US Patent Issued to Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software on Nov. 3 for "Methods and apparatus of encoding/decoding positions of points of a point cloud encompassed in a cuboid volume" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,281, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Methods and apparatus of encoding/decoding positions of points of a point cloud encompassed in a cuboid volume" was invented by Sebastien Lasserre (Beijing) and Jonathan Taquet (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of encoding, into a bitstream, positions of points of a point cloud encompassed in a cuboid volume is provided, the positions being represented in a three-dimensional coordinate system, at least three vertices being located on edges of the cuboid volume. The method includes: obtaining quantized positions of the at least thr...