Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Aamer Khani

Papiya Nath

Shigong Liu

Parvinder Sawhney

Yi Jin

Ruifeng Xu

Siva Boggala

Benny Wong

Xu Cao

Mallikarjun Swamy

Sambu Arrojula

In one embodiment, a method includes accessing an image file representing a 360-degree image of a scene and determining, from the image file, a stretch factor that identifies to a relative change of adjacent pixels in at least one of (1) an upper row of pixels or (2) a lower row of pixels. The method further includes determining, from the image file, an edge similarity that identifies a change between pixels in a first column and pixels in a last column and determining, based on the stretch factor and on the edge similarity, whether the 360-degree image was encoded using an equirectangular projection and then rendering the 360-degree image based on the equirectangular-projection encoding.

Detecting equirectangular projection in 360-degree images

In one embodiment, a method includes accessing depth information for three-dimensional content for one or more images, the depth information having been encoded based on a first near-plane value and a first far-plane value. The method further includes accessing an adjusted near-plane value and an adjusted far-plane value, where the adjusted near-plane value and the adjusted far-plane value are based on a loss function with respect to the depth information; and encoding the depth information for transmission using the adjusted near-plane value and the adjusted far-plane value.

Encoding depth information for images

An electronic device includes an image sensor, a projector, an adjustable mount, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to: receive at least one image of an environment around the electronic device from the image sensor; determine a face pose of a viewer based on the at least one image; determine characteristics of a projection surface based on the at least one image; control the projector to project a plurality of images onto the projection surface, the images determined based in part on the face pose of the viewer and the characteristics of the projection surface, wherein the images are configured to be perceived as a three-dimensional (3D) object image when viewed through 3D glasses; and control the adjustable mount to adjust a position or an orientation of the projector based in part on a change in the face pose of the viewer.

System and method for generating a mixed reality experience

An apparatus and method for user identity control are provided. The apparatus includes a communication unit, a storage unit including a unique ID and a plurality of sections, each section including different identity information, and a controller for, in response to a transaction request, transmitting a request for identity information to an authorization server via the communication unit, and for, in response to authorization information received from the authorization server, transmitting identity information to a third party to complete the transaction according to the received authorization information.

Apparatus and method for reverse authorization

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