ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,219,116, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Information processing apparatus, information processing method, reproduction processing device, and reproduction processing method" was invented by Ryohei Takahashi (Tokyo) and Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An atlas processing unit generates atlas identification information associating a texture image that forms a reference two-dimensional image corresponding to each projection direction formed by projecting three-dimensional data from a predetermined viewpoint position in a plurality of projection directions and a complementary image for ...