# US 10,484,714 B2 · Codec for multi-camera compression > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,484,714 B2 - Document ID: US10484714B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/716,627 - Filed: 2017-09-27 - Published: 2019-03-28 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-09-27 - Assignees: Intel Corporation - Applicants: Intel Corporation - Inventors: Ilya Romm; Eyal Ruhm; Maxym Dmytrychenko - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10484714B2 ## CPC - H04N 19/597: specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding - H04N 19/105: Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction - H04N 19/33: in the spatial domain - H04N 19/36: Scalability techniques involving formatting the layers as a function of picture distortion after decoding, e.g. signal-to-noise [SNR] scalability - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An embodiment of a semiconductor package apparatus may include technology to process a single stream of video frames which includes frame information from two or more video sources, and process a current frame based on information from a prior frame in the single stream of video frames which precedes the current frame by a number of frames based on a number of video sources represented in the single stream of video frames. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic processing system, comprising: a processor; memory communicatively coupled to the processor; and logic communicatively coupled to the processor to: process a single stream of video frames which includes frame information from two or more video sources, and process a current frame based on information from a prior frame in the single stream of video frames which precedes the current frame by a number of frames based on a number of video sources represented in the single stream of video frames. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the logic is further to: process each sequential frame in the single stream of video frames as originated from a different one of the two or more video sources. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the logic is further to: determine a frame position of the prior frame based on a frame position of the current frame minus the number of video sources represented in the single stream of video frames. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the logic is further to: determine a video source position of a frame based on a frame position of the frame modulo the number of video sources represented in the single stream of video frames. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the logic is further to: encode the single stream of video frames. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the logic is further to: decode the single stream of video frames. ### Claim 7 A semiconductor package apparatus, comprising: a substrate; and logic coupled to the substrate, wherein the logic is at least partly implemented in one or more of configurable logic and fixed-functionality hardware logic, the logic coupled to the substrate to: process a single stream of video frames which includes frame information from two or more video sources, and process a current frame based on information from a prior frame in the single stream of video frames which precedes the current frame by a number of frames based on a number of video sources represented in the single stream of video frames. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the logic is further to: process each sequential frame in the single stream of video frames as originated from a different one of the two or more video sources. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the logic is further to: determine a frame position of the prior frame based on a frame position of the current frame minus the number of video sources represented in the single stream of video frames. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the logic is further to: determine a video source position of a frame based on a frame position of the frame modulo the number of video sources represented in the single stream of video frames. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the logic is further to: encode the single stream of video frames. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the logic is further to: decode the single stream of video frames. ### Claim 13 A method of processing a video stream, comprising: processing a single stream of video frames which includes frame information from two or more video sources; and processing a current frame based on information from a prior frame in the single stream of video frames which precedes the current frame by a number of frames based on a number of video sources represented in the single stream of video frames. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: processing each sequential frame in the single stream of video frames as originated from a different one of the two or more video sources. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: determining a frame position of the prior frame based on a frame position of the current frame minus the number of video sources represented in the single stream of video frames. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: determining a video source position of a frame based on a frame position of the frame modulo the number of video sources represented in the single stream of video frames. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: encoding the single stream of video frames. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: decoding the single stream of video frames. ### Claim 19 At least one non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising a set of instructions, which when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to: process a single stream of video frames which includes frame information from two or more video sources; and process a current frame based on information from a prior frame in the single stream of video frames which precedes the current frame by a number of frames based on a number of video sources represented in the single stream of video frames. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, comprising a further set of instructions, which when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to: process each sequential frame in the single stream of video frames as originated from a different one of the two or more video sources. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, comprising a further set of instructions, which when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to: determine a frame position of the prior frame based on a frame position of the current frame minus the number of video sources represented in the single stream of video frames. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21, comprising a further set of instructions, which when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to: determine a video source position of a frame based on a frame position of the frame modulo the number of video sources represented in the single stream of video frames. ### Claim 23 (depends on 19) The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, comprising a further set of instructions, which when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to: encode the single stream of video frames. ### Claim 24 (depends on 19) The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, comprising a further set of instructions, which when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to: decode the single stream of video frames.