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Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2021
Applicants:

Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Culver City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Tobias Anderberg, Los Angeles, CA (US);

David Bailey, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Assignees:

Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Culver City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/388 (2018.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); H04N 13/243 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/388 (2018.05); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); H04N 13/243 (2018.05); G06T 2207/10021 (2013.01);
Abstract

Reducing data used during capture in a physical capture volume by selectively activating image capture devices from a virtual view, including: setting up a virtual camera to receive information about and visualize the physical capture volume and a plurality of image capture devices in the virtual view; providing, to the virtual camera, the virtual view of the physical capture volume with a capability to move around the physical capture volume and activate or deactivate each of the plurality of image capture devices; calculating a view frustum, wherein the view frustum is a region of 3-D space within the physical capture volume that would appear on a view screen of the virtual camera; and defining the view frustum of the virtual camera which intersects with the plurality of image capture devices defined in the virtual view.


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