Patent ID: 8165201
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An encoding method that codes pictures at different viewpoints by synthesizing a picture at an intermediate viewpoint in multi-view video, the encoding method comprising: computing a disparity between pictures at different viewpoints; synthesizing a VSP picture at the intermediate viewpoint using the computed disparity, the VSP picture being an interpolation view synthesized from a neighboring V picture or a T picture, the V picture referring to a first picture in a viewpoint direction and the T picture referring to the V picture in a time direction; adding the VSP picture to a list of reference pictures; and predicting a motion by independently performing a first mode, in which coding is made in reference to the VSP picture, and a second mode, in which coding is made in reference to the V picture or the T picture, wherein the computing of the disparity comprises: