Multiview depth coding based on combined color/depth segmentation |
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Authors: | J Ruiz-Hidalgo JR Morros |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain b Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland c Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Tànger 122, 08018 Barcelona, Spain |
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Abstract: | In this paper, a new coding method for multiview depth video is presented. Considering the smooth structure and sharp edges of depth maps, a segmentation based approach is proposed. This allows further preserving the depth contours thus introducing fewer artifacts in the depth perception of the video. To reduce the cost associated with partition coding, an approximation of the depth partition is built using the decoded color view segmentation. This approximation is refined by sending some complementary information about the relevant differences between color and depth partitions. For coding the depth content of each region, a decomposition into orthogonal basis is used in this paper although similar decompositions may be also employed. Experimental results show that the proposed segmentation based depth coding method outperforms H.264/AVC and H.264/MVC by more than 2 dB at similar bitrates. |
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Keywords: | Depth map Virtual view Multiview video coding 3DTV Segmentation-based video coding Region-merging Color-depth segmentation Texture coding |
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