Sony patents method to compress 3D point cloud data more efficiently
Sony has filed a patent for a system that compresses 3D point cloud data, which represents objects as millions of tiny dots in space. The system analyzes the resolution and density of each data set to determine how much detail to keep, allowing for more efficient storage and transmission.
In the filing’s own words
To enable improvement of encoding efficiency. An encoding apparatus includes: an input receiving unit that receives an input of a plurality of pieces of point cloud data; a determination unit that determines a spatial quantization value of each of the plurality of pieces of point cloud data based on at least one of a resolution and a density of each of the plurality of pieces of point cloud data an input of which has been received by the input receiving unit; and an encoding unit that encodes each of the plurality of pieces of point cloud data based on the spatial quantization value determined by the determination unit.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An encoding apparatus comprising: an input receiving unit that receives an input of a plurality of pieces of point cloud data; a determination unit that determines a spatial quantization value of each of the plurality of pieces of point cloud data based on at least one of a resolution and a density of each of the plurality of pieces of point cloud data an input of which has been received by the input receiving unit; and an encoding unit that encodes each of the plurality of pieces of point cloud data based on the spatial quantization value determined by the determination unit.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation)
- Official title
- ENCODING APPARATUS, ENCODING SYSTEM, ENCODING METHOD, AND ENCODING PROGRAM
- Publication number
- US20260268527A1
- Application number
- 19167914
- Filed
- Apr 30, 2024
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06T 9/00 Physics & computingMore from Sony in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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