Sony patents 3D scene method to speed up data processing
Sony has filed a patent for a method that organizes 3D object data into smaller sections called submeshes to improve processing speed. The system creates a description of a 3D scene that points to specific storage areas containing information about how these smaller parts fit together. This allows the device to reconstruct the full 3D object more efficiently by only accessing the necessary data segments.
In the filing’s own words
The present disclosure relates to an information processing device and method capable of suppressing a reduction in processing efficiency of decoding processing. A scene description representing a scene configured by a 3D object is generated, and first reference information to a first buffer that stores submesh association information for specifying data of a submesh that is a part of a mesh representing the 3D object is set in the scene description. The submesh association information is stored in the first buffer, the submesh association information is acquired from the first buffer, the data of the submesh is specified using the acquired submesh association information, and the mesh is reconstructed. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an information processing device, an information processing method, or the like.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An information processing device comprising a scene description generation unit that generates a scene description representing a scene configured by a 3D object, and sets, in the scene description, first reference information to a first buffer that stores submesh association information, wherein the submesh association information is information for specifying data of a submesh that is a part of a mesh representing the 3D object.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
- Official title
- INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD
- Publication number
- US20260260424A1
- Application number
- 19162094
- Filed
- Mar 13, 2024
- Published
- Sep 3, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06T 17/20 Physics & computingMore from Sony in AI & software
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