Patent ID: 11949869
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A three-dimensional data encoding method, comprising:
(i) in a case where a layered structure comprising a plurality of layers is generated by selecting at least one three-dimensional point assigned to one of the plurality of layers from a plurality of three-dimensional points:
encoding attribute information for the three-dimensional points in a first order, the first order being an order determined based on the layered structure; and
generating a bitstream including an item of information used for the selecting; and

(ii) in a case where the layered structure is not generated:
encoding attribute information for the plurality of three-dimensional points in a second order; and
generating a bitstream not including the item of information used for the selecting.