Patent ID: 11924394
Assignee: NEVERMIND CAPITAL LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A content delivery system configured to provide image content to a content playback device, comprising:
a network interface that:
obtains an image captured in an environment, and
provides an encoded reduced resolution image and an identification of an UV map to the content playback device;

a processor that:
selects a resolution allocation for at least a portion of the image captured,
performs a resolution reduction operation on the at least a portion of image based on the resolution allocation to obtain a reduced resolution image, and
identify a UV map for at least a portion of the environment corresponding to the resolution allocation, wherein the UV map is identified among a plurality of UV maps for the portion of the environment each associated with a different resolution allocation; and

an encoder that encodes the reduced resolution image.