Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Richard John Kern, Ii

Vidhya Seran

Nazneen Khan

Denny Breitenfeld

An illustrative volumetric processing system generates a plurality of point clouds each representing an object from a different vantage point. Based on the plurality of point clouds, the volumetric processing system consolidates point cloud data corresponding to a surface of the object. Based on the consolidated point cloud data for the object, the volumetric processing system generates a voxel grid representative of the object. Based on the voxel grid, the volumetric processing system generates a set of rendered patches each depicting at least a part of the surface of the object. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

Systems and methods for processing volumetric data

An exemplary method includes establishing, by a sending device, a communication session with a receiving device, the communication session configured to transfer an array of related, sequenced data blocks from the sending device to the receiving device. The method includes sending one or more parameter messages including parameters associated with the array of data blocks. The method includes receiving one or more parameter acknowledgement messages to the one or more parameter messages, the one or more parameter acknowledgement messages including a plurality of memory addresses of the receiving device, the plurality of memory addresses including a respective memory address for each data block of the array of data blocks. The method includes sending the array of data blocks to the receiving device, each data block of the array of data blocks sent to the respective memory address using a remote direct memory access (RDMA) protocol.

Methods and systems for transmitting arrays of sequenced data blocks

An exemplary volumetric processing system includes a set of point cloud generators, a point cloud organizer, a voxelizer, and a set of patch renderers. The point cloud generators correspond to image capture systems disposed at different vantage points to capture color and depth data for an object located within a capture area. The point cloud generators generate respective point clouds for the different vantage points based on the captured surface data. The point cloud organizer consolidates point cloud data that corresponds to a surface of the object. The voxelizer generates a voxel grid representative of the object based on the consolidated point cloud data. The set of patch renderers generates, based on the voxel grid, a set of rendered patches each depicting at least a part of the surface of the object. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.

Systems and methods for processing volumetric data using a modular network architecture

An exemplary method includes a first physical computing device of a virtual reality system acquiring, from a capture device physically disposed at a vantage point in relation to a three-dimensional ('3D') scene, surface data for the 3D scene, the surface data including a first instance of a multi-bit frame, separating the first instance of the multi-bit frame into a most significant byte ('MSB') frame and a least significant byte (&#x201c;LSB&#x201d;) frame, compressing the MSB frame, and transmitting the LSB frame and the compressed MSB frame to a second physical computing device of the virtual reality system by way of the network interface.

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