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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Noritaka Iguchi, Osaka, JP;

Toshiyasu Sugio, Osaka, JP;

Takahiro Nishi, Nara, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/96 (2014.01); H04N 19/597 (2014.01); H04N 19/70 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/597 (2014.11); H04N 19/70 (2014.11); H04N 19/96 (2014.11);
Abstract

A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: obtaining three-dimensional points; generating a data unit including one or more prediction trees and one or more identification information items, using the three-dimensional points; and generating a bitstream including the data unit. The data unit includes one identification information item out of the one or more identification information items subsequent to one prediction tree out of the one or more prediction trees, and the one identification information item indicates whether there is a subsequent prediction tree subsequent to the one identification information item in the data unit.


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