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US 12,529,557 · App. 17/738,018 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

Processing system for reducing data amount of a point cloud

Inventor: Chi-Feng Lee (Hsinchu County, TW)
Assignee: eYs3D Microelectronics, Co.
G01B21/18G06T3/40G06T9/00
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Patent No.
US 12,529,557
App. No.
17/738,018
Granted
Jan 20, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A processing system for reducing data amount of a point cloud includes a sample rate controller and a transmitter. The sample rate controller is used for receiving a plurality of coordinates corresponding to the point cloud, and sampling the plurality of coordinates according to an adjustable sampling rate to generate a plurality of sampled coordinates, wherein data amount of the plurality of coordinates is not less than data amount of the plurality of sampled coordinates. The transmitter coupled to the sample rate controller is used for outputting the plurality of sampled coordinates.

Claims (26)

1 . A processing system for reducing data amount of a point cloud, comprising:

a dimension reduction processing circuit;

a spatial region of interest processing circuit receiving a plurality of coordinates corresponding to the point cloud, determining a spatial region of interest, and discarding coordinates of the plurality of coordinates, which are outside the spatial region of interest according to the spatial region of interest to keep a plurality of first coordinates within the spatial region of interest;

a sampling rate control circuit receiving the plurality of first coordinates, wherein the sampling rate control circuit samples the plurality of first coordinates according to an adjustable sampling rate to generate a plurality of sampled first coordinates and the dimension reduction processing circuit converts the plurality of sampled first coordinates into a plurality of sampled dimension reduction first coordinates, or the dimension reduction processing circuit converts the plurality of first coordinates into a plurality of dimension reduction first coordinates and the sampling rate control circuit samples the plurality of dimension reduction first coordinates according to the adjustable sampling rate to generate the plurality of sampled dimension reduction first coordinates, wherein data amount of the plurality of coordinates is not less than data amount of the plurality of sampled dimension reduction first coordinates; and

a transmission circuit coupled to the sampling rate control circuit, wherein the transmission circuit is used for outputting the plurality of sampled dimension reduction first coordinates;

wherein the sampling rate control circuit determines whether to adjust the adjustable sampling rate according to output bandwidth of the plurality of first coordinates and a buffer further comprised in the processing system.

2 . The processing system of claim 1 , wherein the point cloud is a three-dimensional point cloud, and the plurality of coordinates are a plurality of three-dimensional coordinates corresponding to the three-dimensional point cloud.

3 . The processing system of claim 2 , wherein each three-dimensional coordinate of the plurality of three-dimensional coordinates corresponds to a pixel and has a floating-point operation format.

4 . A processing system for reducing data amount of a point cloud, comprising:

a dimension reduction processing circuit;

a spatial region of interest processing circuit receiving a plurality of coordinates corresponding to the point cloud, determining a spatial region of interest, and discarding coordinates of the plurality of coordinates, which are outside the spatial region of interest according to the spatial region of interest to keep a plurality of first coordinates within the spatial region of interest;

a sampling rate control circuit receiving the plurality of first coordinates, wherein the sampling rate control circuit samples the plurality of first coordinates according to an adjustable sampling rate to generate a plurality of sampled first coordinates and the dimension reduction processing circuit converts the plurality of sampled first coordinates into a plurality of sampled dimension reduction first coordinates, or the dimension reduction processing circuit converts the plurality of first coordinates into a plurality of dimension reduction first coordinates and the sampling rate control circuit samples the plurality of dimension reduction first coordinates according to the adjustable sampling rate to generate the plurality of sampled dimension reduction first coordinates, wherein data amount of the plurality of coordinates is not less than data amount of the plurality of sampled dimension reduction first coordinates; and

a transmission circuit coupled to the sampling rate control circuit, wherein the transmission circuit is used for outputting the plurality of sampled dimension reduction first coordinates;

wherein the sampling rate control circuit determines whether to adjust the adjustable sampling rate according to output bandwidth of the plurality of first coordinates and a predetermined bandwidth of the transmission circuit.

5 . A processing system for reducing data amount of a point cloud, comprising:

a dimension reduction processing circuit;

a fixed-point number processing circuit receiving a plurality of coordinates corresponding to the point cloud and converting the plurality of coordinates into a plurality of second coordinates with a fixed-point number operation format, wherein the plurality of coordinates has a floating-point operation format;

a sampling rate control circuit receiving the plurality of second coordinates, wherein the sampling rate control circuit samples the plurality of second coordinates according to an adjustable sampling rate to generate a plurality of sampled second coordinates and the dimension reduction processing circuit converts the plurality of sampled second coordinates into a plurality of sampled dimension reduction second coordinates, or the dimension reduction processing circuit converts the plurality of second coordinates into a plurality of dimension reduction second coordinates and the sampling rate control circuit samples the plurality of dimension reduction second coordinates according to the adjustable sampling rate to generate the plurality of sampled dimension reduction second coordinates, wherein data amount of the plurality of coordinates is not less than data amount of the plurality of sampled dimension reduction second coordinates; and

a transmission circuit coupled to the sampling rate control circuit, wherein the transmission circuit is used for outputting the plurality of sampled dimension reduction second coordinates;

wherein the sampling rate control circuit determines whether to adjust the adjustable sampling rate according to output bandwidth of the plurality of second coordinates and a buffer further comprised in the processing system.

6 . A processing system for reducing data amount of a point cloud, comprising:

a dimension reduction processing circuit;

a fixed-point number processing circuit receiving a plurality of coordinates corresponding to the point cloud and converting the plurality of coordinates into a plurality of second coordinates with a fixed-point number operation format, wherein the plurality of coordinates has a floating-point operation format;

a sampling rate control circuit receiving the plurality of second coordinates. wherein the sampling rate control circuit samples the plurality of second coordinates according to an adjustable sampling rate to generate a plurality of sampled second coordinates and the dimension reduction processing circuit converts the plurality of sampled second coordinates into a plurality of sampled dimension reduction second coordinates, or the dimension reduction processing circuit converts the plurality of second coordinates into a plurality of dimension reduction second coordinates and the sampling rate control circuit samples the plurality of dimension reduction second coordinates according to the adjustable sampling rate to generate the plurality of sampled dimension reduction second coordinates, wherein data amount of the plurality of coordinates is not less than data amount of the plurality of sampled dimension reduction second coordinates; and

a transmission circuit coupled to the sampling rate control circuit, wherein the transmission circuit is used for outputting the plurality of sampled dimension reduction second coordinates;

wherein the sampling rate control circuit determines whether to adjust the adjustable sampling rate according to output bandwidth of the plurality of second coordinates and a predetermined bandwidth of the transmission circuit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2025
From: LEE, CHI-FENG
To: EYS3D MICROELECTRONICS, CO.
Reel/Frame 072900/0628 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63184792 · May 6, 2021
Related Publication 20220375029A1 · Nov 24, 2022
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