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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
May. 20, 2024
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Noritaka Iguchi, Osaka, JP;
Toshiyasu Sugio, Osaka, JP;
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: generating encoded data by encoding third point cloud data that is a combination of first point cloud data and second point cloud data; and generating a bitstream including the encoded data and control information. The encoded data includes a piece of geometry information and pieces of attribute information of each of three-dimensional points included in the third point cloud data. One of the pieces of attribute information includes first information indicating whether a corresponding one of the three-dimensional points belongs to the first point cloud data or the second point cloud data. The control information includes second information indicating, among the pieces of attribute information, a piece of attribute information including the first information.