Patents by Inventor Pongsak Lasang

Pongsak Lasang 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).

  • Publication number: 20230199327
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a noise adder that obtains a captured image from an image capturing device including a mask having at least one aperture, an MPH information obtainer that obtains aperture pattern information corresponding to the pattern of the at least one aperture, the noise adder that adds, to the captured image, noise determined according to the aperture pattern information, and a transmitter that outputs the noise added captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Satoshi SATO, Yasunori ISHII, Sotaro TSUKIZAWA, Changxin ZHOU, Takrit TANASNITIKUL, Pongsak LASANG
  • Publication number: 20230196626
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: dividing three-dimensional points included in three-dimensional data into three-dimensional point sub-clouds including a first three-dimensional point sub-cloud and a second three-dimensional point sub-cloud; appending first information indicating a space of the first three-dimensional point sub-cloud to a header of the first three-dimensional point sub-cloud, and appending second information indicating a space of the second three-dimensional point sub-cloud to a header of the second three-dimensional point sub-cloud; and encoding the first three-dimensional point sub-cloud and the second three-dimensional point sub-cloud so that the first three-dimensional point sub-cloud and the second three-dimensional point sub-cloud are decodable independently of each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Chi WANG, Pongsak LASANG, Chung Dean HAN, Toshiyasu SUGIO
  • 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: 11666948
    Abstract: There is provided a projection instruction device that generates a projection image to be projected on parcel based on sensing information of the parcel, the device including: a processor; and a memory, in which by cooperating with the memory, the processor performs weighting on a value of a feature amount of a color image of parcel included in the sensing information based on a distance image of parcel included in the sensing information, and tracks the parcel based on the weighted value of the feature amount of the color image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Idera, Takaaki Moriyama, Shohji Ohtsubo, Pongsak Lasang, Takrit Tanasnitikul
  • Publication number: 20230154057
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: obtaining three-dimensional points; generating a data unit including one or more prediction trees, using the three-dimensional points; and generating a bitstream including the data unit and control information. The control information includes tree information about the one or more prediction trees, and the tree information includes number information indicating a total number of prediction trees included in the data unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Noritaka IGUCHI, Toshiyasu SUGIO, Chung Dean HAN, Pongsak LASANG, Keng Liang LOI
  • Publication number: 20230141458
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes encoding information of a current node included in an N-ary tree structure of three-dimensional points included in three-dimensional data, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. In the encoding, first information is encoded, the first information indicating a range for one or more referable neighboring nodes among neighboring nodes spatially neighboring the current node, and the current node is encoded with reference to a neighboring node within the range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Chi WANG, Pongsak LASANG, Chung Dean HAN, Toshiyasu SUGIO
  • Patent number: 11625865
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: dividing three-dimensional points included in three-dimensional data into three-dimensional point sub-clouds including a first three-dimensional point sub-cloud and a second three-dimensional point sub-cloud; appending first information indicating a space of the first three-dimensional point sub-cloud to a header of the first three-dimensional point sub-cloud, and appending second information indicating a space of the second three-dimensional point sub-cloud to a header of the second three-dimensional point sub-cloud; and encoding the first three-dimensional point sub-cloud and the second three-dimensional point sub-cloud so that the first three-dimensional point sub-cloud and the second three-dimensional point sub-cloud are decodable independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Chi Wang, Pongsak Lasang, Chung Dean Han, Toshiyasu Sugio
  • Publication number: 20230099585
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: quantizing geometry information of each of three-dimensional points, using a first quantization parameter; quantizing a first luminance using a second quantization parameter and quantizing a first chrominance using a third quantization parameter, the first luminance and the first chrominance indicating a first color among attribute information of each of the three dimensional points; and generating a bitstream including the geometry information quantized, the first luminance quantized, the first chrominance quantized, the first quantization parameter, the second quantization parameter, and a first difference between the second quantization parameter and the third quantization parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Chung Dean HAN, Pongsak LASANG, Chi WANG, Noritaka IGUCHI, Toshiyasu SUGIO
  • Patent number: 11606551
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Sugio, Chi Wang, Pongsak Lasang, Chung Dean Han, Noritaka Iguchi
  • Patent number: 11587262
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: generating predicted position information using position information on three-dimensional points included in three-dimensional reference data associated with a time different from a time associated with current three-dimensional data; and encoding position information on three-dimensional points included in the current three-dimensional data, using the predicted position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Chi Wang, Pongsak Lasang, Toshiyasu Sugio, Takahiro Nishi, Toru Matsunobu
  • Patent number: 11575936
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes encoding information of a current node included in an N-ary tree structure of three-dimensional points included in three-dimensional data, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. In the encoding, first information is encoded, the first information indicating a range for one or more referable neighboring nodes among neighboring nodes spatially neighboring the current node, and the current node is encoded with reference to a neighboring node within the range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Chi Wang, Pongsak Lasang, Chung Dean Han, Toshiyasu Sugio
