Signaling three-dimensional video information in communication networks

• US 10,194,134 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2017
• Issued: 01/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Oyman, Ozgur
• Primary Examiner(s): Jones, Heather R
• Application Number:
  US15/683,682
• Publication Number:
  US 20170353709A1
• Time in Patent Office: 525 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0051 of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/613 for the control of the source by the destination control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components specially adapted for selective content distribution H04N21/637
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/65 Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/756 adapting media to device capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/00 Stereoscopic video systems; Multi-view video systems; Details thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/172 image signals comprising non-image signal components, e.g. headers or format information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/194 Transmission of image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/105 Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/147 according to rate distortion criteria rate-distortion as a criterion for motion estimation H04N19/567
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/156 Availability of hardware or computational resources, e.g. encoding based on power-saving criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/164 Feedback from the receiver or from the transmission channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/196 : being specially adapted for the computation of encoding parameters, e.g. by averaging previously computed encoding parameters processing of motion vectors H04N19/513
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/40 : using video transcoding, i.e. partial or full decoding of a coded input stream followed by re-encoding of the decoded output stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/46 : Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process H04N19/517, H04N19/68, H04N19/70 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/463 : by compressing encoding parameters before transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/597 : specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/70 : characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/80 : Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation H04N19/635, H04N19/86 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234309 : by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 or from Quicktime to Realvideo conversion of standards in analog television systems H04N7/01
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2353 : specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2404 : Monitoring of server processing errors or hardware failure error or fault detection G06F11/07; monitoring in general G06F11/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25825 : involving client display capabilities, e.g. screen resolution of a mobile phone optimising the visualisation of content during browsing in the Internet G06F16/9577; processing of terminal status or physical abilities in wireless networks H04W8/22; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25833 : involving client hardware characteristics, e.g. manufacturer, processing or storage capabilities allocation of resources considering hardware capabilities in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/5044; allocation of resources considering software capabilities in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/5055
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26258 : for generating a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlist, or scheduling item distribution according to such list retrieval of multimedia data based on playlists G06F16/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44209 : Monitoring of downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. bandwidth variations of a wireless network arrangements for maintenance or administration in data switching networks involving bandwidth and capacity management H04L41/0896
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4424 : Monitoring of the internal components or processes of the client device, e.g. CPU or memory load, processing speed, timer, counter or percentage of the hard disk space used error monitoring in general G06F11/30; arrangements for monitoring conditions of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/32; diagnosis, testing or measuring for television receivers H04N17/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 : involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 : involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/643 : Communication protocols network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP], H04L65/65
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6437 : Real-time Transport Protocol [RTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/816 : involving special video data, e.g 3D video
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 : by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 : Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 : Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 : Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/04 : using triggered events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/16 : Involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 : Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 : in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe devices, methods, computer-readable media and systems configurations for signaling stereoscopic three-dimensional video content capabilities of a device in a communications network. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. An apparatus to be employed by a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:

content management circuitry to;

transmit, via a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless communication network, an identifier of a Third Generation Partnership (3GP)-Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (DASH) profile associated with the UE, the 3GP-DASH profile to indicate one or more restrictions associated with stereoscopic three-dimensional (3-D) video content supported by the UE;

receive a media presentation description (MPD) that includes information associated with a first media presentation that complies with the 3GP-DASH profile and excludes information associated with one or more other media presentations that do not comply with the 3GP-DASH profile; and

transmit a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) GET or partial GET request for a DASH representation associated with the first media presentation; and

a media player coupled to the content management circuitry, the media player to receive and render the DASH representation.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the 3GP-DASH profile is a multiview stereoscopic 3D video profile to indicate that the UE supports multiview stereoscopic 3D video content that includes a base view and a non-base view that are temporally interleaved.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the 3GP-DASH profile is a frame-packed stereoscopic 3D video profile to indicate that the UE supports frame-packed 3D video content that includes a base view and a non-base view packed in a same frame.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the MPD includes a frame packing element to indicate a type of frame packing format used for the first media presentation.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the frame packing element indicates that the type of frame packing format used is a vertical interleaving frame compatible packing format, a horizontal interleaving frame compatible packing format, a side-by-side frame compatible packing format, a top-bottom frame compatible packing format, or a checkerboard frame compatible packing format.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the MPD includes one or more attributes associated with individual DASH representations of the first media presentation, wherein the individual representations include representations associated with different time periods of the media presentation.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the UE is to receive the DASH representation via a multimedia broadcast and multicast service (MBMS).

