Sony patents method to fill gaps in 3D point cloud data
Sony has filed a patent for a software method that processes 3D point cloud data by grouping points into clusters and identifying what each object is. The system then fills in missing points within those groups based on the identified object type to create a more complete 3D model.
In the filing’s own words
An information processing method of the present disclosure includes clustering processing of a point cloud, attribute determination processing, cluster complementary processing, and attribute assigning processing. In the clustering processing of a point cloud, the point cloud is classified into a plurality of clusters indicating lower-layer objects. In the attribute determination processing, the attribute of an object is determined for each cluster. In the cluster complementary processing, a cluster is complemented on the basis of the attribute assigned to the cluster. In the attribute assigning processing, the same attribute as that of the cluster is assigned to one or more points added to the cluster by complementation.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An information processing method executed by a Computer, the method comprising: classifying a point cloud into a plurality of clusters indicating lower-layer objects; determining an attribute of an object among the objects for each of the clusters; complementing a cluster among the clusters on a basis of an attribute assigned to the cluster; and assigning the same attribute as the attribute of the cluster to one or more points added to the cluster by the complementation.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (SONY GROUP CORPORATION)
- Official title
- INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM
- Publication number
- US20260268697A1
- Application number
- 19166091
- Filed
- Feb 21, 2024
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 8
Classified under
G06V 20/653 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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