ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,615, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Tencent Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Data processing method and apparatus for immersive media, related device, and storage medium" was invented by Ying Hu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data processing method includes: acquiring a free-view information data box corresponding to an ith track of immersive media, the free-view information data box including view information corresponding to the ith track, i being an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to M; and decoding images encapsulated in the ith track according to the view information in the...