Patent ID: 6266158
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for use with a computer for image encoding, said computer program comprising:computer readable program code means for causing the computer to input a plurality of images which are to be encoded and relevant camera position data into a reference/predictive grouping device;computer readable program code means for causing the computer to group the plurality of images which are to be encoded into reference images and predictive images which are predictively encoded from the reference images, wherein a plurality of the predictive images reference the same reference image;computer readable program code means for causing the computer to encode the reference images based on the reference/predictive relationship in each group;computer readable program code means for causing the computer to encode the predictive images, by referencing the reconstructed reference images, based on the reference/predictive relationship in each group;computer readable program code means for causing the computer to compile a reference relationship table detailing reference/predictive relationship of each image, encoded data positions, and camera positions based on the reference/predictive relationship in each group; andcomputer readable program code means for causing the computer to output the reference relationship table and the encoded data.