| CPC H04N 19/96 (2014.11) [H04N 19/44 (2014.11); H04N 19/46 (2014.11)] | 10 Claims |

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1. A method for encoding three-dimensional data, comprising:
determining a tree-structure to encode a current space unit including three-dimensional points;
when a first tree-structure corresponding to an octree structure is determined to encode the current space unit, encoding the three-dimensional points using the first tree structure and appending first information indicating the first tree structure to a bitstream; and
when a second tree structure different from the first tree structure is determined to encode the current space unit, encoding the three-dimensional points using the second tree structure and appending second information indicating the second tree structure to the bitstream, wherein
in the encoding using the second tree structure, a second three-dimensional point is encoded using a difference between (i) the second three-dimensional point and (ii) predicted coordinates corresponding to coordinates of a first three-dimensional point.
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