ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,106, issued on March 11, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Point cloud data processing device and processing method" was invented by Hyejung Hur (Seoul, South Korea) and Sejin Oh (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A point cloud data processing method according to embodiments may comprise: encoding point cloud data; and transmitting the point cloud data. A point cloud data processing method according to embodiments may comprise: receiving point cloud data; and decoding the point cloud data."

The patent was filed on June 7, 2021, under Application No. 17/927,285.

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