slice/m44910: add longest-edge slice partitioning scheme

This partitioning method (--partitionMethod=2) finds the longest edge of
the point cloud and divides it into --partitionNumUniformGeom=n slices
along the longest edge.

If n = 0, the ratio of longest edge to shortest edge determines
the number of slices.

doc/README.options.md

@@ -124,9 +124,15 @@ attribute coding, as if they had never been configured.
 ### `--partitionMethod=0`
 Selects the partitioning method to map points to tiles and slices:
 
-  | Value | Description         |
-  |:-----:| --------------------|
-  | 0     | none (single slice) |
+  | Value | Description                             |
+  |:-----:| ----------------------------------------|
+  | 0     | none (single slice)                     |
+  | 2     | uniform partitioning along longest edge |
+
+### `--partitionNumUniformGeom=INT-VALUE`
+Sets the number of slices to generate using `partitionMethod=2`.
+If equal to zero, the number of slices is the integer ratio of the
+longest to shortest edges of the point cloud bounding box.
 
 
 Geometry coding

tmc3/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ file(GLOB PROJECT_CPP_FILES
   "io_hls.cpp"
   "io_tlv.cpp"
   "osspecific.cpp"
+  "partitioning.cpp"
   "pcc_chrono.cpp"
   "tables.cpp"
   "../dependencies/arithmetic-coding/src/*.cpp"

tmc3/PCCTMC3Encoder.h

@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ enum class PartitionMethod
 {
   // Don't partition input
   kNone = 0,
+
+  // Partition according to uniform geometry
+  kUniformGeom = 2,
 };
 
 //============================================================================
@@ -73,6 +76,9 @@ struct EncoderParams {
 
   // Method for partitioning the input cloud
   PartitionMethod partitionMethod;
+
+  // Number of slices used by PartitionMethod::kUniformGeom
+  int partitionNumUniformGeom;
 };
 
 //============================================================================

tmc3/TMC3.cpp

@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ operator<<(std::ostream& out, const PartitionMethod& val)
 {
   switch (val) {
   case PartitionMethod::kNone: out << "0 (None)"; break;
+  case PartitionMethod::kUniformGeom: out << "0 (UniformGeom)"; break;
+  default: out << int(val) << " (Unknown)"; break;
   }
   return out;
 }
@@ -319,7 +321,15 @@ ParseParameters(int argc, char* argv[], Parameters& params)
   ("partitionMethod",
     params.encoder.partitionMethod, PartitionMethod::kNone,
     "Method used to partition input point cloud into slices/tiles:\n"
-    "  0: none")
+    "  0: none\n"
+    "  1: none (deprecated)\n"
+    "  2: n Uniform-Geometry partition bins along the longest edge")
+
+  ("partitionNumUniformGeom",
+    params.encoder.partitionNumUniformGeom, 0,
+    "Number of bins for partitionMethod=2:\n"
+    "  0: slice partition with adaptive-defined bins\n"
+    "  >=1: slice partition with user-defined bins\n")
 
   ("disableAttributeCoding",
     params.disableAttributeCoding, false,

tmc3/encoder.cpp

@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ PCCTMC3Encoder3::compress(
     switch (params->partitionMethod) {
     // NB: this method is handled earlier
     case PartitionMethod::kNone: return 1;
+
+    case PartitionMethod::kUniformGeom:
+      partitions = partitionByUniformGeom(
+        quantizedInputCloud, params->partitionNumUniformGeom);
+      break;
     }
   } while (0);
 

tmc3/partitioning.cpp

+/* The copyright in this software is being made available under the BSD
+ * Licence, included below.  This software may be subject to other third
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+ * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+ * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+ * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#include "partitioning.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+namespace pcc {
+
+//============================================================================
+
+template<typename T>
+static int
+longestAxis(const PCCBox3<T>& curBox)
+{
+  int edgeAxis = 0;
+
+  for (int i = 1; i < 3; i++) {
+    T axisLength = curBox.max[i] - curBox.min[i];
+    T longestLength = curBox.max[edgeAxis] - curBox.min[edgeAxis];
+    if (axisLength > longestLength)
+      edgeAxis = i;
+  }
+
+  return edgeAxis;
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+template<typename T>
+static int
+shortestAxis(const PCCBox3<T>& curBox)
+{
+  int edgeAxis = 0;
+
+  for (int i = 1; i < 3; i++) {
+    T axisLength = curBox.max[i] - curBox.min[i];
+    T shortestLength = curBox.max[edgeAxis] - curBox.min[edgeAxis];
+    if (axisLength < shortestLength)
+      edgeAxis = i;
+  }
+
+  return edgeAxis;
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Split point cloud into slices along the longest axis.
+// numPartitions describes the number of slices to produce (if zero, the
+// ratio of longest:shortest axis is used).
+// No tile metadata is generated.
+
+PartitionSet
+partitionByUniformGeom(const PCCPointSet3& cloud, int numPartitions)
+{
+  PartitionSet partitions;
+
+  PCCBox3D bbox = cloud.computeBoundingBox();
+
+  int maxEdgeAxis = longestAxis(bbox);
+  int maxEdge = bbox.max[maxEdgeAxis] - bbox.min[maxEdgeAxis];
+
+  int minEdgeAxis = shortestAxis(bbox);
+  int minEdge = bbox.max[minEdgeAxis] - bbox.min[minEdgeAxis];
+  int sliceNum;
+  int sliceSize;
+
+  if (!numPartitions) {
+    sliceNum = maxEdge / minEdge;
+    sliceSize = minEdge;
+  } else {
+    sliceNum = numPartitions;
+    sliceSize = maxEdge / sliceNum;
+  }
+
+  partitions.slices.resize(sliceNum);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < sliceNum; i++) {
+    auto& slice = partitions.slices[i];
+    slice.sliceId = i;
+    slice.tileId = -1;
+    slice.origin = PCCVector3<int>{0};
+  }
+
+  for (int n = 0; n < cloud.getPointCount(); n++) {
+    for (int p = sliceNum - 1; p >= 0; p--) {
+      if (
+        cloud[n][maxEdgeAxis] >= int(p * sliceSize + bbox.min[maxEdgeAxis])) {
+        auto& slice = partitions.slices[p];
+
+        slice.pointIndexes.push_back(n);
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Delete the slice that with no points
+  partitions.slices.erase(
+    std::remove_if(
+      partitions.slices.begin(), partitions.slices.end(),
+      [](const Partition& p) { return p.pointIndexes.empty(); }),
+    partitions.slices.end());
+
+  return partitions;
+}
+
+//============================================================================
+
+}  // namespace pcc

tmc3/partitioning.h

@@ -72,4 +72,9 @@ struct PartitionSet {
 
 //============================================================================
 
+PartitionSet
+partitionByUniformGeom(const PCCPointSet3& cloud, int numPartitions);
+
+//============================================================================
+
 }  // namespace pcc