Patent ID: 8670626
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of predictive-decoding a multi-view image, the method comprising: receiving a bitstream comprising information indicating whether a picture in one view image sequence included in multi-view image sequences is a reference picture referred to by others in another view image included in the multi-view image sequences for inter-view prediction and data about the multi-view image sequences; extracting the information and the data about the multi-view image sequences from the received bitstream; determining whether pictures included in the data about the multi-view image sequences are to be used for inter-view prediction decoding based on the extracted information; and performing predictive-decoding based on a result of the determination by storing in a memory pictures which are reference pictures referred to by others in another view image sequence for inter-view prediction and not storing pictures that are determined not to be reference pictures in the memory.