Granted Patent B2

US 12,579,694 · App. 18/028,635 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Inventors: Hyunmook Oh (Seoul, KR); Sejin Oh (Seoul, KR)

Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

G06T9/00G06T2210/36G06T2210/56

Abstract

Claims (79)

1 . A method comprising:

encoding geometry data for a position of point cloud data based on a first partial slice in a bitstream,

wherein the first partial slice is mapped to geometry of a subgroup in a layer group of a layer group structure; and

encoding attribute data for an attribute of the point cloud data based on a second partial slice in the bitstream,

wherein the second partial slice is mapped to attribute of the subgroup in the layer group of the layer group structure,

transmitting the bitstream containing the point cloud data,

wherein the bitstream further includes information for representing a number of layer groups, information for a number of tree depths in the layer group, information for identifying the layer group, and information for identifying the subgroup,

wherein the layer group structure includes a plurality of layer groups related to the information for representing the number of layer groups,

wherein each of the plurality of layer groups includes a plurality of tree depths related to the information for the number of tree depths in the layer group, and

wherein the first partial slice and the second partial slice are identified by an identical pair of the information for identifying the layer group and the information for identifying the subgroup.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the bitstream contains the geometry data and the attribute data of the point cloud data,

wherein the bitstream for the geometry data contains LODs including LOD 0 and LOD 1,

wherein the LOD 1 contains geometry data contained in the LOD 0 and additional geometry data,

wherein the bitstream for the attribute data includes LODs, and LOD 1 includes attribute data included in LOD 0 and additional attribute data.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the bitstream for the geometry data is positioned before the bitstream for the attribute data in the bitstream, or

wherein geometry data corresponding to the LOD 0 and attribute data corresponding to the LOD 0 are positioned before geometry data corresponding to the LOD 1 and attribute data corresponding to the LOD 1 in the bitstream.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the bitstream contains geometry data corresponding to the LOD 0, attribute data corresponding to the LOD 0, geometry data corresponding to the LOD 1, and attribute data corresponding to the LOD 1, with geometry data and attribute data corresponding to the LOD 2 being excluded from the bitstream, or

wherein the bitstream contains the geometry data corresponding to the LOD 0, the attribute data corresponding to the LOD 0, the geometry data corresponding to the LOD 1, the attribute data corresponding to the LOD 1, and the geometry data corresponding to the LOD 2, with the attribute data corresponding to the LOD 2 being excluded from the bitstream.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the bitstream contains the point cloud data classified into LOD-based layers, and contains a slice containing point cloud data based on the layers.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the bitstream contains a segmented slice containing partitioned point cloud data.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the bitstream for geometry data contains a slice containing a group including the geometry data for one or more layers,

wherein the bitstream for attribute data contains a slice containing a group including the attribute data for the one or more layers,

wherein a layer structure of the bitstream for the geometry data and a layer structure of the bitstream for the attribute data in the bitstream are the same or different from each other.

8 . A device comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor connected to the memory, the at least one processor configured to:

encode geometry data for a position of point cloud data based on a first partial slice in a bitstream,

wherein the first partial slice is mapped to geometry of a subgroup in a layer group of a layer group structure;

encode attribute data for an attribute of the point cloud data based on a second partial slice in the bitstream,

wherein the second partial slice is mapped to attribute of the subgroup in the layer group of the layer group structure; and

transmit the bitstream containing the point cloud data,

wherein the bitstream further includes information for representing a number of layer groups, information for a number of tree depths in the layer group, information for identifying the layer group, and information for identifying the subgroup,

wherein the layer group structure includes a plurality of layer groups related to the information for representing the number of layer groups,

wherein each of the plurality of layer groups includes a plurality of tree depths related to the information for the number of tree depths in the layer group, and

wherein the first partial slice and the second partial slice are identified by an identical pair of the information for identifying the layer group and the information for identifying the subgroup.

9 . The device of claim 8 , wherein the bitstream contains the geometry data and the attribute data of the point cloud data by a bitstream generator for the encoder,

wherein the bitstream for the geometry data contains LODs including LOD 0 and LOD 1,

wherein the LOD 1 contains geometry data contained in the LOD 0 and additional geometry data,

wherein the bitstream for the attribute data includes LODs, and LOD 1 includes attribute data included in LOD 0 and additional attribute data.

