A Proposal for Zoom-in/out View Streaming based on Object Information of Free Viewpoint Video

• Published in: KSII transactions on Internet and information systems 2022, 16(3), , pp.929-946
• Main Authors: Seo, Minjae, Paik, Jong-Ho, Park, Gooman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Image processing; Internet videos; Methods; Streaming media; 컴퓨터학
• ISSN: 1976-7277; 1976-7277
• DOI: 10.3837/tiis.2022.03.010

Free viewpoint video (FVV) service is an immersive media service that allows a user to watch it from a desired location or viewpoint. It is composed of various forms according to the direction of the viewpoint of the provided video, and includes zoom in/out in the service. As consumers' demand for active watching is increasing, the importance of FVV services is expected to grow gradually. However, additional considerations are needed to seamlessly stream FVV service. FVV includes a plurality of videos, video changes may occur frequently due to movement of the viewpoint. Frequent occurrence of video switching or re-request another video can cause service delay and it also can lower user's quality of service (QoS). In this case, we assumed that if a video showing an object that the user wants to watch is selected and provided, it is highly likely to meet the needs of the viewer. In particular, it is important to provide an object-oriented FVV service when zooming in. When video zooming in in the usual way, it cannot be guaranteed to zoom in around the object. Zoom function does not consider about video viewing. It only considers the viewing screen size and it crop the video view as fixed screen location. To solve this problem, we propose a zoom in/out method of object-centered dynamic adaptive streaming of FVV in this paper. Through the method proposed in this paper, users can enjoy the optimal video service because they are provided with the desired object-based video. Keywords: Free viewpoint video, FVV service, video streaming service, video zoom in/out