QUALCOMM Incorporated
Hybrid graphics and pixel domain architecture for 360 degree video

Abstract:

In a method and apparatus for processing video data, one or more processors are configured to encode a portion of stored video data in a pixel domain to generate pixel domain video data, a first graphics processing unit is configured to process the video data in a graphics domain to generate graphics domain video data, and an interface transmits the graphics domain video data and the pixel domain video data. One or more processors are configured to parse the video data into a graphics stream and an audio-video stream and decode the video data, a sensor senses movement adaptations of a user, and a second graphics processing unit is configured to generate a canvas on a spherical surface with texture information received from the graphics stream, and render a field of view based on the sensed movement adaptations of the user.