Immersive Video Processing Atlas Encoding

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current immersive video technologies face challenges in efficiently supporting motion parallax for rotational and translation motions, particularly in reducing data size and metadata transmission while maintaining high-quality 6 DoF video reproduction.

Innovation Solution

The method involves determining a priority order for pruning source view videos, generating residual videos, packing patches into an atlas video, and encoding it, with the basic view video having the highest priority and additional view videos prioritized based on overlapping area size and region of interest.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If all source view videos are transmitted to support motion parallax, then video quality and immersion are improved, but data transmission size increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevideo qualityVSAvoiddata size
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and removes duplicate video data from multiple source views by identifying overlapping regions and retaining only unique content. This extraction process eliminates redundant information while preserving all necessary visual data for 6DoF motion parallax reproduction, thereby reducing overall data size without compromising video quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent merges multiple source view videos into a single consolidated video file by integrating unique regions from each view. overlapping areas are detected and consolidated, with duplicate content removed and unique content from each view combined into a unified structure that supports motion parallax while minimizing total data volume.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple additional view videos are kept to support translation motion, then motion parallax capability is improved, but processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemotion parallax supportVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary processing to detect and mark duplicate regions across multiple source views before final video generation. By identifying overlapping areas in advance and establishing a consolidation strategy, the system prepares the data structure to efficiently support translation motion without requiring complex real-time processing during playback.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the organizational parameters of video data by transforming multiple separate additional view videos into a consolidated structure with optimized region allocation. This parameter change reorganizes how video content is stored and accessed, reducing processing complexity while maintaining full motion parallax capability for translation movements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If duplicate data among additional view videos is removed, then data transmission efficiency is improved, but data structure complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransmission efficiencyVSAvoiddata structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the video data into distinct regions identified by bounding boxes, where each segment represents a unique non-duplicate area from a specific source view. This segmentation approach organizes removed duplicate data into manageable, clearly defined segments that can be efficiently stored and transmitted, balancing structure complexity with transmission efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11477429B2Method for processing immersive video and method for producing immersive video
Publication Date: 2022.10.18 ELECTRONICS & TELECOMM RES INST
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AI summary

An immersive video processing method according to the present disclosure includes determining a priority order of pruning for source view videos, generating a residual video for an additional view video based on the priority order of pruning, packing a patch generated based on the residual video into an atlas video, and encoding the atlas video.