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Encoding apparatus, encoding method, and program

US12136244B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 24, 2019
Grant dateNov 5, 2024
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/96
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An encoding device includes a division unit that acquires three-dimensional data representing positions of a plurality of points distributed along a surface of an object in a three-dimensional space and divides a parent space including the points in the three-dimensional space into a plurality of child spaces and an encoding unit that changes, based on a position of a target space, which is the child space, to which a sign representing whether the points are included is allocated, according to whether the points are included in a first child space adjacent to the target space, processing for allocating the sign to the target space and a second child space adjacent to the target space.

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