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The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
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Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 1, 3-4, 6-7, 9-10 and 12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 (a)(1) as being anticipated by Hur et al. (US2023029006) (hereinafter Hur).
Regarding claim 1, Hur discloses a method for encoding, in a data stream, a sequence of point clouds, a point cloud of the sequence comprising a geometry and rendering attributes, the method comprising, for a current frame [Figs. 16-21, 0119-0139, 0292-0325, 0339; point clout data including geometry and attributes].
obtaining a temporal prediction of a current point cloud by motion-compensating the geometry and the rendering attributes of a previously decoded point cloud of the sequence [Figs. 16-17, 0292-0325, 0339; motion compensated frames from reference frames].
compressing the geometry of the current point cloud, encoding the compressed geometry in the data stream and obtaining a reconstructed point cloud by decompressing the compressed geometry [Figs. 16-18, 0292-0317; performing coding operations on geometry information stream for reconstructed frames].
obtaining a mapped current point cloud by mapping the rendering attributes of the current point cloud on the geometry of the reconstructed point cloud [Figs. 16-18, 0292-0317; geometry information stream].
obtaining a mapped temporal prediction by mapping the rendering attributes of the temporal prediction on the geometry of the reconstructed point cloud and by low-pass filtering the rendering attributes of the mapped temporal prediction [0062-0075, 0125-0137; performing operations on point cloud values including obtaining low pass values].
obtaining a residue point cloud by subtracting the rendering attributes of the mapped temporal prediction from the rendering attributes of the mapped current point cloud [0062-0075, 0125-0137, 0292-0325; performing operations on point cloud values including obtaining low pass values].
intra-frame encoding the rendering attributes of the residue point cloud in the data stream [Figs. 16-18, 0292-0325; encoding residual and transmitting].
Regarding claim 3, Hur discloses encoding data in the data stream indicating that the method of claim 1 [Figs. 16-18, 0062-0075, 0125-0137, 0292-0325; performing operations on point cloud values and reconstructing values].
Regarding claim 4, Hur discloses a device for encoding, in a data stream, a sequence of point clouds, a point cloud of the sequence comprising a geometry and rendering attributes, the device comprising a processor associated with a memory, the processor being configured for [Figs. 16-21, 0119-0139, 0292-0325, 0339; point clout data including geometry and attributes].
obtaining a temporal prediction of a current point cloud by motion-compensating the geometry and the rendering attributes of a previously decoded point cloud of the sequence [Figs. 16-17, 0292-0325, 0339; motion compensated frames from reference frames].
compressing the geometry of the current point cloud, encoding the compressed geometry in the data stream and obtaining a reconstructed point cloud by decompressing the compressed geometry [Figs. 16-18, 0292-0317; performing coding operations on geometry information stream for reconstructed frames].
obtaining a mapped current point cloud by mapping the rendering attributes of the current point cloud on the geometry of the reconstructed point cloud [0062-0075, 0125-0137; performing operations on point cloud values including obtaining low pass values].
obtaining a mapped temporal prediction by mapping the rendering attributes of the temporal prediction on the geometry of the reconstructed point cloud and by low-pass filtering the rendering attributes of the mapped temporal prediction [0062-0075, 0125-0137; performing operations on point cloud values including obtaining low pass values].
obtaining a residue point cloud by subtracting the rendering attributes of the mapped temporal prediction from the attributes of the mapped current point cloud [0062-0075, 0125-0137, 0292-0325; performing operations on point cloud values including obtaining low pass values].
intra-frame encoding the rendering attributes of the residue point cloud in the data stream [Figs. 16-18, 0292-0325; encoding residual and transmitting].
Regarding claim 6, Hur discloses wherein the processor is further configured for encoding data in the data stream indicating that the method of claim 1 [Figs. 16-18, 0062-0075, 0125-0137, 0292-0325; performing operations on point cloud values and reconstructing values].
Regarding claim 7, Hur discloses a method for decoding a sequence of point clouds, a point cloud of the sequence comprising a geometry and rendering attributes, the method comprising [Figs. 16-21, 0119-0139, 0292-0325, 0339; point clout data including geometry and attributes].
decoding a compressed geometry from a data stream and obtaining a reconstructed point cloud by decompressing the compressed geometry [Figs. 16-21, 0119-0139, 0292-0325, 0339; point clout data including geometry and attributes].
obtaining a temporal prediction of the reconstructed point cloud by motion- compensating the geometry and the rendering attributes of a previously decoded point cloud of the sequence [Figs. 16-17, 0292-0325, 0339; motion compensated frames from reference frames].
obtaining a mapped temporal prediction by mapping the rendering attributes of the temporal prediction on the geometry of the reconstructed point cloud and by low-pass filtering the rendering attributes of the mapped temporal prediction [0062-0075, 0125-0137; performing operations on point cloud values including obtaining low pass values].
intra-frame decoding rendering attributes obtained from the data stream [Figs. 16-18, 0292-0325; coding and transmitting].
setting the attributes of the reconstructed point cloud by adding the decoded rendering attributes to the attributes of the temporal prediction 0062-0075, 0125-0137, 0292-0325; performing operations on point cloud values].
Regarding claim 9, Hur discloses comprising obtaining data from the data stream indicating whether the method of claim 7 [Figs. 16-18, 0062-0075, 0125-0137, 0292-0325; performing operations on point cloud values and reconstructing values].
Regarding claim 10, Hur discloses a device for decoding a sequence of point clouds, a point cloud of the sequence comprising a geometry and rendering attributes, the method comprising [Figs. 16-21, 0119-0139, 0292-0325, 0339; point clout data including geometry and attributes].
decoding a compressed geometry from a data stream and obtaining a reconstructed point cloud by decompressing the compressed geometry [Figs. 16-21, 0119-0139, 0292-0325, 0339; point clout data including geometry and attributes].
obtaining a temporal prediction of the reconstructed point cloud by motion- compensating the geometry and the rendering attributes of a previously decoded point cloud of the sequence [Figs. 16-17, 0292-0325, 0339; motion compensated frames from reference frames].
obtaining a mapped temporal prediction by mapping the rendering attributes of the temporal prediction on the geometry of the reconstructed point cloud and by low-pass filtering the rendering attributes of the mapped temporal prediction [0062-0075, 0125-0137; performing operations on point cloud values including obtaining low pass values].
intra-frame decoding rendering attributes obtained from the data stream [Figs. 16-18, 0292-0325; coding and transmitting].
setting the attributes of the reconstructed point cloud by adding the decoded rendering attributes to the attributes of the temporal prediction 0062-0075, 0125-0137, 0292-0325; performing operations on point cloud values].
Regarding claim 12, Hur discloses wherein the processor is configured for first obtaining data from the data stream indicating whether the method of claim 1 or 2 has been used and if so, applying the method of claim 7 [Figs. 16-18, 0062-0075, 0125-0137, 0292-0325; performing operations on point cloud values and reconstructing values].
Conclusion
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/TALHA M NAWAZ/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2483
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