Patent ID: 9215445
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: accessing a first image that includes multiple blocks, the multiple blocks of the first image including a first-image block, wherein the first-image block is a macroblock; accessing a second image that includes multiple blocks, the multiple blocks of the second image including a second-image block that has overlapping content with the first-image block, wherein the first image and the second image are stereo image pairs; interleaving the multiple blocks of the first image and the multiple blocks of the second image on a block basis to form an interleaved image, the interleaved image being a composite image of the first image and the second image; encoding at least a portion of the interleaved image by encoding the first-image block using the second-image block as a reference, wherein encoding the first-image block comprises identifying the second-image block based on a value of disparity for the first-image block; and providing the encoded first-image block for transmission or storage.