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http://dx.doi.org/10.5909/JBE.2019.24.6.1002

Efficient Transmission Scheme with Viewport Prediction of 360VR Content using Sound Location Information  

Jeong, Eunyoung (Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Dept. of IT Media Engineering)
Kim, Dong Ho (Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Dept. of IT Media Engineering)
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Journal of Broadcast Engineering / v.24, no.6, 2019 , pp. 1002-1012 More about this Journal
Abstract
360VR content requires short latency, such as immediate response to viewers' viewport changes and high quality video delivery. It is necessary to consider efficient transmission that guarantees the QoE(Quality of Experience) of the 360VR contents with limited bandwidth. Several research has been introduced to reduce overall bandwidth consumption by predicting a user's viewport and allocating different bit rates to the area corresponding to the viewport. In this paper, we propose novel viewport prediction scheme that uses sound source location information of 360VR contents as auditory recognition information along with visual recognition information. Also, we propose efficient transmission algorithm by allocating a bit rate properly based on improved viewport prediction. The proposed scheme improves the accuracy of the viewport prediction and provides high quality videos to tiles corresponding to the user's viewpoint within the limited bandwidth.
Keywords
360 Virtual Reality; 360 Video Transmission; Predictive Transmission; Viewport Prediction; MPEG-DASH;
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