Patent ID: 7783120

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: determining, with a processor, a probability that a viewer is looking at a first view location vs. a second view location; compressing, with a processor, a first scene of an image sequence relating to the first view location based on a first plurality of foveation zones, at least one of the first plurality of foveation zones having a corresponding resolution so that at least one object associated with the first plurality of foveation zones is viewer-recognizable; and compressing, with a processor, a second scene of the image sequence relating to a second view location based on a second plurality of foveation zones, at least one of the second plurality of foveation zones having a corresponding resolution so that at least one object associated with the second plurality of foveation zones is viewer-recognizable; wherein at least a portion of the first scene and the second scene of the image sequence occur in the image sequence at the same time such that at least a portion of the image sequence is compressed based on both the first scene and the second scene; and wherein during the portion of the image sequence that is compressed based on both the first scene and the second scene, the image sequence is compressed based on the probability that a viewer is looking at the first view location vs. the second view location.