Patents by Inventor Noritaka Iguchi

Noritaka Iguchi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11729375
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method of encoding three-dimensional points includes: calculating a new predicted value as a predicted value, using attribute information items of one or more second three-dimensional points neighboring a first three-dimensional point, and assigning the predicted value to at least one prediction mode among two or more prediction modes, the new predicted value being used for calculating an attribute information item of the first three-dimensional point; selecting one prediction mode from the two or more prediction modes; calculating a prediction residual which is a difference between the attribute information item of the first three-dimensional point and the predicted value of the one prediction mode selected; and generating a bitstream including the one prediction mode and the prediction residual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Sugio, Noritaka Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20230254546
    Abstract: A transmission method includes: generating one or more transfer frames that each store one or more streams used for content transfer; and transmitting the one or more generated frames through broadcast, each of the one or more streams storing one or more second transfer units, each of the one or more second transfer units storing one or more first transfer units, and each of the one or more first transfer units storing one or more Internet Protocol (IP) packets. In at least one stream among the one or more streams, each of the first transfer units positioned at a head contains reference clock information indicating time used for reproduction of the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Noritaka IGUCHI, Tadamasa TOMA, Hisaya KATOU
  • Patent number: 11722714
    Abstract: A transmitting method according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: encoding a video signal and generating encoded data including a plurality of access units; storing the plurality of access units in a packet in a unit that defines one access unit as one unit or in a unit defined by dividing one access unit, and generating a packet group; transmitting the generated packet group as data; generating first information and second information, the first information indicating a presentation time of a first access unit that is presented first among the plurality of access units, and the second information being used to calculate a decoding time of the plurality of access units; and transmitting the first information and the second information as control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Noritaka Iguchi, Tadamasa Toma, Hisaya Katou
  • Publication number: 20230245348
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes encoding a position of a three-dimensional point using a Cartesian coordinate system or a polar coordinate system, and, when first identification information indicates that the Cartesian coordinate system is used in the encoding of the position of the three-dimensional point, determining that second identification information indicating whether transforming of a coordinate system of the position to be decoded is to be performed indicates that the transforming is not to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Noritaka IGUCHI, Takahiro NISHI, Toshiyasu SUGIO
  • Publication number: 20230239491
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: parsing a first syntax to determine, for each of at least one prediction tree in a slice, whether inter prediction or intra prediction is to be performed on the prediction tree, the prediction tree containing at least one three-dimensional point; and parsing a second syntax to determine a motion compensation mode to be performed on the prediction tree when the inter prediction is to be performed on the prediction tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro NISHI, Toshiyasu SUGIO, Noritaka IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230239517
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: encoding nodes in an N-ary tree structure of a current three-dimensional point cloud, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2; and generating a bitstream including the nodes encoded. In the encoding: at least one node among the nodes is encoded using an inter prediction mode in which a reference three-dimensional point is referred to; and at least one other node among the nodes is encoded using an intra prediction mode in which the reference three-dimensional point is not referred to, the at least one other node being other than the at least one node. The bitstream further includes information which distinguishes between the at least one other node and the at least one node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro NISHI, Toshiyasu SUGIO, Noritaka IGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11711580
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a transmission method for enabling transmission of content using a broadcast and a communication channel includes: transmitting playback control information and service information using at least the broadcast wave, the service information being information for playing back content transmission using the broadcast and content transmission using the communication channel when the content is transmitted using the broadcast and the communication channel. The service information includes attribute information indicating that the first content data and the second content data constitute the content and location information that indicates a location for acquiring meta-information on playback control of the second content. The playback control information includes indexes of a relationship between the first content data and the second content data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Tadamasa Toma, Noritaka Iguchi, Takahiro Nishi, Hisaya Katou
  • Publication number: 20230230286
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method of encoding three-dimensional points includes: calculating a predicted value of attribute information of a first three-dimensional point in a prediction mode, using one or more items of attribute information of one or more second three-dimensional points in the vicinity of the first three-dimensional point; calculating a prediction residual that is a difference between the attribute information of the first three-dimensional point and the predicted value; and generating a bitstream including the prediction residual and prediction mode information indicating the prediction mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiyasu SUGIO, Noritaka IGUCHI, Chung Dean HAN, Keng Liang LOI, Pongsak LASANG
  • Publication number: 20230230287
    Abstract: A decoding method includes: calculating a first position on a polar coordinate system, using a first residual generated by predicting a position of a first three-dimensional point on the polar coordinate system; calculating a second position by transforming the polar coordinate system of the first position into a Cartesian coordinate system; decoding the position of the first three-dimensional point on the Cartesian coordinate system by adjusting the second position using a second residual of the Cartesian coordinate system; and decoding attribute information of the first three-dimensional point, using the first position before the transforming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Noritaka IGUCHI, Toshiyasu SUGIO, Takahiro NISHI
  • Publication number: 20230222698
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: calculating a prediction residual that is a difference between geometry information of a three-dimensional point included in point cloud data and a predicted value; quantizing the prediction residual using a first quantization parameter; and generating a bitstream including (i) first information indicating the prediction residual quantized, (ii) second information indicating a second quantization parameter, (iii) third information indicating a first difference between the second quantization parameter and the first quantization parameter, (iv) fourth information indicating a first bit count of the first information, and (v) fifth information indicating a second bit count of the fourth information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiyasu SUGIO, Noritaka IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230224494
