MULTI-PATH AND MULTI-SOURCE 3D CONTENT STORAGE, RETRIEVAL, AND DELIVERY

• US 20110157326A1
• Filed: 12/30/2010
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bennett, James D., Karaoguz, Jeyhan
• Application Number:
  US12/982,330
• Publication Number:
  US 20110157326A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/51
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/00 Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 35/24 using apertured or refractive resolving means on screens or between screen and eye
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/023 Display panel composed of stacked panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/028 by changing the viewing angle properties, e.g. widening the viewing angle, adapting the viewing angle to the view direction
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/04 Exchange of auxiliary data, i.e. other than image data, between monitor and graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/003 to produce spatial visual effects
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/00 Stereoscopic video systems; Multi-view video systems; Details thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/139 Format conversion, e.g. of frame-rate or size
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/161 Encoding, multiplexing or demultiplexing different image signal components for multi-view video sequence encoding H04N19/597
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/189 Recording image signals; Reproducing recorded image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/194 Transmission of image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/305 using lenticular lenses, e.g. arrangements of cylindrical lenses
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/31 using parallax barriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/312 the parallax barriers being placed behind the display panel, e.g. between backlight and spatial light modulator [SLM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/315 the parallax barriers being time-variant
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/332 : Displays for viewing with the aid of special glasses or head-mounted displays [HMD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/351 : for displaying simultaneously
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/359 : Switching between monoscopic and stereoscopic modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/361 : Reproducing mixed stereoscopic images; Reproducing mixed monoscopic and stereoscopic images, e.g. a stereoscopic image overlay window on a monoscopic image background
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/366 : using viewer tracking
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/383 : for tracking with gaze detection, i.e. detecting the lines of sight of the viewer's eyes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/398 : Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2013/403 : the images being monoscopic
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2013/405 : the images being stereoscopic or three dimensional
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 : Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 : additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 : Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 7/303 : Tracking of listener position or orientation

Abstract

Techniques are described herein for supporting presentation of multi-path and multi-source viewing content. For example, portions of three-dimensional viewing content may be received via respective pathways from respective sources. A visual presentation of the three-dimensional viewing content may be caused based on the portions. In another example, instances of viewing content may be received via respective pathways from respective sources. Configurations of respective regions of a screen may be directed to support display of the respective instances.

Claims

1. A method used with three-dimensional viewing content, the three-dimensional viewing content having both a first data portion associated with a first perspective view and a second data portion associated with a second perspective view, the method comprising:

receiving the first data portion that originates from a first source via a first pathway;

receiving the second data portion that originates from a second source via a second pathway; and

causing a visual presentation of the three-dimensional viewing content based on both the first data portion and the second data portion.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an offer relating to the second data portion; and

carrying out acceptance of the offer;

wherein receiving the second data portion comprises;

receiving the second data portion in response to carrying out the acceptance of the offer.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

delivering an indication relating to the first data portion;

wherein the offer is based at least in part on the indication.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein carrying out the acceptance of the offer triggers a billing event regarding the second data portion.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first data portion comprising a two-dimensional portion of the three-dimensional viewing content.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein receiving the first data portion comprises:

receiving the first data portion that represents a single perspective view from a storage that is local to a device that causes the visual presentation of the three-dimensional viewing content;

wherein receiving the second data portion comprises;

receiving the second data portion that represents at least one other perspective view; and

wherein causing the visual presentation comprises;

causing the visual presentation of the three-dimensional viewing content that represents at least two perspective views.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting the second data portion based on an orientation of a viewer with respect to a screen assembly that supports the visual presentation of the three-dimensional viewing content.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting the second data portion based on viewer input.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

initiating a search for the second data in response to a search instruction;

wherein receiving the second data portion comprises;

receiving the second data portion in response to initiating the search.

10. A method used to display first viewing content and second viewing content on a screen assembly, the method comprising:

receiving the first viewing content that originates from a first source via a first pathway;

receiving the second viewing content that originates from a second source via a second pathway;

directing a first configuration of a first region of the screen assembly, the first configuration supporting display of the first viewing content; and

directing a second configuration of a second region of the screen assembly, the second configuration supporting display of the second viewing content, and the second configuration being different from the first configuration.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first pathway comprises a local pathway and the second pathway comprises a remote pathway.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the second viewing content is unrelated to the first viewing content.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the first viewing content is two-dimensional content;

and

wherein the second viewing content is three-dimensional content.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the first viewing content is first three-dimensional content that represents a first number of perspectives;

and

wherein the second viewing content is second three-dimensional content that represents a second number of perspectives, the second number being different from the first number.

15. Media circuitry that supports three-dimensional viewing content, the three-dimensional viewing content having both a first view portion associated with a first perspective view and a second view portion associated with a second perspective view, the media circuitry comprising:

first circuitry that receives both the first view portion that originates from a first source via a first pathway, and the second view portion that originates from a second source via a second pathway; and

second circuitry that causes a visual presentation of the three-dimensional viewing content based on both the first view portion and the second view portion.

16. The media circuitry of claim 15, wherein the first circuitry receives an offer relating to the second view portion;

and

wherein the media circuitry further comprises;

third circuitry that carries out acceptance of the offer.

17. The media circuitry of claim 16, further comprising:

fourth circuitry that delivers an indication relating to the first view portion;

wherein the offer is based on the indication.

18. The media circuitry of claim 16, wherein the third circuitry triggers a billing event regarding the second view portion based at least in part on acceptance of the offer.

19. The media circuitry of claim 15, wherein the first view portion represents a single perspective view of the three-dimensional viewing content.

20. The media circuitry of claim 19, wherein the first circuitry receives the first view portion from a storage that is local to a device that includes the media circuitry;

and

wherein the three-dimensional viewing content represents at least two perspective views.

21. The media circuitry of claim 15, further comprising:

third circuitry that selects the second view portion based on an orientation of a viewer with respect to a screen assembly on which the second circuitry causes the visual presentation of the three-dimensional viewing content.

22. The media circuitry of claim 15, wherein the first circuitry receives a control signal that is generated in response to viewer input;

and

wherein the media circuitry further comprises;

third circuitry that selects the second view portion based on the control signal.

23. The media circuitry of claim 15, further comprising:

third circuitry that initiates a search for the second data in response to a search instruction;

wherein the first circuitry receives the second data portion in response to initiation of the search.

24. A media system that supports display of first content and second content on a screen assembly, the media system comprising:

first circuitry that receives both the first content that originates from a first source via a first pathway, and the second content that originates from a second source via a second pathway;

second circuitry that directs a first configuration of a first region of the screen assembly, the first configuration supporting display of the first content; and

the second circuitry directs a second configuration of a second region of the screen assembly, the second configuration supporting display of the second content, and the second configuration being different from the first configuration.

25. The media system of claim 24, wherein the first pathway comprises a local pathway and the second pathway comprises a remote pathway.

26. The media system of claim 24, wherein the second viewing content is unrelated to the first viewing content.

27. The media system of claim 24, wherein the first viewing content is two-dimensional content;

and

wherein the second viewing content is three-dimensional content.

28. The media system of claim 24, wherein the first viewing content is first three-dimensional content that represents a first number of perspectives;

and

wherein the second viewing content is second three-dimensional content that represents a second number of perspectives, the second number being different from the first number.