IP Library Granted Patent US 11,838,489
Granted Patent B2
US 11,838,489 · App. 17/890,042 · Granted Dec 5, 2023

Event-based trigger interval for signaling of RTCP viewport for immersive teleconferencing and telepresence for remote terminals

Inventors: Rohit Abhishek (San Jose, CA); Iraj Sodagar (Los Angeles, CA)
Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
H04N13/194H04N7/15H04N23/698H04N13/302H04N13/332H04N13/366
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Patent No.
US 11,838,489
App. No.
17/890,042
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is included a method and apparatus comprising computer code configured to cause a processor or processors to perform controlling a delivery of a video conference call to a viewport, setting an event-based threshold with respect to the video conference call, determining whether the event-based threshold has been triggered based on an event and whether an amount of time having elapsed from another event is less than a predetermined amount of time, and further controlling the delivery of the video conference call to the viewport based on determining whether the event-based threshold has been triggered and whether the amount of time having elapsed from the other event is less than the predetermined amount of time.

Claims (48)

1. A method for video signaling, the method performed by at least one processor and comprising:

setting a threshold with respect to a video call;

determining whether the threshold has been triggered based on an event and whether an amount of time having elapsed from another event is less than a predetermined amount of time; and

controlling delivery of the video call to a viewport based on determining whether the threshold has been triggered.

2. The method for video signaling according to claim 1 ,

wherein the threshold comprises at least a degree of change in a spatial orientation of the viewport.

3. The method for video signaling according to claim 2 ,

wherein determining whether the threshold has been triggered comprises determining whether the spatial orientation of the viewport has been changed by more than the degree of change of the threshold.

4. The method for video signaling according to claim 3 ,

wherein controlling the delivery of the video call to the viewport comprises delivering at least an additional margin of the video call to the viewport in a case in which it is determined that the spatial orientation of the viewport has been changed by more than the degree of change of the threshold.

5. The method for video signaling according to 1 ,

wherein controlling the delivery of the video call to the viewport comprises processing different length packets depending on whether a timer has been triggered or whether the threshold has been triggered.

6. The method for video signaling according to claim 5 ,

wherein of the different length packets, a first packet that a timer has been triggered is longer than a second packet that the threshold has been triggered.

7. The method for video signaling according to claim 1 , further comprising:

determining whether a frequency at which the event triggers the threshold exceeds a frequency threshold based on determining whether the amount of time having elapsed from the other event is less than the predetermined amount of time.

8. The method for video signaling according to claim 7 , further comprising:

updating a timer in response to determining that the frequency at which the event triggers the threshold exceeds the frequency threshold.

9. The method for video signaling according to claim 1 ,

wherein the viewport is a display of at least one of a headset and a handheld mobile device.

10. The method for video signaling according to claim 1 ,

wherein the video call comprises a 360° video data of an omnidirectional camera.

11. An apparatus for video signaling, the apparatus comprising:

at least one memory configured to store computer program code;

at least one processor configured to access the computer program code and operate as instructed by the computer program code, the computer program code including:

setting code configured to cause the at least one processor to set a threshold with respect to a video conference call;

determining code configured to cause the at least one processor to determine whether the threshold has been triggered based an event and whether an amount of time having elapsed from another event is less than a predetermined amount of time; and

controlling code configured to cause the at least one processor to control a delivery of the video call to a viewport based on determining whether the threshold has been triggered.

12. The apparatus for video signaling according to claim 11 ,

wherein the threshold comprises at least a degree of change in a spatial orientation of the viewport.

13. The apparatus for video signaling according to claim 12 ,

wherein determining whether the threshold has been triggered comprises determining whether the spatial orientation of the viewport has been changed by more than the degree of change of the threshold.

14. The apparatus for video signaling according to claim 13 ,

wherein controlling the delivery of the video call to the viewport comprises delivering at least an additional margin of the video call to the viewport in a case in which it is determined that the spatial orientation of the viewport has been changed by more than the degree of change of the threshold.

15. The apparatus for video signaling according to 11 ,

wherein controlling the delivery of the video call to the viewport comprises processing different length packets depending on whether a timer has been triggered or whether the threshold has been triggered.

16. The apparatus for video signaling according to claim 15 ,

wherein of the different length packets, a first packet that the timer has been triggered is longer than a second packet that the threshold has been triggered.

17. The apparatus for video signaling according to claim 11 , further comprising:

further determining code configured to cause the at least one processor to determine whether a frequency at which the event triggers the threshold exceeds a frequency threshold based on determining whether the amount of time having elapsed from the other event is less than the predetermined amount of time.

18. The apparatus for video signaling according to claim 17 , further comprising:

updating code configured to cause the at least one processor to update a timer in response to determining that the frequency at which the event triggers the threshold exceeds the frequency threshold.

19. The apparatus for video signaling according to claim 11 ,

wherein the viewport is a display of at least one of a headset and a handheld mobile device (HMD).

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

setting a threshold with respect to a video call;

determining whether the threshold have been triggered based on an event and whether an amount of time having elapsed from another event is less than a predetermined amount of time; and

controlling a delivery of the video call to a viewport based on determining whether the threshold has been triggered.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 17095282 · Nov 11, 2020
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