Multiview video hybrid coding system with texture-depth synthesis

Multiview video coding (MVC) is getting more and more attention in recent years because of the realistic perception it can bring. However, the current H.264-based coding scheme cannot get enough coding gain in the rate-distortion (R-D) performance. Furthermore, the view synthesis and random access between views are also design challenges. In this paper, a multiview hybrid coding system with texturedepth synthesis is proposed. By sharing the prediction information between texture and depth maps, the depth map can be reconstructed with reduced bitrate overhead. Then, after using matrix-based warping and adaptive disparity compensation, the R-D performance of the proposed system can be about 2 to 4 dB higher than the current MVC coding scheme at low bitrate range.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: ICMCS
• Authors: Pei-Kuei Tsung, Chun-Yi Lin, Wei-Yin Chen, Li-Fu Ding, Liang-Gee Chen
• Keywords: Coding Scheme, H.264-based Coding Scheme, ICMCS 2008, Multimedia, Multiview Video Coding