US 11,995,873 B2
Image processing apparatus and method
Satoru Kuma, Tokyo (JP); Ohji Nakagami, Kanagawa (JP); Koji Yano, Tokyo (JP); and Tsuyoshi Kato, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/309,798
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 13, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/048878
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/137603, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-247593 (JP), filed on Dec. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0058832 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); H04N 19/172 (2014.01); H04N 19/597 (2014.01)
CPC G06T 9/001 (2013.01) [G06T 7/50 (2017.01); H04N 19/172 (2014.11); H04N 19/597 (2014.11); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:
a patch generation unit configured to project, on a two-dimensional plane in a plurality of directions, a connection component constituted by points that are included in a point group that represents a three-dimensional structure, located adjacent to each other, wherein the connection component is projected in an identical direction to generate patches in the respective directions; and
a coding unit configured to code a frame image where the patches generated in the respective directions by the patch generation unit are arranged.