  • Publication number: 20230035807
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: obtaining a data unit including three-dimensional points; generating one or more prediction trees using the three-dimensional points included in the data unit; performing predictive encoding on position information items of one or more three-dimensional points among the three-dimensional points, using a prediction tree including the one or more three-dimensional points; and generating a bitstream including encoded data resulting from the predictive encoding. In the performing, (i) a prediction value in a specific prediction mode is obtained, and (ii) one or more prediction residuals are calculated for each of the one or more three-dimensional points, the one or more prediction residuals each being a difference between a position information item of the three-dimensional point and the prediction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiyasu SUGIO, Noritaka IGUCHI, Pongsak LASANG, Chung Dean HAN, Keng Liang LOI
  • Publication number: 20230033616
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: obtaining first three-dimensional points; encoding the first three-dimensional points using one of a plurality of encoding schemes; and generating a bitstream including first encoded data and a first identification information item, the first encoded data being obtained by encoding the first three-dimensional points. The encoding of the first three-dimensional points includes: determining whether a context used for encoding is continuously used; and encoding the first three-dimensional points using a context corresponding to a determination result in the determining, the context being included in contexts used in an encoding scheme used for the encoding and included in the encoding schemes, and the first identification information item includes the determination result in the determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Chung Dean HAN, Pongsak LASANG, Keng Liang LOI, Noritaka IGUCHI, Toshiyasu SUGIO
  • Publication number: 20230014086
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: generating an N-ary tree structure of three-dimensional points included in three-dimensional data, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; generating first encoded data by encoding a first branch using a first encoding process, the first branch having, as a root, a first node included in a first layer that is one of layers included in the N-ary tree structure; generating second encoded data by encoding a second branch using a second encoding process different from the first encoding process, the second branch having, as a root, a second node included in the first layer and different from the first node; and generating a bitstream including the first encoded data and the second encoded data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Chi WANG, Pongsak LASANG, Toshiyasu SUGIO, Tatsuya KOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11553181
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: quantizing geometry information of each of three-dimensional points, using a first quantization parameter; quantizing a first luminance using a second quantization parameter and quantizing a first chrominance using a third quantization parameter, the first luminance and the first chrominance indicating a first color among attribute information of each of the three dimensional points; and generating a bitstream including the geometry information quantized, the first luminance quantized, the first chrominance quantized, the first quantization parameter, the second quantization parameter, and a first difference between the second quantization parameter and the third quantization parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Chung Dean Han, Pongsak Lasang, Chi Wang, Noritaka Iguchi, Toshiyasu Sugio
  • Patent number: 11533514
    Abstract: An encoding method according to the present disclosure includes: inputting three-dimensional data including three-dimensional coordinate data to a deep neural network (DNN); encoding the three-dimensional data by the DNN to generate encoded three-dimensional data; and outputting the encoded three-dimensional data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Chi Wang, Pongsak Lasang, Toshiyasu Sugio, Tatsuya Koyama
  • Patent number: 11488327
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: generating a bitmap indicating which of pieces of three-dimensional data a three-dimensional point belongs to, the three-dimensional point being included in a unit space; generating a conversion code using a look-up table and the bitmap generated; and generating encoded data including duplicated point information indicating a total number of three-dimensional points included in the unit space, and conversion code information indicating the conversion code. The generating of the conversion code includes: generating the conversion code from the bitmap when the total number of the three-dimensional points included in the unit space is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value; and generating the conversion code from an inverted bitmap when the total number of the three-dimensional points included in the unit space is greater than the predetermined threshold value, the inverted bitmap being obtained by inverting 0 and 1 included in the bitmap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Chi Wang, Pongsak Lasang, Chung Dean Han, Noritaka Iguchi, Toshiyasu Sugio
  • Publication number: 20220343556
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: determining whether to encode each of data units using both or one of an N-ary tree and a prediction tree, each of the data units including three-dimensional points, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2; and generating a bitstream by encoding position information items of the three-dimensional points included in each of the data units, using the both or one of the N-ary tree and the prediction tree determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Noritaka IGUCHI, Toshiyasu SUGIO, Pongsak LASANG, Chung Dean HAN, Keng Liang LOI, Pradit MITTRAPIYANURUK
  • Publication number: 20220303577
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: generating a first predicted value for an item of position information of a first three-dimensional point included in point cloud data, using an item of position information of a reference three-dimensional point included in the point cloud data and angle information; calculating a first difference value between the item of position information of the first three-dimensional point and the first predicted value; and generating a bitstream including the first difference value and the angle information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Toshiyasu SUGIO, Noritaka IGUCHI, Pongsak LASANG, Chung Dean HAN, Keng Liang LOI, Pradit MITTRAPIYANURUK