| Paper: | MA-P1.4 |
| Session: | Stereoscopic and 3D Processing I: Coding and Processing |
| Time: | Monday, September 17, 09:50 - 12:30 |
| Presentation: |
Poster
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| Title: |
INCORPORATING DEPTH-IMAGE BASED VIEW-PREDICTION INTO H.264 FOR MULTIVIEW-IMAGE CODING |
| Authors: |
Yannick Morvan; Eindhoven University of Technology | | |
| | Dirk Farin; Eindhoven University of Technology | | |
| | Peter de With; Eindhoven University of Technology | | |
| Abstract: |
We investigate the coding of multiview images obtained from a set of multiple cameras. To exploit the inter-view correlation, two view-prediction tools have been implemented and used in parallel: a block-based motion compensation scheme and a Depth Image Based Rendering technique (DIBR). Whereas DIBR relies on an accurate depth image, the block-based motion-compensation scheme can be performed without any geometry information. Our encoder adaptively selects the most appropriate prediction scheme using a rate-distortion criterion for an optimal prediction-mode selection. The attractiveness of the algorithm is that the compression algorithm is robust against inaccurately estimated depth images and requires only one single reference camera for fast random-access to different views. We present experimental results for several multiview sequences, that result in a quality improvement of up to 1.4 dB as compared to H.264 compression. |
