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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2018
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Payman Aflaki Beni, Tampere, FI;
Sebastian Schwarz, Unterhaching, DE;
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
There are disclosed various methods, apparatuses and computer program products for volumetric video encoding and decoding. In some embodiments, two or more patches formed from a three-dimensional image information are obtained, each patch representing projection data of at least a part of an object to a projection plane. A rectangle totally covering the patch is determining for each of the two or more patches. A sorting criteria is determined on the basis of a width and a height of the rectangle. The patches are sorted on the basis of the sorting criteria of the rectangles determined for the two or more patches. An initial size of a grid is selected on the basis of one or more of the largest rectangles; and the two or more patches are inserted into the grid. The grid is encoded into a bitstream.