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: obtaining three-dimensional points; generating a data unit including one or more prediction trees and one or more identification information items, using the three-dimensional points; and generating a bitstream including the data unit. The data unit includes one identification information item out of the one or more identification information items subsequent to one prediction tree out of the one or more prediction trees, and the one identification information item indicates whether there is a subsequent prediction tree subsequent to the one identification information item in the data unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Noritaka IGUCHI, Toshiyasu SUGIO, Takahiro NISHI
  • Publication number: 20230224507
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: performing motion compensation on a plurality of encoded point clouds; merging the plurality of encoded point clouds that have been motion compensated to generate a reference point cloud; generating an N-ary tree structure of a current point cloud, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and encoding the N-ary tree structure of the current point cloud using the reference point cloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro NISHI, Toshiyasu SUGIO, Noritaka IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230217046
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method is a three-dimensional data encoding method of encoding three-dimensional points, and includes: determining a predicted value, based on geometry information of one or more candidate points among encoded three-dimensional points; encoding a prediction residual which is a difference between the predicted value and geometry information of a current three-dimensional point to be encoded among the three-dimensional points; generating a bitstream including the prediction residual encoded; and determining the one or more candidate points, for inter prediction of the current three-dimensional point, based on a referenced three-dimensional point encoded immediately before the current three-dimensional point. The three-dimensional points constitute a prediction tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro NISHI, Toshiyasu SUGIO, Noritaka IGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11695489
    Abstract: A transmission method includes generating one or more frames for content transfer using IP packets, and transmitting the one or more generated frames by broadcast. Each of the one or more frames contains a plurality of second transfer units, each of the plurality of second transfer units contains one or more first transfer units, each of the one or more first transfer units contains at least one of the IP packets, an object IP packet of the IP packets contains first reference clock information indicating time for reproduction of the content in data structure different from MMT packet data structure, the object IP packet being stored in a first transfer unit positioned at a head in the one or more frames, the one or more frames contains control information storing second reference clock information indicating time for reproduction of the content, and header compression processing on the object IP packet is omitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Noritaka Iguchi, Tadamasa Toma, Hisaya Katou
  • Patent number: 11694368
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: determining a total number of layers; when the total number of the layers is greater than 1, selecting, from pieces of attribute information of three-dimensional points, attribute information of a three-dimensional point based on a sampling period according to a data order of the pieces of attribute information of the three-dimensional points, and classifying the pieces of attribute information of the three-dimensional points into layers by assigning a first layer to pieces of attribute information of three-dimensional points selected and a second layer to pieces of attribute information of three-dimensional points non-selected; encoding the pieces of attribute information of the three-dimensional points for each of the layers; and generating a bitstream including the pieces of attribute information encoded, layer-number information, and sampling period information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Sugio, Noritaka Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20230198662
    Abstract: A transmission device that performs multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission of transmit data using a plurality of fundamental bands. The transmission device includes an error correction coding unit, a mapping unit, and a MIMO coding unit. The error correction coding unit, for each data block of predefined length, performs error correction coding and thereby generates an error correction coded frame. The mapping unit maps each predefined number of bits in the error correction coded frame to a corresponding symbol and thereby generates an error correction coded block. The MIMO coding unit performs MIMO coding with respect to the error correction coded block. Components of data included in the error correction coded block are allocated to at least two of the fundamental bands and transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Mikihiro OUCHI, Noritaka IGUCHI, Tomohiro KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11683539
    Abstract: A video transmission method according to the present disclosure includes: generating a transmission signal including, in a time series, first video data having a first luminance dynamic range and second video data having a second luminance dynamic range wider than the first luminance dynamic range; and transmitting the transmission signal generated. In the generating of the transmission signal, a signal level corresponding to a luminance value is limited to a value lower than a limit value that is predetermined, in a transition period provided for switching from one of the first video data and the second video data to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadamasa Toma, Takahiro Nishi, Noritaka Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20230188705
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: encoding a first flag indicating whether a node having a parent node different from a parent node of a current node is to be referred to in encoding of the current node included in an n-ary tree structure of three-dimensional points included in three-dimensional data; selecting a coding table from N coding tables according to occupancy states of neighboring nodes of the current node, and performing arithmetic encoding on information of the current node using the coding table selected, when the first flag indicates that the node is to be referred to; and selecting a coding table from M coding tables according to the occupancy states of the neighboring nodes of the current node, and performing arithmetic encoding on information of the current node using the coding table selected, when the first flag indicates that the node is not to be referred to.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiyasu SUGIO, Chi WANG, Pongsak LASANG, Chung Dean HAN, Noritaka IGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11677981
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: generating a bitstream by encoding subspaces included in a current space in which three-dimensional points are included. The bitstream includes encoded data respectively corresponding to the subspaces. In the generating of the bitstream, a list of information about the subspaces is stored in first control information included in the bitstream. The subspaces are respectively associated with identifiers assigned to the subspaces, and the first control information is common to the encoded data. Each of the identifiers assigned to the subspaces respectively corresponding to the encoded data is stored in a header of a corresponding one of the encoded data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Chung Dean Han, Pongsak Lasang, Chi Wang, Noritaka Iguchi, Toshiyasu Sugio
  • Patent number: 11665405
    Abstract: A transmission method includes: generating one or more transfer frames that each store one or more streams used for content transfer; and transmitting the one or more generated frames through broadcast, each of the one or more streams storing one or more second transfer units, each of the one or more second transfer units storing one or more first transfer units, and each of the one or more first transfer units storing one or more Internet Protocol (IP) packets. In at least one stream among the one or more streams, each of the first transfer units positioned at a head contains reference clock information indicating time used for reproduction of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Noritaka Iguchi, Tadamasa Toma, Hisaya Katou