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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
May. 31, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Afshin Taghavi Nasrabadi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Maneli Noorkami, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Stecklein, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A decoding computing device receives a bit stream for compressed volumetric visual content, such as immersive media. The bit stream includes video encoded image frames comprising packed attribute patch images, depth maps for a 3D scene represented by the volumetric visual content, and a variable transparency layer indicating boundaries of objects at different depths within the 3D scene represented by the volumetric visual content. Instead of generating a mesh having a large number of vertices, the decoder generates a lower resolution mesh and applies the variable transparency layer, such that portions of triangles or polygons of the lower resolution mesh extending beyond the boundaries of the objects at the different depths of the 3D scene are made transparent and not shown as being stretched across large depth distances.