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Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020

Filed:

May. 31, 2018
Applicant:

Pcms Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventors:

Seppo T. Valli, Espoo, FI;

Pekka K. Siltanen, Helsinki, FI;

Assignee:

PCMS Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/157 (2013.01); H04N 7/142 (2013.01); H04N 7/147 (2013.01); H04N 7/152 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods described herein are provided for managing user positions in a shared virtual geometry, capturing 360° views of a local user environment in a spatially faithful system, and computing a perspective view of a first user from the eye-point of a second user. Users may move around the shared virtual geometry, and perspective views of users may be updated. Some embodiments use a co-centric geometry for group conferencing with other users. Some embodiments may use a grid-based geometry for exploration with other users. Some embodiments may reduce transferred bitrates to enable systems and methods to be implemented in data-limited environments. Some embodiments support users moving and navigating a shared virtual geometry.


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