Method and system for processing multiview videos for view synthesis using skip and direct modes
US8854486B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 17, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 3, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/13
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Multiview videos are acquired by overlapping cameras. Side information is used to synthesize multiview videos. A reference picture list is maintained for current frames of the multiview videos, the reference picture indexes temporal reference pictures and spatial reference pictures of the acquired multiview videos and the synthesized reference pictures of the synthesized multiview video. Each current frame of the multiview videos is predicted according to reference pictures indexed by the associated reference picture list with a skip mode and a direct mode, whereby the side information is inferred from the synthesized reference picture. Alternatively, the depth images corresponding to the multiview videos of the input data, and this data are encoded as part of the bitstream depending on a SKIP type.
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