Methods and apparatus for maximizing codec bandwidth in video applications

Camera apparatus, comprising:

• a first fisheye camera and a second fisheye camera;
• a processor apparatus;
• a codec;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium in data communication with the processor apparatus, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising at least one computer program comprising one or more instructions configured to, when executed by the processor apparatus, cause the camera apparatus to:
• capture spherical content via at least one of the first fisheye camera or the second fisheye camera;
• generate a plurality of differently rotated segments from the spherical content characterized by:
• (i) a rotation of the spherical content by a different prescribed angle, and (ii) a projection of a subset of the spherical content into a segment based at least on the rotation;
• wherein the plurality of differently rotated segments are cutouts of a rotated spherical projection data structure that comprises at least 360° of panoramic content;
• and
• sequentially transfer all of the plurality of differently rotated segments at a transfer frame rate;
• wherein the transfer frame rate and each one of the plurality of differently rotated segments does not exceed one or more operational parameters of the codec.

A display apparatus, comprising:

• a display device;
• a codec;
• a processor apparatus;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium in data communication with the processor apparatus and comprising at least one computer program, the at least one computer program having one or more instructions which when executed by the display apparatus, cause the display apparatus to:
• obtain a rotated spherical projection data structure at a transfer frame rate, the rotated spherical projection data structure comprising a plurality of portions derived from a respective plurality of projections, the respective plurality of projections comprising a plurality of different cutout segments derived from a respective plurality of rotations associated with a spherical content, the transfer frame rate correlating to a quantity of the plurality of portions;
• de-multiplex the rotated spherical projection data structure in time intervals at the transfer frame rate to generate the spherical content at a display frame rate;
• cause display of the spherical content on the display device at the display frame rate, the display frame rate being different from the transfer frame rate;
• and
• wherein the transfer frame rate and the rotated spherical projection data structure do not exceed a first prescribed operational parameters of the codec;
• wherein the spherical content exceeds a second prescribed operational parameter of the codec, and each of the respective plurality of projections does not exceed the second prescribed operational parameter of the codec.