ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,003, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA (Torrance, Calif.).

"Three-dimensional data decoding method and three-dimensional data decoding device" was invented by Chung Dean Han (Johor Bahru, Malaysia), Pongsak Lasang (Singapore), Pradit Mittrapiyanuruk (Singapore), Keng Liang Loi (Singapore), Noritaka Iguchi (Osaka, Japan) and Toshiyasu Sugio (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional data decoding method includes: obtaining three-dimensional space information including encoded three-dimensional points; calculating an angle formed by a line segment connecting ...