Extended scene view
AssigneeNagravision S.A.
InventorBertrand Wendling
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Abstract
The disclosure provide methods and content consumption devices that enable a scene, for example a 360° scene, that is larger (i.e. has more pixels in at least one dimension) than a display format of the content consumption device to be displayed. Constituent scene views are received individually by the content consumption device, for example as broadcasts, and are combined, for example stitched together, at the content consumption device to output a part of the scene that fits in the display format. The part of the scene (and hence the required constituent streams) to be displayed are determined by a signal, for example a navigational input from a user, enabling the user to navigate in the scene.
Claims20
A method of processing video streams at a content consumption device, the method comprising:
- generating a plurality of video streams, each video stream of the plurality of video streams corresponding to a respective field of view of a scene, wherein the plurality of video streams are combinable into a combined stream corresponding to a field of view of the scene;
- receiving an indication of an output portion of the scene to be output by the content consumption device, wherein the output portion corresponds to a reduced field of view, the reduced field of view being smaller than the field of view corresponding to the combined stream;
- selecting two or more separate video streams of the plurality of video streams for an output video stream corresponding to the output portion, the output video stream corresponding to the reduced field of view;
- and
- sending the output video stream to a content consumption device.
A device processing video streams at a content consumption device, the device comprising:
- a memory configured to store video data associated with one or more video streams;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- generate a plurality of video streams, each video stream of the plurality of video streams corresponding to a respective field of view of a scene, wherein the plurality of video streams are combinable into a combined stream corresponding to a field of view of the scene;
- obtain an indication of an output portion of the scene to be output by the content consumption device, wherein the output portion corresponds to a reduced field of view, the reduced field of view being smaller than the field of view corresponding to the combined stream;
- select two or more separate video streams of the plurality of video streams for an output video stream corresponding to the output portion, the output video stream corresponding to the reduced field of view;
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- send the output video stream to a content consumption device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.