IP Library Granted Patent US 12,073,591
Granted Patent B2
US 12,073,591 · App. 17/403,113 · Granted Aug 27, 2024

Three-dimensional data encoding method, three-dimensional data decoding method, three-dimensional data encoding device, and three-dimensional data decoding device

Inventors: Toshiyasu Sugio (Osaka, JP); Noritaka Iguchi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
G06T9/00H04N19/33H04N19/593
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Patent No.
US 12,073,591
App. No.
17/403,113
Granted
Aug 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: selecting, as one or more candidates for calculating a predicted value of attribute information of a first three-dimensional point, one or more three-dimensional points from a plurality of three-dimensional points, the one or more three-dimensional points being closest to the first three-dimensional point; calculating a predicted value using pieces of attribute information of the one or more three-dimensional points selected as the one or more candidates; calculating a prediction residual that is a difference between the attribute information of the first three-dimensional point and the predicted value calculated; and generating a bitstream, based on the prediction residual. In the selecting, when the plurality of three-dimensional points include three-dimensional points equidistant from the first three-dimensional point, the one or more candidates are selected based on a first Morton code of the first three-dimensional point.

Claims (70)

1. A three-dimensional data encoding method, comprising:

selecting, as one or more candidates for calculating a predicted value of attribute information of a first three-dimensional point, one or more three-dimensional points from a plurality of three-dimensional points based on one or more distances from the first three-dimensional point;

calculating a predicted value using pieces of attribute information of the one or more three-dimensional points selected as the one or more candidates;

calculating a prediction residual that is a difference between (i) the attribute information of the first three-dimensional point and (ii) the predicted value calculated; and

generating a bitstream, based on the prediction residual,

wherein in the selecting, when the plurality of three-dimensional points include three-dimensional points equidistant from the first three-dimensional point, the one or more candidates are selected based on a first Morton code of the first three-dimensional point,

the plurality of three-dimensional points are one-dimensionally arranged in order of Morton codes, belong to a first layer higher than a layer to which the first three-dimensional point belongs, and comprise a first group and a second group,

the first group includes one or more third three-dimensional points having Morton codes closer to the first Morton code than other three-dimensional points included in the plurality of three-dimensional points,

the second group neighbors the first group, and the second group includes one or more fourth three-dimensional points having Morton codes greater than the first Morton code, the one or more fourth three-dimensional points belonging to the first layer,

the second group is searched for the one or more candidates after the first group, and

when the third three-dimensional points included in the first group are selected as the one or more candidates, and a distance between the first three-dimensional point and one of the one or more third three-dimensional points is equal to a distance between the first three-dimensional point and one of the one or more fourth three-dimensional points, the one or more third three-dimensional points are maintained as the one or more candidates.

2. The three-dimensional data encoding method according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the selecting, when the plurality of three-dimensional points include second three-dimensional points equidistant from the first three-dimensional point, one or more three-dimensional points having Morton codes closer to the first Morton code than other three-dimensional points included in the plurality of three-dimensional points are selected as the one or more candidates.

3. The three-dimensional data encoding method according to claim 1 ,

wherein when the one or more third three-dimensional points included in the first group are selected as the one or more candidates, and a distance between the first three-dimensional point and one of the one or more third three-dimensional points is equal to a distance between the first three-dimensional point and one of the one or more fourth three-dimensional points, the one or more candidates are not updated.

4. The three-dimensional data encoding method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of three-dimensional points comprise a third group neighboring the first group and including one or more fifth three-dimensional points having Morton codes less than the first Morton code, and

the third group is searched for the one or more candidates after the second group.

5. The three-dimensional data encoding method according to claim 4 ,

wherein the plurality of three-dimensional points comprise a fourth group and a fifth group, the fourth group neighboring the third group and including one or more three-dimensional points having Morton codes greater than the Morton codes of the one or more third three-dimensional points, the fifth group neighboring the fourth group and including one or more three-dimensional points having Morton codes less than the Morton codes of the one or more fourth three-dimensional points, and

the third group, the fourth group, and the fifth group are searched for the one or more candidates in stated order.

6. The three-dimensional data encoding method according to claim 5 ,

wherein each of the first group, the second group, the third group, the fourth group, and the fifth group includes a single three-dimensional point.

7. A three-dimensional data decoding method, comprising:

obtaining a prediction residual of a first three-dimensional point among a plurality of three-dimensional points by obtaining a bitstream;

selecting, as one or more candidates for calculating a predicted value of attribute information of a first three-dimensional point, one or more three-dimensional points from three-dimensional points based on one or more distances from the first three-dimensional point;

calculating a predicted value using pieces of attribute information of the one or more three-dimensional points selected as the one or more candidates;

calculating the attribute information of the first three-dimensional point by adding the predicted value and the prediction residual,

wherein in the selecting, when the plurality of three-dimensional points include three-dimensional points equidistant from the first three-dimensional point, the one or more candidates are selected based on a first Morton code of the first three-dimensional point,

the plurality of three-dimensional points are one-dimensionally arranged in order of Morton codes, belong to a first layer higher than a layer to which the first three-dimensional point belongs, and comprise a first group and a second group,

the first group includes one or more third three-dimensional points having Morton codes closer to the first Morton code than other three-dimensional points included in the plurality of three-dimensional points,

the second group neighbors the first group, and the second group includes one or more fourth three-dimensional points having Morton codes greater than the first Morton code, the one or more fourth three-dimensional points belonging to the first layer,

the second group is searched for the one or more candidates after the first group, and

when the third three-dimensional points included in the first group are selected as the one or more candidates, and a distance between the first three-dimensional point and one of the one or more third three-dimensional points is equal to a distance between the first three-dimensional point and one of the one or more fourth three-dimensional points, the one or more third three-dimensional points are maintained as the one or more candidates.

