ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,726, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).
"3D data decoding apparatus and 3D data coding apparatus" was invented by Yasuaki Tokumo (Sakai, Japan), Keiichiro Takada (Sakai, Japan), Tomohiro Ikai (Sakai, Japan), Takeshi Chujoh (Sakai, Japan) and Tomoko Aono (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arithmetic coding scheme is provided for coding and decoding 3D data and improves coding efficiency for mesh displacements and high-quality coding, and decoding of the 3D data. A 3D data decoding apparatus is also provided for decoding coded data. The apparatus contains an arithmetic decoder that is configured ...