang, C Pitts, K Akeley - US Patent 10,567,464, 2020 - Google Patents
US10567464B2 - Video compression with adaptive view-dependent lighting removal -
Google Patents US10567464B2 - Video compression with adaptive view-dependent …

Stereo image generation and interactive playback

K Akeley - US Patent 10,540,818, 2020 - Google Patents
Video data of an environment may be prepared for stereo scopic presentation to a user in a
virtual reality or augmented reality experience. According to one method, a plurality of …

Multi-view scene segmentation and propagation

F Bleibel, T Du, T Nonn, J Tan - US Patent 10,275,892, 2019 - Google Patents
The reference mask may be used to generate one or more other masks that indicate the
foreground and background regions for one or more different images, from different frames …

Image capture for virtual reality displays

C Pitts - US Patent 10,412,373, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A light-field camera system such as a tiled camera array may be used to
capture a light-field of an environment. The tiled camera array may be a tiered camera array …

Video refocusing

C Pitts, YR Ng - US Patent 10,298,834, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A video refocusing system operates in connection with refocusable video
data, information, images and/or frames, which may be light field video data, information …