IP Library Granted Patent US 11,227,436
Granted Patent B2
US 11,227,436 · App. 16/960,256 · Granted Jan 18, 2022

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Inventors: Satoru Kuma (Tokyo, JP); Ohji Nakagami (Tokyo, JP); Koji Yano (Tokyo, JP); Tsuyoshi Kato (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
G06T17/10G06T9/00G06T2210/12G06T2210/56
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Patent No.
US 11,227,436
App. No.
16/960,256
Granted
Jan 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method capable of suppressing a reduction in quality of rendering results. Rendering is performed on voxel data that is 3D data obtained by quantizing position information using voxels and representing a three-dimensional structure in response to a shape of each of the voxels. Alternatively, rendering is performed on voxel data that is 3D data obtained by quantizing position information using voxels and representing a three-dimensional structure on the basis of rendering information that is information related to the rendering of the voxel data. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, an electronic apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and the like.

Claims (42)

1. A decoding apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to:

acquire rendering information of voxel data based on quantization of plural-points position information that represents a plurality of points within a single voxel to single-point position information that represents a single point within the single voxel, wherein the rendering information includes distribution information corresponding to the plurality of points; and

render a reconstructed plurality of points within a reconstructed single voxel based on the distribution information.

2. The decoding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to render the reconstructed plurality of points to be inscribed to the reconstructed single voxel.

3. The decoding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to:

determine a shape of the reconstructed single voxel; and

render the reconstructed single voxel based on the shape of the reconstructed single voxel.

4. The decoding apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine the shape of the reconstructed single voxel based on a number of splits common to three axes of a bounding box that normalizes 3D data.

5. The decoding apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine the shape of the reconstructed single voxel based on a number of splits corresponding to each axis of a bounding box that normalizes 3D data.

6. The decoding apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine the shape of the reconstructed single voxel based on information indicating nonlinear splitting of a bounding box that normalizes 3D data.

7. A decoding method, comprising:

acquiring rendering information of voxel data based on quantization of plural-points position information that represents a plurality of points within a single voxel to single-point position information that represents a single point within the single voxel, wherein the rendering information includes distribution information corresponding to the plurality of points; and

rendering a reconstructed plurality of points within a reconstructed single voxel based on the distribution information.

8. A decoding apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to:

generate a bit stream containing rendering information of voxel data based on quantization of plural-points position information that represents a plurality of points within a single voxel wherein the rendering information includes distribution information corresponding to the plurality of points; and

render a reconstructed plurality of points within a reconstructed single voxel based on the distribution information.

9. The decoding apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the rendering information includes voxel shape information that includes first information related to a shape of the reconstructed single voxel.

10. The decoding apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the voxel shape information includes second information that indicates an aspect ratio of the reconstructed single voxel.

11. The decoding apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the voxel shape information includes second information that indicates a size of the reconstructed single voxel.

12. The decoding apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the rendering information includes information that indicates an aspect ratio of a rendering range.

13. The decoding apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the rendering information includes information that indicates a shape of a rendering range.

14. The decoding apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the rendering information includes information that indicates a number of points to be rendered.

15. The decoding apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

set a method of rendering; and

generate the rendering information corresponding to the set method of the rendering.

16. A decoding method, comprising:

generating a bit stream containing rendering information of voxel data based on quantization of plural-points position information that represents a plurality of points within a single voxel to a single-point position information that represents a single point within the single voxel, wherein the rendering information includes distribution information corresponding to the plurality of points; and

rendering a reconstructed plurality of points within a reconstructed single voxel based on the distribution information.

17. A decoding apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to:

acquire rendering information of voxel data based on quantization of plural-points position information that represents a plurality of points within a single voxel to single-point position information that represents a single point within the single voxel; and

render a reconstructed plurality of points within a reconstructed single voxel based on the rendering information.

18. The decoding apparatus, according to claim 17 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

determine a shape of the reconstructed single voxel based the rendering information; and

render the reconstruction plurality of points based on the rendering information and the shape of the reconstructed single voxel.

19. A decoding method, comprising:

acquiring rendering information on voxel data based on quantization of plural-points position information that represents a plurality of points within a single voxel to single-point position information that represents a single point within the single voxel; and

rendering a reconstructed plurality of points within a reconstructed single voxel based on the rendering information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2021
From: KUMA, SATORU; NAKAGAMI, OHJI; YANO, KOJI; KATO, TSUYOSHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055951/0604 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-004667 · Jan 16, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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