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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
May. 25, 2023
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Hong Chang Shin, Daejeon, KR;
Gwang Soon Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Kwan Jung Oh, Daejeon, KR;
Jun Young Jeong, Daejeon, KR;
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
An image encoding method according to the present disclosure may include classifying a plurality of view images into a basic image and an additional image; performing pruning for at least one of the plurality of view images based on a result of the classification; generating an atlas based on a result of performing the pruning; and encoding the atlas and metadata for the atlas. In this case, the metadata may include spherical harmonic function information on a point in a three-dimensional space.