Journal of Xidian University ›› 2016, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (4): 160-165+171.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2016.04.028

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Temporal subsampling based depth maps coding and  the reconstruction method

GE Chuan1;LIU Ju1,2;YUAN Hui1,3;XIAO Yifan1;LI Fengrong3   

  1. (1. School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong Univ., Jinan  250101, China;
    2. Suzhou Research Institute of Shandong Univ., Suzhou  215123, China;
    3. Key Lab. of Wireless Sensor Network & Communication, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai  200050, China)
  • Received:2015-06-29 Online:2016-08-20 Published:2016-10-12

Abstract:

In order to improve the coding efficiency of a three-dimensional video system, a depth temporal subsampling based coding method for the intermediate view is proposed. In this paper, the manner of how to discard depth frames is firstly determined. Then, those discarded depths are reconstructed utilizing temporal consistency and multiview correspondences. Finally, in order to further improve the quality of the reconstructed depth, the wiener filter is implemented on the reconstructed results. Filter coefficients and indicators for selecting the depth predictor should be transmitted to the decoder. Experimental results demonstrate that a maximum 0.229dB and average 0.130dB peak signal-to noise ratio (PSNR) gain could be achieved for the virtual view reconstructed by the decoder while maintaining the same coding bit rate, and that the coding efficiency can be improved.

Key words: video coding, stereo image processing, depth temporal subsampling, temporal consistency, multiview correspondences