Canon filed 1 patent in 1 category: Streaming (1). The filing covers technology for virtual reality video delivery that uses stereo fisheye cameras to capture 360-degree content.
The Streaming approach selectively processes images intended for the left and right eyes, adjusting frame rates to optimize real-time performance while maintaining the immersive viewing experience.
Canon's Streaming patent addresses a fundamental tension in live VR video: the computational demands of processing stereoscopic 360-degree footage can exceed what's available in the time budget for each frame. Rather than let the entire stream stutter when processing falls behind, the system makes a calculated compromise by applying full distortion correction to one eye's image while allowing reduced quality processing on the other. This approach keeps frames flowing at a consistent rate, sacrificing perfect stereoscopic fidelity when necessary rather than introducing the jarring experience of dropped frames that would break immersion in live virtual reality broadcasts.
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