ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,942, issued on May 13, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Point cloud data transmission device, point cloud data transmission method, point cloud data reception device, and point cloud data reception method" was invented by Sejin Oh (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A point cloud data transmission method, according to embodiments, may comprise the steps of: encoding point cloud data; and/or transmitting the point cloud data. A point cloud data reception method, according to embodiments, may comprise the steps of: receiving point cloud data; decoding the point cloud data; and/or rendering the p...