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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Jungsun Kim, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alexandros Tourapis, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Khaled Mammou, Danville, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A system comprises an encoder configured to compress and encode data for a three-dimensional mesh. To compress the three-dimensional mesh, the encoder determines displacements to be applied to sub-division locations of a base mesh. The displacement values may be signaled in their own sub-bitstream, e.g., a dedicated displacement data sub-bitstream, or may be signaled, at least in part, in an atlas data sub-bitstream that includes patch data. In some embodiments, the displacements may also be signaled, at least in part, in a video sub-bitstream or in a base-mesh sub-bitstream.