8. A three-dimensional data encoding device, comprising:

a processor; and

memory,

wherein using the memory, the processor:

selects, as one or more candidates for calculating a predicted value of attribute information of a first three-dimensional point, one or more three-dimensional points from a plurality of three-dimensional points based on one or more distances from the first three-dimensional point;

calculates a predicted value using pieces of attribute information of the one or more three-dimensional points selected as the one or more candidates;

calculates a prediction residual that is a difference between (i) the attribute information of the first three-dimensional point and (ii) the predicted value calculated; and

generates a bitstream, based on the prediction residual,

wherein in the selecting, when the plurality of three-dimensional points include three-dimensional points equidistant from the first three-dimensional point, the one or more candidates are selected based on a first Morton code of the first three-dimensional point,

the plurality of three-dimensional points are one-dimensionally arranged in order of Morton codes, belong to a first layer higher than a layer to which the first three-dimensional point belongs, and comprise a first group and a second group,

the first group includes one or more third three-dimensional points having Morton codes closer to the first Morton code than other three-dimensional points included in the plurality of three-dimensional points,

the second group neighbors the first group, and the second group includes one or more fourth three-dimensional points having Morton codes greater than the first Morton code, the one or more fourth three-dimensional points belonging to the first layer,

the second group is searched for the one or more candidates after the first group, and

when the third three-dimensional points included in the first group are selected as the one or more candidates, and a distance between the first three-dimensional point and one of the one or more third three-dimensional points is equal to a distance between the first three-dimensional point and one of the one or more fourth three-dimensional points, the one or more third three-dimensional points are maintained as the one or more candidates.

9. A three-dimensional data decoding device, comprising:

a processor; and

memory,

wherein using the memory, the processor:

obtains a prediction residual of a first three-dimensional point among a plurality of three-dimensional points by obtaining a bitstream;

selects, as one or more candidates for calculating a predicted value of attribute information of a first three-dimensional point, one or more three-dimensional points from three-dimensional points based on one or more distances from the first three-dimensional point;

calculates a predicted value using pieces of attribute information of the one or more three-dimensional points selected as the one or more candidates;

calculates the attribute information of the first three-dimensional point by adding the predicted value and the prediction residual,

wherein in the selecting, when the plurality of three-dimensional points include three-dimensional points equidistant from the first three-dimensional point, the one or more candidates are selected based on a first Morton code of the first three-dimensional point,

the plurality of three-dimensional points are one-dimensionally arranged in order of Morton codes, belong to a first layer higher than a layer to which the first three-dimensional point belongs, and comprise a first group and a second group,

the first group includes one or more third three-dimensional points having Morton codes closer to the first Morton code than other three-dimensional points included in the plurality of three-dimensional points,

the second group neighbors the first group, and the second group includes one or more fourth three-dimensional points having Morton codes greater than the first Morton code, the one or more fourth three-dimensional points belonging to the first layer,

the second group is searched for the one or more candidates after the first group, and

when the third three-dimensional points included in the first group are selected as the one or more candidates, and a distance between the first three-dimensional point and one of the one or more third three-dimensional points is equal to a distance between the first three-dimensional point and one of the one or more fourth three-dimensional points, the one or more third three-dimensional points are maintained as the one or more candidates.

10. The three-dimensional data encoding method according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the selecting, the one or more three-dimensional points selected as the one or more candidates have a shorter distance from the first three-dimensional point than other three-dimensional points included in the plurality of three-dimensional points.

11. The three-dimensional data encoding method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the selecting includes selecting, as another one or more candidates, one or more three-dimensional points from the plurality of three-dimensional points, the one or more three-dimensional points selected as the other one or more candidates having a shorter distance from the first three-dimensional point than the selected one or more candidates.

12. The three-dimensional data decoding method according to claim 7 ,

wherein in the selecting, the one or more three-dimensional points selected as the one or more candidates have a shorter distance from the first three-dimensional point than other three-dimensional points included in the plurality of three-dimensional points.

13. The three-dimensional data decoding method according to claim 7 ,

wherein the selecting includes selecting, as another one or more candidates, one or more three-dimensional points from the plurality of three-dimensional points, the one or more three-dimensional points selected as the other one or more candidates having a shorter distance from the first three-dimensional point than the selected one or more candidates.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2022
From: SUGIO, TOSHIYASU; IGUCHI, NORITAKA
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 058822/0849 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTJP2020008540 · Feb 28, 2020
Provisional Application 62811806 · Feb 28, 2019
Related Publication 20210375004A1 · Dec 2, 2021
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