Patent ID: 9699450
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method of decoding 3D video data, the method comprising: decoding a texture view component, wherein decoding the texture view component comprises predicting a texture block of the texture view component using motion information for the texture block; for a depth block in a depth view component, the depth block corresponding to the texture block, deriving a motion information candidate, wherein the motion information candidate comprises the motion information used to predict the corresponding texture block in the decoded texture view component; adding the motion information candidate to a candidate list for use in a motion vector prediction operation for predicting motion information of the depth block; decoding an index value that refers to the motion information candidate in the candidate list, wherein the candidate list includes the motion information candidate; decoding the motion information of the depth block using the motion information candidate based on the index value; and decoding the depth block using the decoded motion information, wherein decoding the depth block comprises predicting the depth block using samples of a reference depth view component identified by the decoded motion information.