8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an auto-stereoscopic display coupled to the media player to display the rendered DASH representation.

9. A media server, comprising:

content management circuitry to;

obtain a Third Generation Partnership (3GP)-Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (DASH) profile associated with a user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication network, wherein the 3GP-DASH profile is a a multiview stereoscopic three-dimensional (3D) video profile to indicate that the UE supports multiview stereoscopic 3D video content that includes a base view and a non-base view that are temporally interleaved or a frame-packed stereoscopic 3D video profile to indicate that the UE supports frame-packed 3D video content that includes a base view and a non-base view packed in a same frame;

generate, based on the obtained 3GP-DASH profile, a media presentation description (MPD) that includes one or more attributes associated with a first DASH representation of a media presentation that complies with the 3GP-DASH profile and excludes attributes associated with a second DASH representation of the media presentation that does not comply with the 3GP-DASH profile; and

transmit the generated MPD to the UE;

content delivery circuitry, coupled to the content management circuitry, to deliver 3D video content associated with the first DASH representation to the UE.

10. The media server of claim 9, wherein the MPD includes a frame packing element to indicate a type of frame packing format used for the first DASH representation.

11. The media server of claim 10, wherein the frame packing element indicates that the type of frame packing format used is a vertical interleaving frame compatible packing format, a horizontal interleaving frame compatible packing format, a side-by-side frame compatible packing format, a top-bottom frame compatible packing format, or a checkerboard frame compatible packing format.

12. The media server of claim 9, wherein the content management circuitry is to receive an identifier from the UE, and wherein the content management circuitry is to obtain the 3GP-DASH profile from a device profile server based on the identifier.

13. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions, stored thereon, that when executed cause a user equipment (UE) to:

transmit, via a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless communication network, an identifier of a Third Generation Partnership (3GP)-Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (DASH) profile associated with the UE, the 3GP-DASH profile to indicate one or more restrictions associated with stereoscopic three-dimensional (3D) video content supported by the UE;

receive a media presentation description (MPD) that includes one or more attributes associated with a first individual DASH representation of a media presentation that complies with the 3GP-DASH profile and excludes one or more attributes associated with a second individual DASH representation of the media presentation that does not comply with the 3GP-DASH profile;

transmit a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) GET or partial GET request for a DASH representation associated with the media presentation;

obtain the DASH representation; and

render the obtained DASH representation.

14. The one or more media of claim 13, wherein the 3GP-DASH profile is a multiview stereoscopic 3D video profile to indicate that the UE supports multiview stereoscopic 3D video content that includes a base view and a non-base view that are temporally interleaved.

15. The one or more media of claim 13, wherein the 3GP-DASH profile is a frame-packed stereoscopic 3D video profile to indicate that the UE supports frame-packed 3D video content that includes a base view and a non-base view packed in a same frame.

16. The one or more media of claim 15, wherein the MPD includes a frame packing element to indicate a type of frame packing format used for the media presentation.

17. The one or more media of claim 16, wherein the frame packing element indicates that the type of frame packing format used is a vertical interleaving frame compatible packing format, a horizontal interleaving frame compatible packing format, a side-by-side frame compatible packing format, a top-bottom frame compatible packing format, or a checkerboard frame compatible packing format.

18. The one or more media of claim 13, wherein the MPD excludes information associated with one or more other media presentations that do not comply with the 3GP-DASH profile.