10 . The device of claim 9 , wherein the bitstream for the geometry data is positioned before the bitstream for the attribute data in the bitstream, or

wherein geometry data corresponding to the LOD 0 and attribute data corresponding to the LOD 0 are positioned before geometry data corresponding to the LOD 1 and attribute data corresponding to the LOD 1 in the bitstream.

11 . The device of claim 9 , wherein the bitstream contains geometry data corresponding to the LOD 0, attribute data corresponding to the LOD 0, geometry data corresponding to the LOD 1, and attribute data corresponding to the LOD 1, with geometry data and attribute data corresponding to the LOD 2 being excluded from the bitstream, or

wherein the bitstream contains the geometry data corresponding to the LOD 0, the attribute data corresponding to the LOD 0, the geometry data corresponding to the LOD 1, the attribute data corresponding to the LOD 1, and the geometry data corresponding to the LOD 2, with the attribute data corresponding to the LOD 2 being excluded from the bitstream.

12 . The device of claim 8 , wherein the bitstream contains, by a bitstream generator of the encoder, the point cloud data classified into LOD-based layers and contains a slice containing point cloud data based on the layers.

13 . The device of claim 8 , wherein the bitstream contains, by a bitstream generator of the encoder, a segmented slice containing partitioned point cloud data.

14 . The device of claim 13 , wherein the bitstream for geometry data contains a slice containing a group including the geometry data for one or more layers,

wherein the bitstream for attribute data contains a slice containing a group including the attribute data for the one or more layers,

wherein a layer structure of the bitstream for the geometry data and a layer structure of the bitstream for the attribute data in the bitstream are the same or different from each other.

15 . A method comprising:

decoding geometry data for a position of point cloud data based on a first partial slice in a bitstream,

wherein the first partial slice is mapped to geometry of a subgroup in a layer group of a layer group structure; and

decoding attribute data for an attribute of the point cloud data based on a second partial slice in the bitstream,

wherein the second partial slice is mapped to attribute of the subgroup in the layer group of the layer group structure,

wherein the bitstream further includes information for representing a number of layer groups, information for a number of tree depths in the layer group, information for identifying the layer group, and information for identifying the subgroup,

wherein the layer group structure includes a plurality of layer groups related to the information for representing the number of layer groups,

wherein each of the plurality of layer groups includes a plurality of tree depths related to the information for the number of tree depths in the layer group, and

wherein the first partial slice and the second partial slice are identified by an identical pair of the information for identifying the layer group and the information for identifying the subgroup.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the bitstream contains the geometry data and the attribute data of the point cloud data,

wherein the bitstream for the geometry data contains LODs including LOD 0 and LOD 1,

wherein the LOD 1 contains geometry data contained in the LOD 0 and additional geometry data,

wherein the bitstream for the attribute data includes LODs, and LOD 1 includes attribute data included in LOD 0 and additional attribute data.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the bitstream for the geometry data is positioned before the bitstream for the attribute data in the bitstream, or

wherein geometry data corresponding to the LOD 0 and attribute data corresponding to the LOD 0 are positioned before geometry data corresponding to the LOD 1 and attribute data corresponding to the LOD 1 in the bitstream.

18 . A device comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor connected to the memory, the at least one processor configured to:

receive a bitstream containing point cloud data; and

decoding geometry data for a position of point cloud data based on a first partial slice in a bitstream,

wherein the first partial slice is mapped to geometry of a subgroup in a layer group of a layer group structure; and

decode attribute data for an attribute of the point cloud data based on a second partial slice in the bitstream,

wherein the second partial slice is mapped to attribute of the subgroup in the layer group of the layer group structure,

wherein the bitstream further includes information for representing a number of layer groups, information for a number of tree depths in the layer group, information for identifying the layer group, and information for identifying the subgroup,

wherein the layer group structure includes a plurality of layer groups related to the information for representing the number of layer groups,

wherein each of the plurality of layer groups includes a plurality of tree depths related to the information for the number of tree depths in the layer group, and

wherein the first partial slice and the second partial slice are identified by an identical pair of the information for identifying the layer group and the information for identifying the subgroup.

19 . The device of claim 18 , wherein the bitstream contains the geometry data and the attribute data of the point cloud data, the bitstream being processed by a bitstream classifier for the decoder,

wherein the bitstream for the geometry data contains LODs including LOD 0 and LOD 1,

wherein the LOD 1 contains geometry data contained in the LOD 0 and additional geometry data,

wherein the bitstream for the attribute data includes LODs, and LOD 1 includes attribute data included in LOD 0 and additional attribute data.

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