Patent ID: 9560362
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for three-dimensional video coding, the method comprising: receiving processed multi-view images or both the processed multi-view images and processed multi-view depth maps from a media or a processor; applying SAO process (sample adaptive offset process) to at least one dependent-view image of the processed multi-view images if the processed multi-view images are received; and applying the SAO process to at least one dependent-view image of the processed multi-view images or at least one depth map of the processed multi-view depth maps if both the processed multi-view images and the processed multi-view depth maps are received, wherein first SAO parameters associated with a target region are generated based on second SAO parameters associated with a source region, wherein the first SAO parameters are generated by reusing at least a portion of the second SAO parameters or by predicting the first SAO parameters from the second SAO parameters.