Sony patents tool to edit 3D videos and share them as flat files
Sony describes a system that lets users edit 3D videos, known as volumetric content, directly on a device. It then converts these edited 3D scenes into standard formats like flat videos, still images, or files ready for social media posts.
In the filing’s own words
The present disclosure relates to a data processing apparatus, a data processing method, and a program that enable added value to be provided to viewing of volumetric content. An editing acceptance unit accepts editing of the volumetric image according to an operation of a user, and a data generation unit generates converted data in which an edited volumetric image is converted into a format that can be output by another device. The present disclosure can be applied to an application in which the volumetric content can be edited.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A data processing apparatus, comprising: a rendering unit configured to render a volumetric image; an editing acceptance unit configured to: accept edit for the rendered volumetric image based on a first operation of a user; and edit the rendered volumetric image to indicate editing content in the volumetric image; a data generation unit configured to: convert the edited volumetric image to a format that is compatible for output by a user terminal, wherein the user terminal is different from the data processing apparatus, and the format includes: a first moving image, a first still image, a uniquely defined file format, and a file format compatible for a post on a social networking service (SNS); and generate converted data based on the converted format of the edited volumetric image; and a data transmission unit configured to output the generated converted data from the data processing apparatus to the user terminal.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (SONY GROUP CORPORATION)
- Official title
- Data processing apparatus and data processing method
- Patent number
- US12738299B2
- Application number
- 18707208
- Filed
- Oct 31, 2022
- Granted
- Sep 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 18
Classified under
G11B 27/036 Physics & computingG11B 27/005 Physics & computingH04N 13/117 Electricity & electronicsH04N 13/139 Electricity & electronicsMore from Sony in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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