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Advanced video coding to multiview video coding transcoder

US9288497B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 2, 2009
Grant dateMar 15, 2016
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Expiry dateJul 8, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/61
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods and computer program products for transcoding advanced video coding (AVC) bitstreams into multiview video coding (MVC) bitstreams are described. In some implementations, a MVC transcoder may be used to convert non-anchor pictures (e.g., at a specified temporal point) into anchor pictures by using only inter-view prediction. The MVC transcoder also may utilize inter-view reference pictures (in addition to temporal reference pictures) in the motion estimation/mode decision functions of the non-anchor pictures. The output of the MVC transcoder may be one or more MVC bitstreams each representing a different view of a same scene or image.

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