Patent ID: 9497485
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: intra-coding of at least one coding unit of at least one depth map and associated with a plurality of pixels, and comprising providing the option to select at least one among three available ways to perform the intra-coding each depending, at least in part, on the size of the coding unit, the three available ways comprise: eliminating the option to perform simplified depth coding (SDC) to code the coding unit; removing the option to perform depth modeling mode (DMM) coding while permitting the use of other simplified depth coding modes to code the coding unit; and dividing the coding unit into a plurality of prediction units to be coded so that the coding is not limited to less than all of the specific simplified depth coding modes available from the intra-coding and due to the coding unit being too large.