Patent ID: 8532412
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of encoding a multi-view image, the method comprising: obtaining a picture in one view image sequence to be encoded by using inter-view prediction from multi-view image sequences; determining whether the obtained picture in one view image sequence is a reference picture referred to by others in another view image sequence for inter-view prediction to generate a determination result; and encoding the obtained picture by using inter-view prediction based on the determination result and an information related to the determination result, wherein the information indicates whether the obtained picture is a reference picture referred to by others in another view image sequence for inter-view prediction and included in a network abstraction layer (NAL) unit header, and wherein a picture which is a reference picture referred to by others in another view image sequence for inter-view prediction is included in a reference picture list and a picture which is not a reference picture referred to by others in another view image sequence for inter-view prediction is not included in the reference picture list.