The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and an image processing method for generating a celestial sphere image such that the pixels near the poles of the sphere are kept from increasing in density when the image is mapped to the sphere surface.

An encoder encodes, with respect to an omnidirectional image generated by equidistant cylindrical projection to include a top image, a middle image, and a bottom image in a vertical direction, the middle image into an encoded stream at a high resolution, and the top image and the bottom image into encoded streams at a resolution lower than the high resolution. This disclosure is applicable to image display systems, among others.

A system and methods for generating automated real-time live video stream of a target that is moving around an obstacle of pre-defined area uses an automated video streaming provided with a plurality of video cameras that are positioned about the pre-defined area by tracking the moving target and displaying the moving target on the animated timeline such as current class leader will be automatically displayed and compared, in real time, with the rider on the track and integrating the data collected by the wireless network to make video stream from that camera to the optimized video stream.

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to define the location of a center point associated with each frame within a stream of image data. Metadata associated with the orientation, such as the pitch and yaw, of a camera is synchronized on a frame-by-frame basis with a related stream of image data. In connection with receiving the image data and the orientation data, the method defines a center point associated with a video frame images and transmits a control signal causing the reorientation of at least a subset of video image frames. In some example implementations, arising in the context of 360° video streams, the rotation of the head of a viewer of virtual reality content or other 360° video streams may be taken into account when defining the location of a center point.

A broadcast management system creates, manages, and streams a broadcast of an event from videos captured from multiple cameras. A video capture system comprising multiple cameras captures videos of the event and transmits the videos to a broadcast management server. The broadcast management server generates a website or other graphical interface that simultaneously displays the captured videos in a time-synchronized manner. A broadcast manager user creates a broadcast by selecting which video to output to the broadcast at any given time. A broadcast map is stored for each broadcast that includes all of the broadcast decisions made by the broadcast manager user such that the broadcast can be recreated at a later time by applying the broadcast map to the raw videos. Using a viewer client, viewers can browse or search for broadcasts and select a broadcast for viewing.

The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus and a file generation apparatus that make it possible to appropriately reproduce a BV content. An image processing apparatus includes: a file acquisition unit that acquires a file having a management region where information for management of a 3D object content is stored and a data region where a track in which streams included in the 3D object content are stored is stored, group information for selection, from a plurality of the streams included in the 3D object content, of the stream appropriate for reproduction of the 3D object content being stored in the management region; and a file processor that selects a plurality of the streams to be used for reproduction of the 3D object content on the basis of the group information. The present technology is applicable to a client apparatus.

The disclosure relates to a 5th Generation (5G) or 6th Generation (6G) communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The method of a first entity performing a media resource function (MRF) includes transmitting, to a second entity, a session description protocol (SDP) offer message for an SDP negotiation associated with a conference providing a plurality of 360-degree videos, and receiving, from the second entity, an SDP answer message. Wherein the SDP offer message includes a plurality of media descriptions for the plurality of 360-degree videos, and wherein, in case that a first 360-degree video of the plurality of 360-degree videos is originated from one of a plurality of sources at a conference location of the conference, a first media description for the first 360-degree video includes a content attribute for identifying a source from which the first 360-degree video is originated.

A system for the production of an audiovisual content includes one or more audiovisual sources adapted to generate one or more audiovisual signals at a first quality level; at least one audiovisual processing apparatus operatively connected to the audiovisual sources; at least one remote control unit operatively connected to the audiovisual processing apparatus via a data communication network; the audiovisual processing apparatus being configured for receiving the one or more audiovisual signals at a first quality level from the one or more audiovisual sources; generating at least one copy of the one or more audiovisual signals, the copy being at a second quality level; sending the copy of the one or more audiovisual signals to the remote control unit via the data communication network; receiving, via the data communication network, at least one control signal containing one or more instructions from the remote control unit; generating an audiovisual content on the basis of the one or more audiovisual signals as a function of the one or more instructions.

Techniques and systems are provided for generating media content. For example, a server computer can detect a trigger from a device located at a site. The trigger is associated with an event at the site. The server computer can obtain media segments of media captured by a plurality of media capture devices located at the site. At least one of the media segments corresponds to the detected trigger. The server computer can determine one or more quality metrics of a media segment based on a first motion of an object captured in the media segment and/or a second motion of a media capture device used to capture the media segment. A subset of media segments can be selected from the obtained media segments based on quality metrics determined for the obtained media segments. A collection of media segments including the subset of media segments can then be generated.

A method and an apparatus for decoding a volumetric video are disclosed. Such a method comprises receiving a data stream representative of a file comprising information for selecting, according to a rendering viewpoint, at least one atlas comprising color and depth data patches associated with a viewpoint in said volumetric video, said color and depth data patches being generated with respect to depth and color reference data acquired from a reference viewpoint in said volumetric video.

Systems, methods and apparatus for encoding, decoding or transcoding digital video are described. One example method of processing video data includes performing a conversion between a video and a bitstream of the video according to a format rule, wherein the format rule specifies that a supplemental enhancement information field included in the bitstream indicates whether the bitstream comprises one or more video layers that represent auxiliary information.