ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,255, issued on July 14, was assigned to Nevermind Capital LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"Methods and apparatus for encoding, communicating and/or using images" was invented by Ramesh Panchagnula (Irvine, Calif.), David Cole (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) and Alan Moss (Laguna Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for capturing, communicating and using image data to support virtual reality experiences are described. Images, e.g., frames, are captured at a high resolution but lower frame rate than is used for playback. Interpolation is applied to captured frames to generate interpolated frames. Captured frames, along with...