The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tooru Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/218 (2011.01); H04N 5/272 (2006.01); H04N 5/45 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); H04N 5/272 (2013.01); H04N 5/45 (2013.01); H04N 21/21805 (2013.01); H04N 21/414 (2013.01); H04N 21/431 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/816 (2013.01);
Abstract
Display of free viewpoint video content is switched so as to alleviate health hazard to viewers without impairing the reality. The omni window is a window integrating all windows, through each of which each sub-content is looked in from main content, and also serves as an entrance to a free viewpoint space of each sub-content. A viewer can go back and forth between different free viewpoint spaces by way of the omni window and the free viewpoint video is switched in accordance with such an exploring motion within the spaces. Furthermore, it is possible to impart a conversion function for a perceived size of the viewer to the omni window.