IP Library Granted Patent US 12705799
Granted Patent B2
US 12705799 · App. 18/751,085 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Method, apparatus, and medium for point cloud coding

Inventors: Ye-Kui Wang (Los Angeles, CA); Yingzhan Xu (Beijing, CN); Kai Zhang (Los Angeles, CA); Wenyi Wang (Beijing, CN); Li Zhang (Los Angeles, CA)
Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BYTEDANCE INC.
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Patent No.
US 12705799
App. No.
18/751,085
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution for point cloud coding. A method for point cloud coding is proposed. The method comprises: performing a conversion between a current point cloud frame of a point cloud sequence and a bitstream of the point cloud sequence, a first slice in the current point cloud frame being directly depended upon by no more than a single dependent slice.

Claims (30)

1 . A method for point cloud coding, comprising:

performing a conversion between a current point cloud frame of a point cloud sequence and a bitstream of the point cloud sequence, a first slice in the current point cloud frame being directly depended upon by no more than a single dependent slice.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the single dependent slice is in the current point cloud frame.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first slice is disallowed to be depended upon by a slice in a further point cloud frame different from the current point cloud frame.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the number of dependent slices directly or indirectly depended upon the first slice is no more than one.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the single dependent slice is indicated by the first slice.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the single dependent slice is determined based on a coding order.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the single dependent slice precedes the first slice in a coding order.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first slice and the single dependent slice are in the same tile in the current point cloud frame.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a slice tag of the first slice is different from a slice tag of a slice preceding the first slice in a bitstream order, and a geometry data unit (GDU) and an attribute data unit (ADU) in the first slice are parsed independently.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein a tile inventory is applied to the current point cloud frame.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the conversion is performed based on a plurality of data units for a first type of parameter set, the plurality of data units have the same parameter set identifier, and the plurality of data units are identical for a duration of a coded point cloud sequence of the point cloud sequence.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first type of parameter set is one of the following:

sequence parameter set (SPS),

geometry parameter set (GPS), or

attribute parameter set (APS).

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the conversion includes encoding the current point cloud frame into the bitstream.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the conversion includes decoding the current point cloud frame from the bitstream.

15 . An apparatus for processing point cloud data comprising a processor and a non-transitory memory with instructions thereon, wherein the instructions upon execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:

performing a conversion between a current point cloud frame of a point cloud sequence and a bitstream of the point cloud sequence, a first slice in the current point cloud frame being directly depended upon by no more than a single dependent slice.

16 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the single dependent slice is in the current point cloud frame, or

wherein the first slice is disallowed to be depended upon by a slice in a further point cloud frame different from the current point cloud frame.

17 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that cause a processor to perform acts comprising:

performing a conversion between a current point cloud frame of a point cloud sequence and a bitstream of the point cloud sequence, a first slice in the current point cloud frame being directly depended upon by no more than a single dependent slice.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the single dependent slice is in the current point cloud frame, or

wherein the first slice is disallowed to be depended upon by a slice in a further point cloud frame different from the current point cloud frame.

19 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a bitstream of a point cloud sequence which is generated by a method performed by a point cloud processing apparatus, wherein the method comprises:

performing a conversion between a current point cloud frame of the point cloud sequence and the bitstream, a first slice in the current point cloud frame being directly depended upon by no more than a single dependent slice.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 19 , wherein the single dependent slice is in the current point cloud frame, or

wherein the first slice is disallowed to be depended upon by a slice in a further point cloud frame different from the current point cloud frame.