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Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2021
Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);

Inventors:

Pongsak Lasang, Singapore, SG;

Toshiyasu Sugio, Osaka, JP;

Tatsuya Koyama, Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/96 (2014.01); H04N 19/44 (2014.01); H04N 19/46 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/96 (2014.11); H04N 19/44 (2014.11); H04N 19/46 (2014.11);
Abstract

A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: determining whether to encode, using an octree structure, a current space unit among a plurality of space units included in three-dimensional data; encoding the current space unit using the octree structure, when it is determined that the current space unit is to be encoded using the octree structure; encoding the current space unit using a different method that is not the octree structure, when it is determined that the current space unit is not to be encoded using the octree structure; and appending, to a bitstream, information that indicates whether the current space unit has been encoded using the octree structure.


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