Patent ID: 8559505

Claim:
A method for decoding multi-view video data in a multi-view video stream with a decoding apparatus, comprising: receiving, with the decoding apparatus, the multi-view video stream, the multi-view video stream including a random access picture, the random access picture including a random access slice, the random access slice referencing only slices corresponding to a same time and a different view of the random access picture; obtaining, with the decoding apparatus, identification information representing the multi-view video stream including initialization information of a reference picture list for the random access slice; obtaining, with the decoding apparatus, the initialization information of the reference picture list for the random access slice based on the identification information, the initialization information representing a reference relation between a plurality of views, the initialization information including view number information and view identification information, the view number information indicating a number of reference pictures referred for inter-view prediction of the random access picture, the view identification information identifying to which of the plurality of views each of the reference pictures belongs; initializing, with the decoding apparatus, the reference picture list, the initializing including assigning an inter-view reference index to the reference picture based on the view number information and the view identification information, the inter-view reference index identifying the reference picture in the initialized reference picture list used for inter-view prediction of a block to be decoded in the random access picture, the block to be decoded having a same time with the reference picture and a different view from the reference picture; obtaining, with the decoding apparatus, modification information for the initialized reference picture list from the multi-view video stream, the modification information representing how to change the inter-view reference index in the initialized reference picture list; determining, with the decoding apparatus, an assignment modification value for changing the inter-view reference index in the initialized reference picture list according to the modification information; modifying, with the decoding apparatus, the initialized reference picture list for inter-view prediction, wherein the modifying includes reordering the reference picture by changing the inter-view reference index assigned to the reference picture based on the determined assignment modification value; determining, with the decoding apparatus, a prediction value of a macroblock in the random access picture based on the modified reference picture list; and decoding, with the decoding apparatus, the macroblock using the prediction value, wherein the initialization information is obtained based on a value indicating decoding order between the plurality of views.